Texas Occupations Code Title 8, Chapter 1305 - Electricians

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 1305.001 - Short Title
  This chapter may be cited as the Texas Electrical Safety and Licensing Act. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....
• Texas Section 1305.002 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Advisory board" means the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board. (1-a) "Agricultural use" means a use or activity involving agriculture, as...
• Texas Section 1305.003 - Exemptions; Application Of Chapter
  Sec. 1305.003. EXEMPTIONS; APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. (a) This chapter does not apply to: (1) the installation of electrical equipment in a ship, watercraft other than...

SUBCHAPTER B ADVISORY BOARD

• Texas Section 1305.004 - Nonapplicability Of Law Governing Cancellation Of Certain Transactions
  Except as otherwise provided by this section, Chapter 601, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to a good or service provided by a license...
• Texas Section 1305.051 - Electrical Safety And Licensing Advisory Board
  (a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission as follows: (1)...
• Texas Section 1305.052 - Terms; Vacancies
  (a) Advisory board members serve terms of six years, with the terms of three members expiring on February 1 of each odd-numbered year. (b) A...
• Texas Section 1305.053 - Presiding Officer
  The presiding officer of the commission shall appoint one of the advisory board members to serve as presiding officer of the advisory board for a...
• Texas Section 1305.054 - Compensation; Reimbursement Of Expenses
  Advisory board members may not receive compensation but are entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in performing the functions of the advisory...

SUBCHAPTER C POWERS AND DUTIES

• Texas Section 1305.055 - Meetings
  The advisory board shall meet twice annually and may meet at other times at the call of the presiding officer of the commission. Added by...
• Texas Section 1305.101 - General Powers And Duties
  (a) The executive director or commission, as appropriate, shall: (1) by rule establish the financial responsibility requirements for electrical contractors; and (2) after publication of...
• Texas Section 1305.102 - Rules
  (a) The executive director shall adopt rules for the licensing of electricians, sign electricians, electrical sign contractors, electrical contractors, journeyman linemen, residential appliance installers, and...
• Texas Section 1305.103 - Fees
  The commission shall establish and collect reasonable and necessary fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering this chapter. Added by Acts 2003,...
• Texas Section 1305.104 - Powers And Duties Of Advisory Board
  The advisory board shall provide advice and recommendations to the department on technical matters relevant to the administration and enforcement of this chapter, including examination...

