TITLE: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to take an examination for a plumber's license.

SUMMARY: Relating to the eligibility of certain persons to take an examination for a plumber's license.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the eligibility of certain persons to take an examination for a plumber's license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1301.354(d), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) Notwithstanding the classroom training required by Subsection (b), a plumber's apprentice may apply for and take an examination for a license as a journeyman plumber [or tradesman plumber-limited license holder] if the apprentice has received an associate of applied science degree from a plumbing technology program that: (1) includes a combination of classroom and on-the-job training; and (2) is approved by the board and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. SECTION 2. Section 1301.354(b-1), Occupations Code, is repealed. SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an application for a journeyman plumber license under Section 1301.354, Occupations Code, submitted on or after January 1, 2014. An application for a journeyman plumber license submitted before that date is governed by the law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.