By: Miller of Comal (Senate Sponsor - Perry) H.B. No. 930
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 26, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 26, 2015, sent
to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to water well drillers and pump installers; authorizing
fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1901.152, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1901.152. LICENSE APPLICATION[; EXAMINATION FEE].
[(a)] An applicant [application] for a license must submit to the
department [contain]:
(1) an application that includes:
(A) the applicant's name;
(B) [(2)] the applicant's business address;
(C) [(3)] the applicant's permanent mailing
address; and
(D) [(4)] any other relevant information
required by the department; and[.]
(2) [(b) An applicant must pay to the department] an
application [examination] fee [at the time the application is
submitted].
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 1901, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1901.153 to read as follows:
Sec. 1901.153. APPRENTICE DRILLER PROGRAM. The commission
by rule shall establish an apprentice driller program.
SECTION 3. Section 1901.201, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1901.201. [FREQUENCY OF] EXAMINATION. [(a)] The
department shall offer examinations for a license under this
chapter [at least once each year].
[(b) The department shall offer examinations more
frequently if more than 10 persons petition for an additional
examination.]
SECTION 4. Section 1901.251(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Not later than the 60th day after the date of the
completion or cessation of drilling, deepening, or otherwise
altering the well, the driller shall deliver, [or] send by first
class [certified] mail, or provide electronically a copy of the
well log to:
(1) the department;
(2) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
[Natural Resource Conservation Commission]; and
(3) the owner of the well or the person for whom the
well was drilled.
SECTION 5. Subchapter D, Chapter 1902, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1902.153 to read as follows:
Sec. 1902.153. APPRENTICE PUMP INSTALLER PROGRAM. The
commission by rule shall establish an apprentice pump installer
program.
SECTION 6. Section 1902.201, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1902.201. [FREQUENCY OF] EXAMINATION. [(a)] The
department shall offer examinations for a license under this
chapter [at least once each month].
[(b) The department shall offer examinations more
frequently if more than 10 persons petition for an additional
examination.]
SECTION 7. Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules to
implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapters 1901 and
1902, Occupations Code.
SECTION 8. The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
may not require a person to hold a license or license specialty
endorsement as an apprentice driller or apprentice pump installer
under Sections 1901.153 and 1902.153, Occupations Code, as added by
this Act, before June 1, 2016.
SECTION 9. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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