85S10454 BEE-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 106
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
to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on
a customer's premises for further distribution.
SECTION 2. Section 1305.101(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The executive director or commission, as appropriate,
shall:
(1) by rule establish the financial responsibility
requirements for electrical contractors; [and]
(2) after publication of the National Electrical Code
by the National Fire Protection Association every three years,
adopt the revised National Electrical Code as the electrical code
for the state; and
(3) after publication of the National Electrical
Safety Code by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers every five years, adopt the revised National Electrical
Safety Code for purposes of Section 1305.162(f).
SECTION 3. Section 1305.162, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) In addition to the other requirements of this section,
the department shall accept, develop, or contract for a journeyman
lineman examination that tests an applicant's knowledge of:
(1) materials and methods used in 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
to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on
a customer's premises for further distribution; and
(2) the standards prescribed by the National
Electrical Safety Code as adopted by the commission.
SECTION 4. Section 1305.162(f), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an examination for a journeyman lineman
license administered on or after September 1, 2018. 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 5. Not later than June 1, 2018, the Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary to
implement Sections 1305.101(a)(3) and 1305.162(f), Occupations
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.