Bill Text: TX HB3124 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing of a journeyman lineman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-18 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3124 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB3124-Introduced.html
By: Thompson | H.B. No. 3124 |
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relating to the licensing of a journeyman lineman. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1305.002, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (14) to read as follows: | ||
(14) "Journeyman lineman" means an individual who | ||
engages in electrical work involving the maintenance and operation | ||
of equipment associated with the transmission and distribution of | ||
electricity from the electricity's original source to a substation | ||
for further distribution. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1305.102(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The executive director shall adopt rules for the | ||
licensing of electricians, sign electricians, electrical sign | ||
contractors, electrical contractors, 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 1305.1605 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1305.1605. JOURNEYMAN LINEMAN. An applicant for a | ||
license as a journeyman lineman must have: | ||
(1) at least 7,000 hours of training in an | ||
apprenticeship program approved by the United States Department of | ||
Labor; or | ||
(2) At least 3-1/2 years of experience as a journeyman | ||
lineman for an electric utility or electrical contractor in this | ||
state. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 lineman, or residential wireman license, | ||
the license holder must complete four hours of continuing education | ||
annually. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Not later than January 1, 2012, the | ||
executive director of the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation shall adopt rules regulating the licensing of a | ||
journeyman lineman, as required by Section 1305.102, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
(b) The executive director's rules under Subsection (a) of | ||
this section must include rules that permit the issuance of a | ||
license to an applicant who applies not later than June 1, 2012, and | ||
presents evidence to the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation that the applicant has at least one year of experience as | ||
a journeyman lineman for an electric utility or electrical | ||
contractor in this state. | ||
(c) A person is not required to hold a license as a | ||
journeyman lineman under Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, before June 1, 2012. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |