By: Paddie (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 3329

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2017; May 4, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; May 11, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 11, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

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.

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