DEFINITIONS.
Tex. CIV. PRAC. & REM Code § 145.001.
in effectIn 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.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 751 (S.B. 627 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.