H.B. No. 2294
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 does not include the performance of or an offer to perform the
installation, repair, replacement, or modification of a thermostat
or other temperature control interface by a person licensed or
registered under Chapter 1702.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the House on May 3,
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 3, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2294 on May 23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 1,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2294 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays
4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor