Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 3029	House Author:  Frullo
Effective:  9-1-17	Senate Sponsor:  Whitmire

            House Bill 3029 amends the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law, Occupations Code, to give a person acting as or offering to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician the option of being certified as an alternative to being registered under that law. The bill, among other provisions, sets out eligibility requirements for a certified technician and exempts certain students from the requirement that a person be registered or certified by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to act or offer to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician. The bill revises eligibility requirements for an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license and includes a certified technician and certain students among the persons whose services such a license holder may use to assist in the performance of air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance work.