83R18853 BEF-F
By: Kuempel H.B. No. 2294
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2294:
By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 2294
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration
contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1302.002(2), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(2) "Air conditioning and refrigeration contracting"
means performing or offering to perform the design, installation,
construction, repair, maintenance, service, or modification of
equipment or a product in an environmental air conditioning system,
a commercial refrigeration system, or a process cooling or heating
system. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
term "air conditioning and refrigeration contracting" does not
include the installation, repair, replacement, or modification of a
thermostat or other temperature control interface.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.