SUBCHAPTER D LICENSE REQUIREMENTS

• Texas Section 1305.105 - Personnel
  The department may employ personnel necessary to administer and enforce this chapter. The department shall employ an electrical occupations and code specialist to oversee the...
• Texas Section 1305.151 - License Required
  Except as provided by Section 1305.003, a person or business may not perform or offer to perform electrical work or residential appliance installation unless the...
• Texas Section 1305.152 - Application Requirements
  (a) An applicant for a license under this chapter must: (1) submit to the department a completed application on a form prescribed by the executive...
• Texas Section 1305.153 - Master Electrician
  (a) An applicant for a license as a master electrician must: (1) have at least 12,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a...
• Texas Section 1305.154 - Master Sign Electrician
  An applicant for a license as a master sign electrician must: (1) have at least 12,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a...
• Texas Section 1305.155 - Journeyman Electrician
  An applicant for a license as a journeyman electrician must: (1) have at least 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a master...
• Texas Section 1305.156 - Journeyman Sign Electrician
  An applicant for a license as a journeyman sign electrician must: (1) have at least 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a...
• Texas Section 1305.157 - Residential Wireman
  An applicant for a license as a residential wireman must: (1) have at least 4,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a master...
• Texas Section 1305.158 - Maintenance Electrician
  An applicant for a license as a maintenance electrician must: (1) have at least 8,000 hours of on-the-job training under the supervision of a master...
• Texas Section 1305.159 - Electrical Contractor
  (a) An applicant for a license as an electrical contractor must: (1) be licensed under this chapter as a master electrician or employ a person...
• Texas Section 1305.160 - Electrical Sign Contractor
  (a) An applicant for a license as an electrical sign contractor must: (1) be licensed under this chapter as a master sign electrician or employ...
• Texas Section 1305.1605 - Journeyman Lineman
  (a) An applicant for a license as a journeyman lineman must: (1) have at least: (A) 7,000 hours of training in an apprenticeship program approved...
• Texas Section 1305.161 - Apprentice; Temporary Apprentice
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an applicant for a license as an electrical apprentice must be at least 16 years of age and...
• Texas Section 1305.1615 - Emergency Electrician License
  (a) The commission by rule shall establish criteria and procedures for the issuance of an emergency electrician license following a disaster, as that term is...
• Texas Section 1305.1617 - Residential Appliance Installer
  An applicant for a license as a residential appliance installer must pass a residential appliance installer examination administered under this chapter. Added by Acts 2007,...
• Texas Section 1305.1618 - Residential Appliance Installation Contractor
  (a) An applicant for a license as a residential appliance installation contractor must: (1) be licensed under this chapter as a residential appliance installer or...
• Texas Section 1305.162 - Examinations
  (a) Examinations required by this subchapter shall be conducted throughout the state. (b) The department shall accept, develop, or contract for the examinations required by...
• Texas Section 1305.163 - Examination Results
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an examination is administered under this chapter, the department shall notify each examinee...
• Texas Section 1305.164 - Nonresident License Applicant
  The executive director may issue a license under this chapter to an applicant who holds a license in another state and who submits a proper...
• Texas Section 1305.1645 - License Eligibility Requirements For Applicants With Military Experience
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the department shall credit verified military service, training, or education toward the licensing requirements, other than examination requirements, for a...
• Texas Section 1305.165 - License Issuance; Nontransferability
  (a) Not later than the 30th day after the date on which the department determines that an applicant has passed the examination required under this...
• Texas Section 1305.166 - Display Of License
  (a) An electrical contractor, electrical sign contractor, and residential appliance installation contractor shall display the contractor's business name and the number of the license issued...
• Texas Section 1305.167 - License Renewal
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a license expires annually on December 31 and may be renewed annually on payment of the required renewal...

SUBCHAPTER E REGULATION OF ELECTRICIANS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

• Texas Section 1305.168 - Continuing Education
  (a) To renew a master electrician, journeyman electrician, master sign electrician, journeyman sign electrician, maintenance electrician, journeyman lineman, or residential wireman license, the license holder...
• Texas Section 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)...

SUBCHAPTER F LICENSE DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

• Texas Section 1305.202 - Scope Of Municipal Or Regional License
  (a) A license to perform electrical work issued by a municipality or region is valid only in the municipality or region or in another municipality...
• Texas Section 1305.251 - Grounds For Denial Or Disciplinary Action
  A person is subject to denial of a license application or disciplinary action under Section 51.353 if the person violates: (1) this chapter or a...
• Texas Section 1305.252 - Requested Suspension By Local Government
  A municipality or region may request suspension for just cause of the license under this chapter of a license holder working in its jurisdiction. Added...
• Texas Section 1305.253 - Hearings; Administrative Procedure
  (a) If the department proposes to deny a license or take disciplinary action against a license holder, the license holder is entitled to a hearing....

SUBCHAPTER G ENFORCEMENT

• Texas Section 1305.254 - New Application By Holder Of Revoked License
  A license holder whose license has been revoked may apply for a new license after the first anniversary of the date of the revocation. Added...
• Texas Section 1305.301 - Administrative Penalty
  (a) The executive director may impose an administrative penalty on a person under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, regardless of whether the person holds a license...
• Texas Section 1305.302 - Cease And Desist Order; Injunction; Civil Penalty
  (a) The executive director may issue a cease and desist order as necessary to enforce this chapter if the executive director determines that the action...
• Texas Section 1305.303 - Criminal Penalty
  (a) A person subject to this chapter commits an offense if the person: (1) violates the licensing requirements of this chapter; (2) performs electrical...

Last modified: September 28, 2016