By: Creighton  S.B. No. 2702
         (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
  Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the licensing and regulation of persons who may repair
  or test backflow prevention assemblies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 341.034(c), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A person who repairs or tests the installation or
  operation of backflow prevention assemblies must:
               (1)  hold a license issued by the commission under
  Chapter 37, Water Code; or
               (2)  hold a certification issued by a nationally
  recognized accrediting organization qualifying the person to test
  backflow prevention assemblies.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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