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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to continuing education programs for fire detection and |
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| 8 | 10 | | alarm device installation. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 6002.159, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 13 | | amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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| 12 | 14 | | follows: |
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| 13 | 15 | | (b) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that excludes or |
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| 14 | 16 | | devalues a signed or otherwise substantially verifiable |
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| 15 | 17 | | certificate of training that is: |
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| 16 | 18 | | (1) applicable to the areas of work authorized by the |
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| 17 | 19 | | relevant license; and |
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| 18 | 20 | | (2) issued by a training program or school that is: |
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| 19 | 21 | | (A) nationally recognized; or |
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| 20 | 22 | | (B) authorized under the Occupations Code or |
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| 21 | 23 | | Education Code. |
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| 22 | 24 | | (c) The commissioner may not adopt a rule that requires more |
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| 23 | 25 | | than eight hours of [Participation in the] continuing education for |
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| 24 | 26 | | any license renewal period [programs is voluntary]. |
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| 25 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 28 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 29 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 30 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 31 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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