Section 145.001. Definitions

TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 145.001 (2019) (N/A)
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Sec. 145.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "In-home service company" means a person who employs a person to enter another person's residence and for a fee repair:

(A) an appliance;

(B) the residence's heating, air-conditioning, and ventilation system;

(C) the residence's plumbing system; or

(D) the residence's electrical system.

(1-a) "Residence" means a person's principal or ordinary home or dwelling place and includes:

(A) any garage that is attached to the home or dwelling place; and

(B) any construction area that is attached to and accessible from the inhabited area or the attached garage of the home or dwelling place.

(2) "Residential delivery company" means a person who employs a person to, for a fee:

(A) deliver an item to another person's residence; and

(B) enter the residence to place, assemble, or install the item.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.