86R18479 BEE-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 4006
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4006:
By: Thompson of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 4006
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to licensing examination requirements for a journeyman
lineman.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. 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(e).
SECTION 2. Section 1305.162(e), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), an examination required
for a license as:
(1) a journeyman industrial electrician under Section
1305.1601 may only test an applicant regarding activities performed
by a journeyman industrial electrician at a location described by
Section 1305.002(11-b); and
(2) a journeyman lineman under Section 1305.1605 may
only test an applicant regarding activities performed by a
journeyman lineman as described by the National Electrical Safety
Code as adopted under Section 1305.101(a).
SECTION 3. Section 1305.162(e)(2), 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 in effect on the date the
examination was administered, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. Not later than March 1, 2020, the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary
to implement Sections 1305.101(a)(3) and 1305.162(e)(2),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.