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