74R9574 PB-D By Carona H.B. No. 801 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 801: By Goolsby C.S.H.B. No. 801 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to persons who may inspect certain air conditioning 1-3 systems as part of a real estate inspection. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 23(c), The Real Estate License Act 1-6 (Article 6573a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-7 adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: 1-8 (4) In addition to the license requirements imposed 1-9 under Subdivisions (1)-(3) of this subsection, a business entity 1-10 that inspects an environmental air conditioning system, commercial 1-11 refrigeration system, or process cooling or heating system as part 1-12 of a real estate inspection conducted under this Act must employ a 1-13 person who holds the appropriate air conditioning and refrigeration 1-14 contractor licenses and endorsements under the Air Conditioning and 1-15 Refrigeration Contractor License Law (Article 8861, Vernon's Texas 1-16 Civil Statutes). An employee who does not hold a license or 1-17 endorsement under the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor 1-18 License Law (Article 8861, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) may 1-19 perform the inspection under the direction of the license holder. 1-20 For purposes of this Act, "inspection" of environmental air 1-21 conditioning, commercial refrigeration, and process cooling and 1-22 heating equipment means an inspection that includes the use of 1-23 electronic instruments, gauges, thermometers, mechanical 1-24 instruments, or other meters that require direct in-line connection 2-1 to the refrigerant system. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 2-3 applies only to a real estate inspection that is conducted on or 2-4 after that date. A real estate inspection conducted before that 2-5 date is governed by the law in effect on the date that the 2-6 inspection occurs, and the former law is continued in effect for 2-7 that purpose. 2-8 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-9 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-10 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-11 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-12 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.