85R22487 JCG-F
 
  By: Paddie H.B. No. 3329
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to regulation of electricians by local governments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1305.201, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  This chapter does not prohibit a municipality or region
  from regulating electricians or residential appliance installers
  by:
               (1)  enacting an ordinance requiring inspections;
               (2)  offering examinations;
               (3)  issuing municipal or regional licenses; or
               (4)  collecting permit fees for municipal or regional
  licenses and examinations from [electricians and] appliance
  installers for work performed in the municipality or region.
         (f)  A municipality or region may not collect a permit fee,
  registration fee, administrative fee, or any other fee from an
  electrician who holds a license issued under this chapter for work
  performed in the municipality or region.  This subsection does not
  prohibit a municipality or region from collecting a building permit
  fee.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.