Texas Sec. 1305.168. Continuing Education.
(a) To renew a master electrician, journeyman electrician,
master sign electrician, journeyman sign electrician, maintenance electrician,
or residential wireman license, the license holder must complete four hours of
continuing education annually.
(b) Continuing education courses that satisfy the requirements
of Subsection (a) must address safety, the National Electrical Code, as adopted
under Section 1305.101, and state laws and rules that regulate the conduct of
license holders under this chapter.
(b-1) To renew an electrical apprentice license or electrical
sign apprentice license, a license holder who is not enrolled in an
apprenticeship training program must complete four hours of continuing
education annually. Continuing education courses that satisfy the requirements
of this subsection must address safety, the National Electrical Code, as
adopted under Section 1305.101, and state laws and rules that regulate the
conduct of license holders under this chapter.
(c) The executive director by rule shall approve continuing
education courses, online continuing education courses, course content, and
course providers. The commission may adopt a fee for the administration of the
department's duties regarding continuing education.
NOTE: AS AMENDED BY ACTS 2011, 82nd LEG., HB 1625, SECTION 2 READS:
The change in law made by this Act applies to the renewal of an
electrical sign apprentice license that expires on or after September 1, 2012.
A license that expires before September 1, 2012, is governed by the law in effect
on the date the license was issued, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
