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Relating to the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board, the official text

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S.B. No. 705

AN ACT

relating to the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors

advisory board.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 1302.201, Occupations Code, is amended

to read as follows:

Sec. 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 two ex officio

nonvoting members]. One member of the advisory board must be a

public member.

SECTION 2. Section 1302.205(a), Occupations Code, is

amended to read as follows:

(a) Appointed advisory board members serve staggered

six-year terms. The terms of three [two] appointed members expire

on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.

SECTION 3. Section 1302.203, Occupations Code, is repealed.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 705 passed the Senate on

May 12, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 705 passed the House on

May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 108, Nays 32, three

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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