Tex. Occ. Code § 1301.052 · Subchapter B. EXEMPTIONS
WORK INSIDE COUNTIES OR INSIDE OR OUTSIDE MUNICIPALITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person is not required to be licensed under this chapter to perform plumbing, other than plumbing performed in conjunction with new construction, repair, or remodeling, on a property that is:
(1) located in a subdivision or on a tract of land that is not required to be platted under Section 232.0015, Local Government Code;
(2) not connected to a public water system and is located outside a municipality;
(3) located outside a municipality and connected to a public water system that does not require a license to perform plumbing; or
(4) located inside a municipality that is within a county that has fewer than 50,000 inhabitants and that:
(A) has fewer than 5,000 inhabitants; and
(B) by municipal ordinance has authorized a person who is not licensed under this chapter to perform plumbing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 819, Sec. 3(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1380 (S.B. 1354), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1301.htm
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