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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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for further distribution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1305.1605(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An applicant for a license as a journeyman lineman must: |
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(1) have at least: |
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(A) 7,000 hours of training in an apprenticeship |
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program approved by the United States Department of Labor; or |
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(B) 3-1/2 years of experience as a journeyman |
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lineman for an electric utility, electric cooperative, municipally |
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owned utility, or electrical contractor in this state; and |
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(2) pass a journeyman lineman examination |
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administered under this chapter based primarily on information |
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contained in The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1305.1605(a), Occupations Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to an examination for a journeyman |
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lineman license administered on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. An examination for a journeyman lineman license administered |
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before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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examination was administered, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |