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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to qualifications for a backflow prevention assembly |
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tester license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.004, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 37.004. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) The commission shall |
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establish the qualifications required by this section and, except |
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as limited by Subsection (b), may establish additional |
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qualifications for each license and registration issued under this |
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chapter. |
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(b) The commission shall require an applicant for a backflow |
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prevention assembly tester license to pass an examination and |
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complete an approved 40-hour backflow prevention assembly testing |
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training course. The commission may not require work experience for |
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issuance of a backflow prevention assembly tester license. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality shall adopt the rules necessary to implement Section |
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37.004, Water Code, as amended by this Act, not later than December |
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1, 2015. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act applies only to an |
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application for a backflow prevention assembly tester license |
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submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or |
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after January 1, 2016. An application submitted before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the application was |
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submitted, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |