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Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.1618: RESIDENTIAL APPLIANCE INSTALLATION CONTRACTOR.

(a) An applicant for a license as a residential appliance installation contractor must:
(1) be licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer or employ a person licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer;
(2) establish proof of financial responsibility in the manner prescribed by the executive director; and
(3) maintain workers' compensation coverage for the contractor's employees through an insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state or through self-insurance, or elect not to obtain workers' compensation coverage, as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code.
(b) A person who holds a residential appliance installer's license issued or recognized under this chapter may only be assigned to a single residential appliance installation contractor, unless the residential appliance installer owns more than 50 percent of the residential appliance installation contracting business.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 1222), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.

Where this section sits in the code

OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES
CHAPTER 1305. ELECTRICIANS
SUBCHAPTER D. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

(a) An applicant for a license as a residential appliance installation contractor must:

(1) be licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer or employ a person licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer;

(2) establish proof of financial responsibility in the manner prescribed by the executive director; and

(3) maintain workers' compensation coverage for the contractor's employees through an insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state or through self-insurance, or elect not to obtain workers' compensation coverage, as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code.

(b) A person who holds a residential appliance installer's license issued or recognized under this chapter may only be assigned to a single residential appliance installation contractor, unless the residential appliance installer owns more than 50 percent of the residential appliance installation contracting business.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 1222), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.

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