88R22673 DIO-D
 
  By: Burns, Button H.B. No. 2334
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2334:
 
  By:  Goldman C.S.H.B. No. 2334
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for
  certain work performed on certain private property.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1301.059 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1301.059.  WORK PERFORMED ON CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
  (a)  A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to
  perform work consisting of installing, servicing, or repairing
  service mains or service lines that provide water, sewer, or storm
  drainage services on private property in an area that extends from a
  public right-of-way or public easement to not less than five feet
  from a building or structure.
         (b)  This section does not apply to plumbing work performed
  on private property designated for use as a one-family or
  two-family dwelling.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.