Bill Text: TX HB796 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing of a journeyman lineman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB796 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB796-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 796 |
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relating to the licensing of a journeyman lineman. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1305.002, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by redesignating existing Subdivision (12) as Subdivision (11-a) | ||
and adding a new Subdivision (12) to read as follows: | ||
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director of the department. | ||
(12) "Journeyman lineman" means an individual who | ||
engages in electrical work involving the maintenance and operation | ||
of equipment associated with the transmission and distribution of | ||
electricity from the electricity's original source to a substation | ||
for further distribution. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1305.102(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The executive director shall adopt rules for the | ||
licensing of electricians, sign electricians, electrical sign | ||
contractors, electrical contractors, journeyman linemen, | ||
residential appliance installers, and residential appliance | ||
installation contractors as prescribed by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1305.1605 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1305.1605. JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN. (a) An applicant for a | ||
license as a journeyman lineman must: | ||
(1) have at least: | ||
(A) 7,000 hours of training in an apprenticeship | ||
program approved by the United States Department of Labor; or | ||
(B) 3-1/2 years of experience as a journeyman | ||
lineman for an electric utility, electric cooperative, municipally | ||
owned utility, or electrical contractor in this state; and | ||
(2) pass a journeyman lineman examination | ||
administered under this chapter. | ||
(b) A journeyman lineman license is not required for: | ||
(1) a person performing work exempt under Section | ||
1305.003(a)(5); or | ||
(2) a person who: | ||
(A) is performing journeyman lineman work; | ||
(B) possesses a journeyman electrician license; | ||
and | ||
(C) is employed by an institution of higher | ||
education, as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1305.168(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To renew a master electrician, journeyman electrician, | ||
master sign electrician, journeyman sign electrician, maintenance | ||
electrician, journeyman lineman, or residential wireman license, | ||
the license holder must complete four hours of continuing education | ||
annually. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than January 1, 2014, the | ||
executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation shall adopt rules regulating the licensing of a | ||
journeyman lineman, as required by Section 1305.102, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) A person is not required to hold a license as a | ||
journeyman lineman under Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, before June 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 796 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2013, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 12, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 796 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 124, Nays 21, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 796 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |