| 1 | 1 | | By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1630 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (Fletcher) |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of residential appliance installation, |
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| 8 | 8 | | including pool-related electrical devices, under the Texas |
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| 9 | 9 | | Electrical Safety and Licensing Act. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subdivisions (12-a), (14), and (15), Section |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1305.002, Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (12-a) "Residential appliance" means: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (A) [a pool-related electrical device, or] |
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| 15 | 15 | | equipment that: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (i) [(A)] is installed as a unit in a |
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| 17 | 17 | | single-family or multifamily dwelling that does not exceed four |
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| 18 | 18 | | stories; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (ii) [(B)] is directly connected to an |
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| 20 | 20 | | electrical circuit; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (iii) [(C)] performs a specific function; |
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| 22 | 22 | | or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (B) a pool-related electrical device. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (14) "Pool" means an outdoor or indoor structure that |
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| 25 | 25 | | is located at a residential property, a business property, or a |
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| 26 | 26 | | property owned by a municipality and that is intended for swimming |
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| 27 | 27 | | or recreational bathing, including an inground structure, |
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| 28 | 28 | | aboveground structure, hot tub, spa, portable spa, or non-portable |
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| 29 | 29 | | wading pool. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (15) "Pool-related electrical device" means equipment |
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| 31 | 31 | | for a pool that: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (A) is installed as a unit; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (B) is directly connected to an electrical |
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| 34 | 34 | | circuit; [and] |
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| 35 | 35 | | (C) performs a specific function; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | (D) uses single-phase power of 240 volts or less. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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