(a) Under Chapter 30 of this title (relating to Occupational Licenses and Registrations), a business owner who employs a licensed irrigator as an irrigator-in-charge to provide consulting services, to supervise, or conduct operations relating to irrigation services is exempt from the licensing requirements of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1903.
(b) An exempt business owner who provides landscape irrigation services shall ensure that all irrigation services are supervised by a licensed irrigator, according to the requirements of this subchapter. An exempt business owner who engages in landscape irrigation is responsible for verifying the validity of the license belonging to all irrigators and irrigation technicians performing irrigation services for the business. An exempt business owner who engages in landscape irrigation is responsible for designating an irrigator-in-charge.

Source Note: The provisions of this §344.31 adopted to be effective January 1, 2009, 33 TexReg 5713; amended to be effective July 26, 2020, 45 TexReg 4986