| 1 | 1 | | By: Brown (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1625 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Business and Commerce; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the renewal of electrical sign apprentice licenses. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 1305.168(b-1), Occupations Code, is |
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| 13 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (b-1) To renew an electrical apprentice license or |
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| 15 | 15 | | electrical sign apprentice license, a license holder who is not |
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| 16 | 16 | | enrolled in an apprenticeship training program must complete four |
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| 17 | 17 | | hours of continuing education annually. Continuing education |
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| 18 | 18 | | courses that satisfy the requirements of this subsection must |
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| 19 | 19 | | address safety, the National Electrical Code, as adopted under |
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| 20 | 20 | | Section 1305.101, and state laws and rules that regulate the |
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| 21 | 21 | | conduct of license holders under this chapter. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to the |
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| 23 | 23 | | renewal of an electrical sign apprentice license that expires on or |
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| 24 | 24 | | after September 1, 2012. A license that expires before September 1, |
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| 25 | 25 | | 2012, is governed by the law in effect on the date the license was |
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| 26 | 26 | | issued, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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