By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 2007
76R6775 GJH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the adoption of standards for the practice of air
1-3 conditioning and refrigeration contracting.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2(10), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
1-6 Contractor License Law (Article 8861, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-7 Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (10) "Mechanical integrity" means physical
1-9 installation of products, systems, or equipment in accordance with
1-10 their intended purpose and according to:
1-11 (A) standards at least as strict as the
1-12 standards set forth in the Uniform Mechanical Code, the
1-13 International Mechanical Code [published jointly by the
1-14 International Conference of Building Officials and the
1-15 International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials, or
1-16 their successor organizations], or the Standard Mechanical Code
1-17 [published by the Southern Building Code Congress International,
1-18 Inc., or its successor organization];
1-19 (B) all other applicable codes; and
1-20 (C) the manufacturer's specifications.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 3(a), Air Conditioning and Refrigeration
1-22 Contractor License Law (Article 8861, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-23 Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-24 (a) The commissioner shall adopt rules for the practice of
2-1 air conditioning and refrigeration contracting consistent with this
2-2 Act. The standards prescribed by rule must be at least as strict
2-3 as the standards set forth in the Uniform Mechanical Code published
2-4 [jointly] by the International Conference of Building Officials or
2-5 [and] the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
2-6 Officials, [or] the Standard Mechanical Code published by the
2-7 Southern Building Code Congress International, Inc., or the
2-8 International Mechanical Code published by the International Code
2-9 Council [as those codes exist at the time the rules are adopted].
2-10 The commissioner shall enforce this Act and may adopt rules
2-11 relating to enforcement requirements.
2-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-13 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.