Texas 2023 88th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2334 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 04/21/2023

                    88R22673 DIO-D
 By: Burns, Button H.B. No. 2334
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2334:
 By:  Goldman C.S.H.B. No. 2334


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for
 certain work performed on certain private property.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is
 amended by adding Section 1301.059 to read as follows:
 Sec. 1301.059.  WORK PERFORMED ON CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
 (a)  A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to
 perform work consisting of installing, servicing, or repairing
 service mains or service lines that provide water, sewer, or storm
 drainage services on private property in an area that extends from a
 public right-of-way or public easement to not less than five feet
 from a building or structure.
 (b)  This section does not apply to plumbing work performed
 on private property designated for use as a one-family or
 two-family dwelling.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.