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2024 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 8 - Regulation of Environmental and Industrial Trades
Chapter 1305 - Electricians
Subchapter D. License Requirements
Section 1305.159. Electrical Contractor

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TX Occ Code § 1305.159 (2024)
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Sec. 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 licensed under this chapter as a master electrician;

(2) establish proof of financial responsibility in the manner prescribed by the executive director; and

(3) maintain workers' compensation coverage for the contractor's employees through an insurance company authorized to engage in the business of insurance in this state or through self-insurance, or elect not to obtain workers' compensation coverage, as provided by Subchapter A, Chapter 406, Labor Code.

(b) A person who holds a master electrician license issued or recognized under this chapter may only be assigned to a single electrical contractor, unless the master electrician owns more than 50 percent of the electrical contracting business.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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