84R10559 SRS-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 3043
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the licensing and regulation of a journeyman lineman.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.002(12), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(12) "Journeyman lineman" means an individual who
engages in electrical work involving the installation,
maintenance, and operation of equipment associated with the
transmission and distribution of electricity from the
electricity's original source to a substation and from a substation
for further distribution.
SECTION 2. Section 1305.1605(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) An applicant for a license as a journeyman lineman must:
(1) have at least:
(A) 7,000 hours of training in an apprenticeship
program approved by the United States Department of Labor; or
(B) 3-1/2 years of experience as a journeyman
lineman for an electric utility, electric cooperative, municipally
owned utility, or electrical contractor in this state; and
(2) pass a journeyman lineman examination
administered under this chapter based primarily on information
contained in The Lineman's and Cableman's Handbook.
SECTION 3. Section 1305.1605(a), Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an examination for a journeyman
lineman license administered on or after the effective date of this
Act. An examination for a journeyman lineman license administered
before that date is governed by the law in effect on the date the
examination was administered, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.