Bill Text: TX HB2334 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for certain work performed on certain private property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2334 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2334-Engrossed.html

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88R22673 DIO-D
By: Burns, Button, Shine, Buckley H.B. No. 2334

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for
certain work performed on certain private property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1301.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 1301.059. WORK PERFORMED ON CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
(a) A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to
perform work consisting of installing, servicing, or repairing
service mains or service lines that provide water, sewer, or storm
drainage services on private property in an area that extends from a
public right-of-way or public easement to not less than five feet
from a building or structure.
(b) This section does not apply to plumbing work performed
on private property designated for use as a one-family or
two-family dwelling.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.