SRC-HRD H.B. 930 75(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   H.B. 930
By: Pickett (Carona)
International Relations, Trade & Technology
4-18-97
Engrossed


DIGEST 

Currently, citizens across Texas who want to obtain an air conditioning
and refrigeration contractor license must travel to Travis County (Austin)
in order to complete the test for their license.  There are concerns that
this is an unwarranted and inconvenient requirement for many Texans who do
not live in or near Travis County.  This bill would require the
examination for an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license
to be offered at locations within the state determined by the commissioner
of the Department of Licensing and Regulation, on at least a monthly
basis. 

PURPOSE

As proposed, H.B. 930 requires examinations for an air conditioning and
refrigeration contractor license to be offered within the state determined
by the commissioner of the Department of Licensing and Regulation, rather
than only in Travis County. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, and agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 3(e), Article 8861, V.T.C.S. (Air Conditioning
and Refrigeration Contractor License Law), to require the examination
administered under this Act to be offered at locations within the state
determined by the commissioner of the Department of Licensing and
Regulation, rather than only in Travis County, and to be offered on a
monthly, rather than quarterly, basis or more frequently as determined by
the commissioner.  Authorizes the examination to be offered by computer at
locations within the state determined by the commissioner. 

SECTION 2. (a) Effective date: September 1, 1997.

(b) Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.