Amend CSHB 2062 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 1301.354(d), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(d)  A [Notwithstanding the classroom training required by Subsection (b), a] plumber's apprentice may apply for and take an examination for a license as a journeyman plumber [or tradesman plumber-limited license holder] if the apprentice has received an associate of applied science degree from a plumbing technology program [that]:

(1)  that includes a combination of classroom and on-the-job training; [and]

(2)  in which all laboratory training in plumbing is taught by a licensed plumber; and

(3)  that  is approved by [the board and] the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.

SECTION ____.  Section 1301.354(b-1), Occupations Code, is repealed.

SECTION ____.  Section 1301.354, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an application for a journeyman plumber license under Section 1301.354, Occupations Code, submitted on or after January 1, 2014. An application for a journeyman plumber license submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.