By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1630
(In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2011; March 23, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 11, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1630 By: Eltife
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of residential appliance installation,
including pool-related electrical devices, under the Texas
Electrical Safety and Licensing Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subdivisions (12-a), (14), and (15), Section
1305.002, Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
(12-a) "Residential appliance" means:
(A) [a pool-related electrical device, or]
equipment that:
(i) [(A)] is installed as a unit in a
single-family or multifamily dwelling that does not exceed four
stories;
(ii) [(B)] is directly connected to an
electrical circuit; and
(iii) [(C)] performs a specific function;
or
(B) a pool-related electrical device.
(14) "Pool" means an outdoor or indoor structure that
is located at a residential property, a business property, or a
property owned by a municipality and that is intended for swimming
or recreational bathing, including an inground structure,
aboveground structure, hot tub, spa, portable spa, or non-portable
wading pool.
(15) "Pool-related electrical device" means equipment
for a pool that:
(A) is installed as a unit;
(B) is directly connected to an electrical
circuit; [and]
(C) performs a specific function; and
(D) uses single-phase power of 240 volts or less.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.
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