Bill Text: TX HB3329 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to regulation of electricians by local governments.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3329-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3329 |
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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 [ |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3329 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3329 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |