84R18300 SRS-F
 
  By: Miller of Comal H.B. No. 930
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to water well drillers and pump installers; authorizing
  fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1901.152, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1901.152.  LICENSE APPLICATION[; EXAMINATION FEE].
  [(a)] An applicant [application] for a license must submit to the
  department [contain]:
               (1)  an application that includes:
                     (A)  the applicant's name;
                     (B)  [(2)] the applicant's business address;
                     (C)  [(3)] the applicant's permanent mailing
  address; and
                     (D)  [(4)] any other relevant information
  required by the department; and[.]
               (2)  [(b) An applicant must pay to the department] an
  application [examination] fee [at the time the application is
  submitted].
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1901.153 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1901.153.  APPRENTICE DRILLER PROGRAM. The commission
  by rule shall establish an apprentice driller program.
         SECTION 3.  Section 1901.201, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1901.201.  [FREQUENCY OF] EXAMINATION. [(a)] The
  department shall offer examinations for a license under this
  chapter [at least once each year].
         [(b)     The department shall offer examinations more
  frequently if more than 10 persons petition for an additional
  examination.]
         SECTION 4.  Section 1901.251(b), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Not later than the 60th day after the date of the
  completion or cessation of drilling, deepening, or otherwise
  altering the well, the driller shall deliver, [or] send by first
  class [certified] mail, or provide electronically a copy of the
  well log to:
               (1)  the department;
               (2)  the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
  [Natural Resource Conservation Commission]; and
               (3)  the owner of the well or the person for whom the
  well was drilled.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1902, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1902.153 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1902.153.  APPRENTICE PUMP INSTALLER PROGRAM. The
  commission by rule shall establish an apprentice pump installer
  program.
         SECTION 6.  Section 1902.201, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1902.201.  [FREQUENCY OF] EXAMINATION. [(a)] The
  department shall offer examinations for a license under this
  chapter [at least once each month].
         [(b)     The department shall offer examinations more
  frequently if more than 10 persons petition for an additional
  examination.]
         SECTION 7.  Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas
  Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
  implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 1901 and
  1902, Occupations Code.
         SECTION 8.  The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
  may not require a person to hold a license or license specialty
  endorsement as an apprentice driller or apprentice pump installer
  under Sections 1901.153 and 1902.153, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, before June 1, 2016.
         SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.