Bill Text: TX SB2446 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for plumbing work performed on certain private property.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-23 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2446 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2446-Introduced.html
88R1249 AMF-F | ||
By: Paxton | S.B. No. 2446 |
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relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for | ||
plumbing 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. PLUMBING ON CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A | ||
person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform | ||
plumbing work consisting of installing, servicing, or repairing | ||
service mains, service lines, appurtenances, equipment, or | ||
appliances 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. |