By: Carona	S.B. No. 407
	(In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2013; February 13, 2013,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
	March 27, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
	Nays 0; March 27, 2013, sent to printer.)

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an exemption for persons who sell certain burglar and
	fire alarm components from the requirement to be licensed as an air
	conditioning and refrigeration contractor.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 1302, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1302.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 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 to sell
	or design a product or technology, including a burglar alarm or fire
	alarm, that is integrated with an air conditioning or refrigeration
	system if the sale, design, or offer does not include the
	installation of any part of an air conditioning or refrigeration
	system by that person.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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