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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to licensing examination requirements for a journeyman |
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lineman. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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 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 2. Section 1305.162(e), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an examination required |
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for a license as: |
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(1) a journeyman industrial electrician under Section |
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1305.1601 may only test an applicant regarding activities performed |
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by a journeyman industrial electrician at a location described by |
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Section 1305.002(11-b); and |
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(2) a journeyman lineman under Section 1305.1605 may |
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only test an applicant regarding activities performed by a |
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journeyman lineman as described by the National Electrical Safety |
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Code as adopted under Section 1305.101(a). |
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SECTION 3. Section 1305.162(e)(2), Occupations Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to an examination for a journeyman |
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lineman license administered on or after June 1, 2020. An |
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examination for a journeyman lineman license administered before |
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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. Not later than March 1, 2020, 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)(2), |
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Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |