SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1302.001 - Short Title
This chapter may be cited as the Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractor License Law. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff....
- Texas Section 1302.002 - Definitions
In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board. (2) "Air conditioning and refrigeration contracting" means performing or offering...
SUBCHAPTER B EXEMPTIONS
- Texas Section 1302.003 - Nonapplicability Of Law Governing Cancellation Of Certain Transactions
Except as otherwise provided by this section, Chapter 601, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to a good or service provided by a license...
- Texas Section 1302.052 - Application Of Municipal Ordinances
Work performed by a person who is exempt from this chapter is subject to any permit, inspection, or approval required by a municipal ordinance. Added...
- Texas Section 1302.053 - Homeowners
This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting in a building owned solely by the person as...
- Texas Section 1302.054 - Certain Maintenance Personnel
This chapter does not apply to a person who performs air conditioning and refrigeration maintenance work if: (1) the person is a maintenance person or...
- Texas Section 1302.055 - Certain Utilities Personnel
This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting and is regularly employed by a regulated electric or...
- Texas Section 1302.056 - Engineers
This chapter does not apply to a person who is licensed as an engineer under Chapter 1001 and engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting...
- Texas Section 1302.057 - Industrial Operation Personnel
This chapter does not apply to a person who is employed by an industrial operation, including a chemical plant, petrochemical plant, refinery, natural gas plant,...
- Texas Section 1302.058 - Certain Products Or Equipment
This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting on: (1) a portable or self-contained ductless air conditioning...
- Texas Section 1302.059 - Motor Vehicles
This chapter does not apply to a person who engages in or employs a person who engages in air conditioning services only on a motor...
- Texas Section 1302.060 - Vent Hoods
This chapter does not apply to a person who installs, repairs, or removes a vent hood of the type commonly used in residential or commercial...
- Texas Section 1302.061 - Manufactured Homes
This chapter does not apply to a person or entity licensed as a manufacturer, retailer, or installer under Chapter 1201 and engaged exclusively in air...
- Texas Section 1302.063 - No Exemption For Certain Persons Licensed Under Other Law
A person who is licensed and engaged in business in this state as a plumber or who is regulated under Chapter 113, Natural Resources Code,...
SUBCHAPTER C EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND DEPARTMENT POWERS AND DUTIES
- Texas Section 1302.064 - Technology Integration
This chapter does not apply to a person licensed under Chapter 1702 of this code or Chapter 6002, Insurance Code, who sells, designs, or offers...
- Texas Section 1302.101 - General Powers And Duties
(a) The commission shall adopt rules for the practice of air conditioning and refrigeration contracting that are at least as strict as the standards provided...
- Texas Section 1302.1011 - Rules
The commission shall adopt rules: (1) providing for the licensing and registration of persons under this chapter, including requirements for the issuance and renewal of...
- Texas Section 1302.102 - Insurance Requirements
(a) The commission by rule shall set insurance requirements for a license holder under this chapter. (b) The executive director may waive the insurance requirements...
- Texas Section 1302.103 - Rules Regarding Use And Display Of License
The commission, with the advice of the advisory board, shall adopt rules relating to the use, display, and advertisement of a license. Added by Acts...
- Texas Section 1302.104 - Contracts For Enforcement
The department may contract with another state agency or a political subdivision of the state to enforce this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter....
SUBCHAPTER D CONSUMER INTEREST INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS
- Texas Section 1302.105 - Personnel
The department may employ personnel necessary to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended...
SUBCHAPTER E AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS ADVISORY BOARD
- Texas Section 1302.151 - Consumer Interest Information
(a) The executive director shall prepare information of consumer interest describing: (1) the functions performed by the executive director under this chapter; and (2) the...
- Texas Section 1302.201 - Advisory Board Membership
The air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, and...
- Texas Section 1302.202 - Appointed Members
(a) Except for the public member and the building contractor member, each appointed advisory board member must be experienced in the design, installation, construction, maintenance,...
- Texas Section 1302.203 - Ex Officio Members
The executive director and the chief administrator of this chapter serve as ex officio, nonvoting members of the advisory board. Added by Acts 2001, 77th...
- Texas Section 1302.204 - Advisory Board Duties
(a) The advisory board shall advise the commission in adopting rules and in administering and enforcing this chapter. (b) The advisory board shall advise the...
- Texas Section 1302.205 - Terms; Vacancy
(a) Appointed advisory board members serve staggered six-year terms. The terms of two appointed members expire on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) If...
- Texas Section 1302.206 - Presiding Officer
The presiding officer of the commission, with the commission's approval, shall designate one member of the advisory board to serve as presiding officer of the...
- Texas Section 1302.207 - Compensation; Reimbursement
An appointed advisory board member serves without compensation but is entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing functions as an advisory...
