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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 8 - Regulation of Environmental and Industrial Trades
Chapter 1302 - Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Contractors
Subchapter C. Executive Director and Department Powers and Duties
Section 1302.101. General Powers and Duties

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TX Occ Code § 1302.101 (2025)
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Sec. 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 by:

(1) the Uniform Mechanical Code; and

(2) the International Mechanical Code.

(b) The executive director shall prescribe the design of an original and a renewal license.

(c) The commission shall maintain a record of the commission's proceedings under this chapter.

(d) The executive director may authorize disbursements necessary to implement this chapter, including disbursements for office expenses, equipment costs, and other necessary facilities.

(e) The department may examine any criminal conviction, guilty plea, or deferred adjudication of an applicant for issuance or renewal of a license, including by obtaining any criminal history record information permitted by law.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 2.003, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1174 (H.B. 463), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.

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