H.B. No. 1625 AN ACT relating to the renewal of electrical sign apprentice licenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1305.168(b-1), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (b-1) To renew an electrical apprentice license or electrical sign 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 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the renewal of an electrical sign apprentice license that expires on or after September 1, 2012. A license that expires before September 1, 2012, 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1625 was passed by the House on April 13, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1625 was passed by the Senate on May 6, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor