S.B. No. 470
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 an
electrical training program that is:
(A) recognized by the Texas Workforce Commission
or the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board;
(B) registered with the United States Department
of Labor; or
(C) a competency-based standardized craft
training program that meets the training program standards of the
United States Department of Labor Office of Apprenticeship.
SECTION 2. Section 1305.102, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The commission may adopt rules regarding the
registration of apprenticeship training programs and to require
registered programs to report the names of persons enrolled in the
programs.
SECTION 3. 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 4. The change in law made by this Act applies to the
renewal of an electrical apprentice license that expires on or
after September 1, 2010. A license that expires before September 1,
2010, 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 470 passed the Senate on
March 25, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2009, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 470 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142,
Nays 3, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor