By: Zaffirini  S.B. No. 705          (In the Senate - Filed January 3, 2025; February 7, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;   May 5, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,   Nays 0; May 5, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the air conditioning and refrigeration contractors   advisory board.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1302.201, Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 1302.201.  ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSHIP. The air   conditioning and refrigeration contractors advisory board consists   of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the   commission[,] with the commission's approval[, and two ex officio   nonvoting members]. One member of the advisory board must be a   public member.          SECTION 2.  Section 1302.205(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Appointed advisory board members serve staggered   six-year terms.  The terms of three [two] appointed members expire   on February 1 of each odd-numbered year.          SECTION 3.  Section 1302.203, Occupations Code, is repealed.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *