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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 83(R)

House Bill 1503

House Author:  Kuempel

Effective:  6-14-13

Senate Sponsor:  Eltife


            House Bill 1503 amends the Occupations Code to expand from seven to nine the membership of the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board by adding one building contractor who is principally engaged in home construction and is a member of a statewide building trade association and one member who holds a license of any classification under the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law, is principally engaged in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting, and practices in a municipality. The bill includes the building contractor member among the members who are exempt from the requirement that each appointed advisory board member be experienced in the design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, or modification of equipment used for environmental air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, or process cooling or heating.

House Bill 1503 changes the composition of the electrical safety and licensing advisory board to include one public member who is a building contractor principally engaged in home construction and is a member of a statewide building trade association.