Definitions

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.