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1	1	By: Carona S.B. No. 802
2	2	(In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2009; March 4, 2009, read
3	3	first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
4	4	March 20, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
5	5	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 20, 2009,
6	6	sent to printer.)
7	7	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 802 By: Harris
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10	10	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	11	AN ACT
12	12	relating to the requirements for a plumber's apprentice to obtain a
13	13	plumber's license.
14	14	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
15	15	SECTION 1. Section 1301.354, Occupations Code, is amended
16	16	by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e)
17	17	to read as follows:
18	18	(b) A person who has worked as a plumber's apprentice for a
19	19	period established by law or board rule may apply to [for and] take
20	20	an examination for a license as a journeyman plumber or tradesman
21	21	plumber-limited license holder. Before the applicant may take the
22	22	examination, the applicant must complete classroom training
23	23	provided by a board-approved instructor in a board-approved
24	24	training program in the areas of health and safety, applicable
25	25	plumbing codes, and water conservation for at least:
26	26	(1) 24 hours if the applicant is applying to take a
27	27	tradesman plumber-limited license holder examination; or
28	28	(2) 48 hours if the applicant is applying to take a
29	29	journeyman plumber examination.
30	30	(c) At the applicant's request, the board may credit an
31	31	applicant under Subsection (b) with up to 500 hours of the work
32	32	experience required before taking an examination if the applicant
33	33	has completed the classroom portion of a training program:
34	34	(1) approved by the United States Department of Labor,
35	35	Office of Apprenticeship; or
36	36	(2) provided by a person approved by the board and
37	37	based on course materials approved by the board.
38	38	(d) Notwithstanding the classroom training required by
39	39	Subsection (b), a plumber's apprentice may apply for and take an
40	40	examination for a license as a journeyman plumber or tradesman
41	41	plumber-limited license holder if the apprentice has received an
42	42	associate of applied science degree from a plumbing technology
43	43	program that:
44	44	(1) includes a combination of classroom and on-the-job
45	45	training; and
46	46	(2) is approved by the board and the Texas Higher
47	47	Education Coordinating Board.
48	48	(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a plumber's apprentice
49	49	who is enrolled in good standing in a training program approved by
50	50	the United States Department of Labor, Office of Apprenticeship,
51	51	may take an examination without completing the classroom training
52	52	required by Subsection (b)(1) or (2).
53	53	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
54	54	an application to take an examination submitted to the Texas State
55	55	Board of Plumbing Examiners on or after the effective date of this
56	56	Act. An application submitted before the effective date of this Act
57	57	is governed by the law in effect on the date the application is
58	58	submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
59	59	purpose.
60	60	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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