Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4296 Compare Versions

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1	1		By: Schaefer, Guillen, Phelan, Morrison, H.B. No. 4296
2	2		King of Parker, et al.
	3	+	Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4296:
	4	+	By: King of Uvalde C.S.H.B. No. 4296
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5	7		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	8		AN ACT
7	9		relating to the regulation of plumbing, including the requirements
8	10		to obtain a tradesman plumber-limited license.
9	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	12		SECTION 1. Section 1301.002(10), Occupations Code, is
11	13		amended to read as follows:
12	14		(10) "Tradesman plumber-limited license holder" means
13	15		a person who:
14	16		(A) has:
15	17		(i) completed at least 4,000 hours working
16	18		under the direct supervision of a journeyman or master plumber as a
17	19		plumber's apprentice; or
18	20		(ii) successfully completed a coherent
19	21		sequence of courses in the plumbing trade that are offered through a
20	22		career and technology education program, as described by Section
21	23		1301.3542;
22	24		(B) has passed the required examination;
23	25		(C) constructs and installs plumbing for
24	26		one-family or two-family dwellings under the supervision of a
25	27		responsible master plumber; and
26	28		(D) has fulfilled the other requirements of the
27	29		board.
28	30		SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is
29	31		amended by adding Section 1301.3542 to read as follows:
30	32		Sec. 1301.3542. CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR
31	33		TRADESMAN PLUMBER-LIMITED LICENSE; INSTRUCTORS. (a)
32	34		Notwithstanding Section 1301.354, a person who successfully
33	35		completes a coherent sequence of courses in the plumbing trade that
34	36		are offered through a career and technology education program under
35	37		Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code, may apply for and take an
36	38		examination for a license as a tradesman plumber-limited license
37		-	holder. The board may not require the person to register as a
38		-	plumber's apprentice, pay any fee, or comply with Section 1301.354
39		-	or any other requirement of this chapter that applies to a person's
40		-	eligibility to apply for and take the examination.
	39	+	holder.
41	40		(b) A student of any age enrolled in a high school is
42	41		eligible to take the sequence of courses described by Subsection
43	42		(a) without registering as a plumber's apprentice, paying any
44		-	registration fee, or complying with Section 1301.354 or
45		-	any other
46		-	requirement of this chapter that applies to enrolling or
47		-	participating in those courses.
	43	+	registration fee, or complying with any other requirement of this
	44	+	chapter that applies to enrolling or participating in those
	45	+	courses.
48	46		(c) If an applicant described by Subsection (a)
49	47		successfully passes the examination for a license as a tradesman
50	48		plumber-limited license holder, the board shall issue the applicant
51	49		the license.
52	50		(d) The board shall develop the courses described by
53	51		Subsection (a). The courses must be approved by the State Board of
54	52		Education.
55	53		(e) The courses must include an appropriate number of hours
56	54		of classroom instruction and a practical component. The board may
57	55		credit on-the-job training toward meeting the requirements under
58	56		the practical component.
59	57		(f) A person may not provide instruction in a career and
60	58		technology education program described by this section unless the
61	59		person is licensed under this chapter as a master plumber,
62	60		journeyman plumber, or plumbing inspector.
63	61		(g) A person described by Subsection (f) may provide the
64	62		instruction in a full-time or part-time capacity as an employee,
65	63		contractor, or volunteer of a high school.
66	64		(h) The board may adopt rules necessary to implement this
67	65		section, including procedures to verify a student's successful
68	66		completion of the sequence of courses described by Subsection (a).
69	67		SECTION 3. Section 1301.401, Occupations Code, is amended
70	68		to read as follows:
71	69		Sec. 1301.401. ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. (a) A
72	70		license or registration under this chapter is valid for one year.
73	71		Except as provided by Subsection (c), on [On] payment of the
74	72		required fee, a license may be renewed annually.
75	73		(b) The board by rule may adopt a system under which
76	74		licenses, endorsements, and registrations expire on various dates
77	75		during the year.
78	76		(c) A person who is employed by, under contract with, or
79	77		engaged as a volunteer by a school to provide instruction in a
80	78		career and technology education program described by Section
81	79		1301.3542 and provides meaningful course instruction in the
82	80		program, as determined under rules adopted under Section 1301.407,
83	81		is not required to pay a fee to renew the person's license.
84	82		SECTION 4. Section 1301.404, Occupations Code, is amended
85	83		by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
86	84		(g) A person who is employed by, under contract with, or
87	85		engaged as a volunteer by a school to provide instruction in a
88	86		career and technology education program described by Section
89	87		1301.3542 and provides meaningful course instruction in the
90	88		program, as determined under rules adopted under Section 1301.407,
91	89		may renew the person's license and any endorsement without
92	90		complying with Subsection (b) if the person completes the hours of
93	91		continuing professional education required by that subsection
94	92		every three years.
95	93		SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is
96	94		amended by adding Section 1301.407 to read as follows:
97	95		Sec. 1301.407. PROCEDURES FOR VERIFYING CERTAIN
98	96		EXEMPTIONS. The board, in consultation with the State Board of
99	97		Education, may adopt rules as necessary to verify whether a person
100	98		qualifies for an exemption from the required renewal fee, as
101	99		described by Section 1301.401(c), or an exemption from required
102	100		continuing professional education, as described by Section
103	101		1301.404(g), including rules providing for obtaining and
104	102		evaluating written verification from the applicable school of the
105	103		person's provision of meaningful course instruction in a career and
106	104		technology education program described by Section 1301.3542.
107	105		SECTION 6. As soon as practicable after the effective date
108	106		of this Act, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners shall adopt
109	107		rules necessary to implement the changes in law made by this Act to
110	108		Chapter 1301, Occupations Code.
111	109		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.