Sec. 1305.201. MUNICIPAL OR REGIONAL REGULATION. (a) This chapter does not prohibit a municipality or region from regulating electricians or residential appliance installers by:
(1) enacting an ordinance requiring inspections;
(2) offering examinations;
(3) issuing municipal or regional licenses; or
(4) collecting permit fees for municipal or regional licenses and examinations from electricians and appliance installers for work performed in the municipality or region.
(b) A municipality or region may not require a person to take a municipal or regional examination if that person holds the appropriate license issued under this chapter and is working within the scope of that license.
(c) A municipality may adopt procedures for the:
(1) adoption of local amendments to the National Electrical Code; and
(2) administration and enforcement of that code.
(d) Electrical work performed within the corporate limits of a municipality must be installed in accordance with all applicable local ordinances.
(e) Electrical work performed in an unincorporated area of the state must be installed in accordance with standards at least as stringent as the requirements of the state electrical code as adopted under Section 1305.101.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 418 (S.B. 1222), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2007.
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