Bill Text: TX HB2294 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB2294 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2294-Introduced.html

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83R4433 BEF-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 2294

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration
contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1302.002(2), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Air conditioning and refrigeration contracting"
means performing or offering to perform the design, installation,
construction, repair, maintenance, service, or modification of
equipment or a product in an environmental air conditioning system,
a commercial refrigeration system, or a process cooling or heating
system. The term does not include the installation, repair,
replacement, or modification of a thermostat or other temperature
control interface.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.