Tex. Occ. Code § 1305.160 · Subchapter D. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
ELECTRICAL SIGN CONTRACTOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(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 a person licensed under this chapter as a master sign 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 sign electrician license issued or recognized under this chapter may only be assigned to a single electrical sign contractor, unless the master sign electrician owns more than 50 percent of the electrical sign contracting business.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1052 (H.B. 1317), Sec. 5, eff. June 18, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1305.htm
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