By: Carona S.B. No. 470
(In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2009; February 17, 2009,
read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
March 19, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 19, 2009,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 470 By: Eltife
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training and continuing education for licensed
electrical apprentices.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.002, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subdivision (1-b) to read as follows:
(1-b) "Apprenticeship training program" means a
program recognized by the Texas Workforce Commission or the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board that combines technical
classroom instruction and structured on-the-job training for
electrical apprentices.
SECTION 2. Section 1305.168, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) Continuing education courses that satisfy the
requirements of Subsection (a) [this section] must address safety,
the National Electrical Code, as adopted under Section 1305.101,
and state laws and rules that regulate the conduct of license
holders under this chapter.
(b-1) To renew an electrical apprentice license, a license
holder who is not enrolled in an apprenticeship training program
must complete four hours of continuing education annually.
Continuing education courses that satisfy the requirements of this
subsection must address safety, the National Electrical Code, as
adopted under Section 1305.101, and state laws and rules that
regulate the conduct of license holders under this chapter.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
renewal of an electrical apprentice license that expires on or
after the effective date of this Act. A license that expires before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the license was issued, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect March 31, 2010.
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