{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1305.1575","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1305.1575","heading":"CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR RESIDENTIAL WIREMAN LICENSE; INSTRUCTORS.","body":"(a) In this section:\n(1) \"Career and technology education program\" means:\n(A) a career and technology education program under Subchapter F, Chapter 29, Education Code; or\n(B) a program determined by the department to be similar to that described by Paragraph (A) and offered by:\n(i) an institution of higher education; or\n(ii) a private school, as defined by Section 5.001, Education Code.\n(2) \"Institution of higher education\" means an institution of higher education or a private or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.\n(b) A person who successfully completes a sequence of courses in the electrical trade that are offered through a career and technology education program may apply for and take an examination for a license as a residential wireman, regardless of whether the person has completed the number of hours of on-the-job training required by Section 1305.157(1).\n(c) The commission by rule shall establish standards for the essential knowledge and skills of a career and technology education program described by Subsection (b), subject to the approval of the State Board of Education if the courses are to be offered in a high school. The rules must:\n(1) require the program to consist of an appropriate number of hours of classroom instruction and a practical component; and\n(2) provide for crediting appropriate on-the-job training toward meeting the requirements of the practical component.\n(d) A student of any age enrolled in a career and technology education program is eligible to take the sequence of courses described by Subsection (b) without being licensed under this chapter. This subsection does not authorize a person to perform electrical work without the appropriate license outside of a program described by this section.\n(e) A person may not provide instruction in a program described by this section unless the person is licensed as a master electrician, journeyman electrician, or residential wireman.\n(f) A career and technology education program offered under this section by an institution of higher education may not be more stringent than a program offered by a public high school.\n(g) Hours spent completing a program described by this section may not be credited toward any on-the-job training required to apply for a license under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 402 (H.B. 1391), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1305. ELECTRICIANS","SUBCHAPTER D. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1305.htm#1305.1575","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"e26dedbb9fd424ce25b0ca65b3de5610206c9cec0365be994ef5eb754d42df9d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1305.157","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1305.158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}