Sec. 1305.160.  ELECTRICAL SIGN CONTRACTOR.  (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.
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.