Bill Text: TX HB1625 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 1625 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of electrical sign apprentice licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB1625 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1625-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 1625




	AN ACT
	relating to the renewal of electrical sign apprentice licenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1305.168(b-1), Occupations Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(b-1) To renew an electrical apprentice license or
	electrical sign apprentice license, a license holder who is not
	enrolled in an apprenticeship training program must complete four
	hours of continuing education annually. Continuing education
	courses that satisfy the requirements of this subsection must
	address safety, the National Electrical Code, as adopted under
	Section 1305.101, and state laws and rules that regulate the
	conduct of license holders under this chapter.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
	renewal of an electrical sign apprentice license that expires on or
	after September 1, 2012. A license that expires before September 1,
	2012, is governed by the law in effect on the date the license was
	issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1625 was passed by the House on April
	13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1625 was passed by the Senate on May
	6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor