Bill Text: TX HB4296 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of plumbing, including the requirements to obtain a tradesman plumber-limited license.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 34-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - No action taken in committee [HB4296 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4296-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of plumbing, including the requirements to obtain a tradesman plumber-limited license.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 34-4)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-14 - No action taken in committee [HB4296 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4296-Introduced.html
By: Schaefer | H.B. No. 4296 |
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relating to the high school instruction and licensure of a | ||
tradesman plumber, and waiver of certain fee requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1301.002(10), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1301.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
(10) "Tradesman plumber-limited license holder" means | ||
a person who: | ||
(A) has completed at least 4,000 hours working | ||
under the direct supervision of a journeyman or master plumber as a | ||
plumber's apprentice; or has completed the required amount of | ||
courses in the plumbing career and technological education program | ||
as set forth in Sec. 1301.3542; | ||
(B) has passed the required examination; | ||
(C) constructs and installs plumbing for | ||
one-family or two-family dwellings under the supervision of a | ||
responsible master plumber; and | ||
(D) has fulfilled the other requirements of the | ||
board. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 1301.3542 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1301.3542. TRADESMAN PLUMBER LIMITED-LICENSE CAREER & | ||
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM. (a) Notwithstanding any age | ||
requirements in this chapter, a person who completes a coherent | ||
sequence of courses in the plumbing trade offered through a career | ||
and technology education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, | ||
of the Education Code, approved by the State Board of Education, | ||
shall be eligible to take the examination for a license as a | ||
tradesman plumber-limited license holder. The fee and other | ||
examination requirements for applicants under this subsection are | ||
waived. | ||
(b) A person's completion of the plumbing education program | ||
in subsection (a) may be verified by an official high school | ||
transcript or equivalent. | ||
(c) If the applicant successfully completes the | ||
examination, the board shall issue the applicant a tradesman | ||
plumber-limited license. | ||
(d) A person who pursues a tradesman plumber-limited | ||
license under this section is exempt from the plumber apprentice | ||
requirements under Section 1301.054(a) and (b). | ||
(e) The board may adopt rules to implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1301.401, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1301.401. ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED. | ||
(a-1) With written verification from the school, a | ||
journeyman plumber, master plumber, or plumber inspector who, as an | ||
employee, contractor or volunteer, teaches part-time or full-time | ||
for a plumbing career and technology education program pursuant to | ||
Section 1301.3542, is exempt from the license or registration | ||
renewal and fee requirements in subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1301.404, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A person who holds a license under this chapter, but | ||
teaches a plumbing career and technology educational program | ||
pursuant to Section 1301.3542 is exempt from the continuing | ||
professional education requirements under this section. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |