83R18853 BEF-F
 
  By: Kuempel, Lucio III H.B. No. 2294
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption from air conditioning and refrigeration
  contracting regulation for installation of a thermostat.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1302.002(2), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Air conditioning and refrigeration contracting"
  means performing or offering to perform the design, installation,
  construction, repair, maintenance, service, or modification of
  equipment or a product in an environmental air conditioning system,
  a commercial refrigeration system, or a process cooling or heating
  system. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
  term "air conditioning and refrigeration contracting" does not
  include the installation, repair, replacement, or modification of a
  thermostat or other temperature control interface.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.