1. (a) Except for the public member, each appointed advisory board member must be experienced in the design, installation, construction, maintenance, service, repair, or modification of equipment used for environmental air conditioning, commercial refrigeration, or process cooling or heating. Other than the public member, of the appointed members:

   1. (1) one must be an official of a municipality with a population of more than 250,000;
   2. (2) one must be an official of a municipality with a population of not more than 250,000; and

   3. (3) four must be full-time licensed air conditioning and refrigeration contractors, as follows:

      1. (A) one member who holds a Class A license and practices in a municipality with a population of more than 250,000;
      2. (B) one member who holds a Class B license and practices in a municipality with a population of more than 250,000;
      3. (C) one member who holds a Class A license and practices in a municipality with a population of more than 25,000 but not more than 250,000; and
      4. (D) one member who holds a Class B license and practices in a municipality with a population of not more than 25,000.
2. (b) At least one advisory board member appointed under Subsection (a)(3) must be an air conditioning and refrigeration contractor who employs organized labor.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1017 (H.B. 2643), Sec. 9, eff. June 17, 2011.