State Representative Joe Driver has asked Texas Attorney General Greg
Abbott to clarify the meaning of the terms "master electrician" and
"master sign electrician" as they pertain to the on-the-job training
supervision requirements of House Bill 1487, the Texas Electrical Safety
and Licensing Act.

Specifically, Representative Driver asked General Abbott to render a
decision on whether the law requires that the person supervising an
applicant's on-the-job training be licensed as a master electrician or
a master sign electrician.

Representative Driver also asked for a clarification on whether the
Texas Occupations Code authorizes the Texas Commission of Licensing and
Regulation to define by rule or policy the nature and duration of work
experience that will qualify a person to supervise on-the-job training
of applicants.

To read Rep. Driver's request for an Attorney General's Opinion, go
to http://www.license.state.tx.us/electricians/elec.htm .

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