Bill Text: TX SB383 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the repeal of certain provisions governing the sale and use of certain refrigerants.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [SB383 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB383-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 383 | ||
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| relating to the repeal of certain provisions governing the sale and | ||
| use of certain refrigerants. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1302.059, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1302.059. MOTOR VEHICLES. This chapter does not apply | ||
| to a person who engages in or employs a person who engages in air | ||
| conditioning services only on a motor vehicle or an MVAC-like | ||
| appliance as defined by 40 C.F.R. Section 82.152 [ |
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| SECTION 2. Subsection (a), Section 1302.453, Occupations | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) knowingly engages in air conditioning and | ||
| refrigeration contracting without holding a license issued under | ||
| this chapter; or | ||
| (2) knowingly engages in air conditioning and | ||
| refrigeration maintenance work without holding a contractor | ||
| license or technician registration issued under this chapter[ |
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| SECTION 3. The following provisions of the Occupations Code | ||
| are repealed: | ||
| (1) Subdivisions (13) and (16), Section 1302.002; | ||
| (2) Section 1302.051; | ||
| (3) Subsection (b), Section 1302.452; | ||
| (4) Subsection (b), Section 1302.453; and | ||
| (5) Subchapter H, Chapter 1302. | ||
| SECTION 4. Not later than May 1, 2014, the Texas Commission | ||
| of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 1302, | ||
| Occupations Code. | ||
| SECTION 5. The repeal by this Act of Subchapter H, Chapter | ||
| 1302, Occupations Code, and the amendment of Section 1302.453, | ||
| Occupations Code, do not apply to an offense committed under those | ||
| laws before the effective date of this Act. An offense committed | ||
| before the effective date of this Act is governed by those laws as | ||
| they existed on the date the offense was committed, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | ||
| section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | ||
| Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 383 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 383 passed the House on | ||
| May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
