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. Hon. C. E. Belk, Page ~3 .(V.&Il) .:R.:.~ :;,..~ ,;; -: _,:.,.: 47+7 ::
forany personsto engage.in, work"at, or conduct the ln~this state or serve as ~a'plunibinginspector as
plumb&ng~work..except,as speclflcallg herein provided unless such,lnstallation of plumb- the supervi- slon and control of a plumber licensed under .,thisAct: land d,t,.is,expresslyprovided that ~~;~o.vislbns';'of.,Artlclel22.of the Penal Cod&of: aexas~.'?ha;ll,~.apply,..to violations of . this Actiizapd-said Article I.22of the Penal. .Code 'and the p&alties therein provlded'are hereby expressly referred to..'! :.'." ,::.~~Spctcifical~y,~~.you ask tihetherthe underlined portionof. Sectlou 14 set o~t,~above~exempts from the llcenslng.requirement of the Act those who engage In pluxbing under the.sup&vdsion and control of a Master Plumber. :We are o$Tthe~op$n$on~that :ltdoes not exelilpt them from the licensiiig'requlrementof.the Act. ..- .. The underl'ined.language. fro&~Section 14 above must be construed in Cion$ektvith'khe rest of'the Section. Section 14 gives a period of grace of one hundred twenty says after-the effective date of the Act for plumbing without a license. Thereafter, two activities are pro- hibited: (1) any person% engaging in, working at; or conduct&g the,business ,of plumbing'(as defined inthe Act) wrthout'a license; and (2) any persoh's;firmfs or corporation's engaging in or working at the business of 478 Eon, C. E. B&lk, Page 4 (V+&) ..
lnstalling'plumblng~and dOi@ plumbing &rk and for the oontrol using the&for un.lic.ensed.Ijlumbers and saperv%slon'i%fsach-p>un@lng (88:defined Xn the Act). These,portions of B&&ion 14 prohibit'anyvne from engaging IIJplumbing wXthout+ lloenseJ or en- gaging in plumbi.ngthrough others who are snot 1ioenaeU.- ~Nothlng.lnthis Seation graats an exemption to engage in plu&lng +thout a 'llc@p merely becatisesuch activity is undtr '+$KI supe+3~on a~ndcontrol of 5 licensed plumber. ..
A'pe&on engagit$~'in'plunibingwith@ the deflnltlon~.thereofas set'out.ln the Plumbin& Lloense,~Law~ of 1947'1s not exempt from'the ~lXolcdnsingz%q~tielqents of thatAot merely'becausq su6h aotgvity will be under the supervtiSoti'~Iand ooxitrol~ofa'p+ber licetied undetiy.Acti .; .': .
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