Bill Text: TX HB4154 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the renewal of a plumber's apprentice certificate of registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB4154-Introduced.html
85R13264 JCG-F | ||
By: Paul | H.B. No. 4154 |
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relating to the renewal of a plumber's apprentice certificate of | ||
registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1301.4055 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1301.4055. MANDATORY TRAINING FOR PLUMBER'S | ||
APPRENTICE. (a) To renew the certificate of registration for the | ||
third renewal and any subsequent renewals, a person who holds a | ||
certificate of registration under this chapter as a plumber's | ||
apprentice must complete during the year preceding the renewal date | ||
at least six hours of approved classroom training that includes | ||
training in: | ||
(1) this chapter and board rules; | ||
(2) board-approved plumbing codes; and | ||
(3) health protection, energy conservation, and water | ||
conservation. | ||
(b) A person may receive credit for participating in a | ||
training program only if the program is provided: | ||
(1) by a person approved by the board; and | ||
(2) according to criteria adopted by the board. | ||
(c) A plumber's apprentice who is enrolled and in good | ||
standing in a training program approved by the United States | ||
Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship, is exempt from | ||
Subsections (a) and (b). | ||
(d) The board by rule may exempt certain persons from the | ||
requirements of this section if the board determines that the | ||
exemption is in the public interest. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1301.4055, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to the renewal of a certificate of | ||
registration as a plumber's apprentice that expires on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A certificate of registration that | ||
expired before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
in effect on the date the certificate of registration expired, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
of this Act, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners shall adopt | ||
rules necessary to implement Section 1301.4055, Occupations Code, | ||
as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |