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Senate Bill 1222 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: See below |
House Sponsor: Goolsby |
Senate Bill 1222 amends the Occupations Code to create a residential appliance installer license, which authorizes a person other than a licensed electrician to perform limited electrical work related to connecting or disconnecting a residential appliance in certain dwellings, and a residential appliance installation contractor license, which authorizes an entity other than an electrical contractor or electrical sign contractor to contract for that work. The bill sets out the license registration requirements and requires a person who holds an installer license to be assigned to a single contractor unless the installer owns more than 50 percent of the contracting business. The bill prohibits a person or business from performing or offering to perform such an installation without the appropriate license and allows a municipality or region to regulate appliance installers in the same manner as electricians. The bill exempts from regulations relating to electricians the maintenance and repair of a residential appliance performed by the dealer or manufacturer of the electrical equipment. The bill requires the executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to adopt rules for licensing such installers and contractors and requires the department to issue an installer license without examination to a qualified applicant who applies not later than June 1, 2008, and meets certain other requirements. The provision prohibiting residential appliance installation or contracting without a license takes effect March 1, 2008; all other provisions take effect September 1, 2007.