SUBCHAPTER F AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION CONTRACTORS
- Texas Section 1302.208 - Meetings
(a) The advisory board shall meet at least every six months and may meet at other times at the call of the presiding officer. (b)...
- Texas Section 1302.251 - License Required
(a) A person may not engage in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting unless the person holds an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license under this...
- Texas Section 1302.252 - Requirement For Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Contracting Company
(a) An air conditioning and refrigeration contracting company must employ full-time in each permanent office a license holder who holds an appropriate license assigned to...
- Texas Section 1302.253 - License Classifications
(a) The executive director shall issue a Class A or Class B air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license. (b) A Class A license entitles the...
- Texas Section 1302.254 - License Endorsements
(a) An air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license must be endorsed with one or both of the following endorsements: (1) an environmental air conditioning endorsement;...
- Texas Section 1302.255 - Eligibility Requirements
(a) An applicant for a license under this subchapter must: (1) be at least 18 years old; and (2) have at least 48 months of...
- Texas Section 1302.256 - Application; Fee
(a) An applicant for an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license must submit a verified application on a form prescribed by the executive director. (b)...
- Texas Section 1302.257 - Examinations
(a) The executive director shall prescribe: (1) a separate examination for each class of license; and (2) within each class of license, a separate examination...
- Texas Section 1302.260 - Issuance And Term Of License
(a) The department shall issue an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license to an applicant who: (1) submits a verified application; (2) passes the applicable...
- Texas Section 1302.261 - Temporary License
The commission by rule may provide for the issuance of a temporary air conditioning and refrigeration contracting license to an applicant who: (1) submits to...
- Texas Section 1302.262 - Notice To Municipalities
(a) A person who obtains a license under this subchapter shall provide a notice to the municipal authority that enforces air conditioning and refrigeration contracting...
SUBCHAPTER G MUNICIPAL LICENSING AND REGULATION
- Texas Section 1302.263 - Limitation On License Holder
A person licensed as a contractor under this chapter may not: (1) perform or offer or attempt to perform an act, service, or function that...
- Texas Section 1302.301 - Municipal License
An air conditioning and refrigeration contractor license issued by a municipality of this state and that complies with the requirements of this subchapter is valid...
- Texas Section 1302.302 - Municipal License: Eligibility Requirements
An applicant for a municipal license must: (1) pass an examination that covers the same subjects as the examination required under Subchapter F for a...
SUBCHAPTER I DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PROCEDURES
- Texas Section 1302.303 - Municipal Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Standards
(a) A municipality may by ordinance adopt and enforce standards for air conditioning and refrigeration contractors that are consistent with the standards established under this...
- Texas Section 1302.401 - Disciplinary Action
(a) A person is subject to the denial of an application, imposition of an administrative penalty under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, or disciplinary action under...
SUBCHAPTER J PENALTIES AND ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
- Texas Section 1302.402 - Administrative Procedures
A proceeding for the denial of a license or registration application or disciplinary action and an appeal from that proceeding are governed by Chapter 2001,...
- Texas Section 1302.451 - Emergency And Cease And Desist Orders
(a) The executive director may issue an emergency order as necessary to enforce this chapter if the executive director determines that an emergency exists requiring...
- Texas Section 1302.452 - Citations For Certain Violations
(a) A municipal or county official may issue a citation to an air conditioning and refrigeration contracting company that engages in air conditioning and refrigeration...
SUBCHAPTER K AIR CONDITIONING AND REFRIGERATION TECHNICIANS
- Texas Section 1302.453 - Criminal Penalty
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) knowingly engages in air conditioning and refrigeration contracting without holding a license issued under this...
- Texas Section 1302.501 - Registration Required
(a) A person may not act or offer to act as an air conditioning and refrigeration technician unless the person is registered under this subchapter....
- Texas Section 1302.503 - Supervision Requirements For Registrants
An air conditioning and refrigeration technician must be supervised by an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor licensed under this chapter. Added by Acts 2007, 80th...
- Texas Section 1302.5035 - Eligibility Requirements
(a) An applicant for a technician registration under this subchapter must be at least 18 years old. (b) An applicant for a technician registration is...
- Texas Section 1302.504 - Application; Fee
(a) An applicant for an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration must submit a verified application on a form prescribed by the executive director. (b)...
- Texas Section 1302.505 - Issuance And Term Of Registration
(a) The department shall issue an air conditioning and refrigeration technician registration to an applicant who: (1) submits a verified application; (2) meets the requirements...
- Texas Section 1302.506 - Temporary Registration
(a) An applicant for registration may request a temporary registration. The executive director shall issue a temporary registration that expires on the 21st day after...
- Texas Section 1302.508 - Certified Technician
A registered technician may be certified by the department and use the designation "certified technician" if the registered technician: (1) completes an application for certification...
- Texas Section 1302.509 - Limitations On Registrant
A person registered under this subchapter may not: (1) perform, offer to perform, or attempt to perform an act that is: (A) defined as the...