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Amend CSHB 329 as follows:                                                   
	(1)  On page 4, strike lines 20 through 22 and substitute:                     
	This exemption does not apply:                                          
		(1)  if the managing agent or employee engages in the 
business of performing mold assessment or mold remediation for the 
public;
		(2)  if the mold remediation is performed in an area in 
which the mold contamination affects a total surface area of 25 
contiguous square feet or more; or
		(3)  to a person who is exempt under Subsection (e).                   
	(2)  On page 4, between lines 26 and 27, insert:                               
	(c)  A person is not required to be licensed under this 
chapter to perform mold remediation in an area in which the mold 
contamination affects a total surface area for the project of less 
than 25 contiguous square feet.
	(d)  A person is not required to be licensed under this 
chapter to perform mold assessment or mold remediation in a 
one-family or two-family dwelling that the person constructed or 
improved if the person performs the mold assessment or mold 
remediation at the same time the person performs the construction 
or improvement or at the same time the person performs repair work 
on the construction or improvement.  This exemption does not apply 
if:
		(1)  the person engages in the business of performing 
mold assessment or mold remediation for the public; or
		(2)  the mold remediation is performed in an area in 
which the mold contamination affects a total surface area of 25 
contiguous square feet or more.
	(e)  An owner, or a managing agent or employee of an owner, is 
not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform mold 
assessment or mold remediation on a residential property owned by 
that person with fewer than 25 dwelling units.  This exemption does 
not apply if the managing agent or employee engages in the business 
of performing mold assessment or mold remediation for the public.
	(3)  On page 7, strike lines 5 through 18, and renumber the 
subsequent sections of Subchapter D, Chapter 1958, Occupations 
Code, as added by the bill, accordingly.