Bill Text: TX HB1857 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for plumbing work performed on certain private property.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB1857 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB1857-Introduced.html

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86R7851 JCG-F
By: Goldman H.B. No. 1857

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from the plumbing licensing law for
plumbing 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. PLUMBING ON CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY. (a) A
person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform
plumbing work consisting of installing, servicing, or repairing
service mains, service lines, appurtenances, equipment, or
appliances 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, 2019.