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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman lineman. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1305.002(12), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(12) "Journeyman lineman" means an individual who |
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engages in electrical work involving the installation, |
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maintenance, and operation of equipment associated with the |
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transmission and distribution of electricity from the |
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electricity's original source to a substation and from a substation |
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to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on |
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a customer's premises for further distribution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1305.101(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The executive director or commission, as appropriate, |
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shall: |
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(1) by rule establish the financial responsibility |
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requirements for electrical contractors; [and] |
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(2) after publication of the National Electrical Code |
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by the National Fire Protection Association every three years, |
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adopt the revised National Electrical Code as the electrical code |
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for the state; and |
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(3) after the publication of the National Electrical |
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Safety Code by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics |
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Engineers every five years, adopt the revised National Electrical |
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Safety Code for purposes of Section 1305.162(e). |
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SECTION 3. Section 1305.162, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) In addition to the other requirements of this section, |
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the department shall accept, develop, or contract for a journeyman |
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lineman examination that tests an applicant's knowledge of: |
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(1) materials and methods used in the installation, |
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maintenance, and operation of equipment associated with the |
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transmission and distribution of electricity from the |
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electricity's original source to a substation and from a substation |
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to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on |
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a customer's premises for further distribution; and |
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(2) the standards prescribed by the National |
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Electrical Safety Code as adopted by the commission. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1305.162(e), Occupations Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to an examination for a journeyman lineman |
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license administered on or after June 1, 2016. An examination for a |
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journeyman lineman license administered before that date is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the examination was |
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administered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 5. Not later than March 1, 2016, the Texas |
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Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary |
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to implement Sections 1305.101(a)(3) and 1305.162(e), Occupations |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |