By: Creighton S.B. No. 2702
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair
or test backflow prevention assemblies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.034(c), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A person who repairs or tests the installation or
operation of backflow prevention assemblies must:
(1) hold a license issued by the commission under
Chapter 37, Water Code; or
(2) hold a certification issued by a nationally
recognized accrediting organization qualifying the person to test
backflow prevention assemblies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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