83R18853 BEF-F By: Kuempel, Lucio III 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.