| (a) The executive director may grant emergency electrician
licenses when:
(1) in response to an emergency as defined by Gov.
Code, §418.004, a state of disaster is declared by;
(A) the Governor pursuant to Gov. Code, §418.014;
or,
(B) the presiding officer of the governing body of
a local governmental entity pursuant to Gov. Code, §418.108,
and,
(2) the executive director determines that a sufficient
number of persons holding electrical licenses recognized under Texas
Occupations Code, Chapter 1305 is not available to perform electrical
work needed to timely respond to the disaster.
(b) To obtain an emergency license, an applicant must:
(1) be currently licensed by another state of the United
States to perform electrical work in the licensing state; and,
(2) submit a completed application on a form acceptable
to the department, along with appropriate attachments and the required
fee.
(c) Emergency licenses will be classified as master,
master sign, journeyman, journeyman sign, residential wireman, journeyman
lineman, or maintenance electrician and will be issued to applicants
at a level equivalent to the license the applicant holds in another
state.
(d) An emergency license will expire ninety days after
issuance, and:
(1) is valid only in the disaster area designated by
the governor, or in the jurisdiction of a local governmental entity
declaring a disaster;
(2) is valid only during the time of a declared disaster
and its declared recovery period, if any; and
(3) may be renewed for an additional ninety days if:
(A) the declared disaster and any applicable recovery
period continue on the eightieth day of the emergency license;
(B) the executive director determines, at that time,
that a sufficient number of persons holding electrical licenses recognized
under Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1305 is not available to perform
electrical work needed to timely respond to the disaster; and,
(C) submits a completed renewal application on a form
acceptable to the department, along with appropriate attachments and
the required fee.
(e) A person holding an emergency license must perform
electrical work:
(1) on behalf of an electrical contractor, an electrical
sign contractor, or an employing governmental entity; and,
(2) in compliance with all applicable statutes, administrative
rules, and ordinances.
(f) The fee for emergency licenses will be the amount
set out in §73.80 for the class of emergency license issued.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §73.28 adopted to be effective October 20, 2005, 30 TexReg 6730; amended to be effective January 1, 2010, 34 TexReg 9433; amended to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9515 |
