Bill Text: TX HB1698 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman industrial electrician.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1698 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1698-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1698 |
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relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman industrial | ||
electrician. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1305.002, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (11-b) to read as follows: | ||
(11-b) "Journeyman industrial electrician" means an | ||
individual who engages in electrical work exclusively at a business | ||
that operates a chemical plant, petrochemical plant, refinery, | ||
natural gas plant, natural gas treating plant, pipeline, or oil and | ||
gas exploration and production operation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1305.102(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission [ |
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for the licensing of electricians, sign electricians, electrical | ||
sign contractors, electrical contractors, journeyman industrial | ||
electricians, journeyman linemen, residential appliance | ||
installers, and residential appliance installation contractors as | ||
prescribed by this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1305.1601 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1305.1601. JOURNEYMAN INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICIAN. An | ||
applicant for a license as a journeyman industrial electrician | ||
must: | ||
(1) have at least 8,000 hours of on-the-job training | ||
as a licensed electrical apprentice under the supervision of a | ||
master electrician; and | ||
(2) pass a journeyman industrial electrician | ||
examination administered under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1305.162, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an examination required | ||
for a license as a journeyman industrial electrician under Section | ||
1305.1601 may only test an applicant regarding activities performed | ||
by a journeyman industrial electrician at a location described by | ||
Section 1305.002(11-b). | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1305.168(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) To renew a master electrician, journeyman electrician, | ||
master sign electrician, journeyman sign electrician, maintenance | ||
electrician, journeyman industrial electrician, journeyman | ||
lineman, or residential wireman license, the license holder must | ||
complete four hours of continuing education annually. | ||
SECTION 6. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules as | ||
required by Section 1305.102, Occupations Code, as amended by this | ||
Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1698 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1698 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |