By: Brown (Senate Sponsor - Carona) H.B. No. 1625
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 2011;
April 26, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business and Commerce; May 3, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 3, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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