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| 1 | 1 | 81R4484 YDB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wentworth S.B. No. 579 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to an exception to the purchase of a refrigerant or | |
| 8 | 8 | equipment containing a refrigerant. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 1302.453(b), Occupations Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) It is an exception to the application of this section | |
| 13 | 13 | with respect to a purchase of a refrigerant or equipment containing | |
| 14 | 14 | a refrigerant in this state in violation of Section 1302.356(1) | |
| 15 | 15 | [1302.356] that: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) the refrigerant or equipment is purchased for use | |
| 17 | 17 | in a commercial or residential air conditioning system that | |
| 18 | 18 | requires 15 pounds or less of refrigerant; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) the refrigerant or equipment is purchased for use | |
| 20 | 20 | only in a motor vehicle and that use is authorized by the United | |
| 21 | 21 | States Environmental Protection Agency. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 25 | 25 | covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the | |
| 26 | 26 | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of | |
| 27 | 27 | this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of | |
| 28 | 28 | this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |