By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 4006
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to examination requirements for a journeyman lineman.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.162, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an examination required
for a license as a journeyman lineman under Section 1305.1605 may
only test an applicant regarding activities performed by a
journeyman lineman as described in the National Electrical Safety
Code by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, as
adopted by the commission.
SECTION 2. As soon as practical, the Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules as required by Section
1305.102, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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 June 1, 2020. An examination for a
journeyman lineman license administered before that date is
governed by the law and rules in effect prior to the date this Act
was enacted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.