1. (a) This chapter does not apply to:

   1. (1) the installation of electrical equipment in a ship, watercraft other than a floating building, railway rolling stock, aircraft, or a motor vehicle other than a mobile home or recreational vehicle;
   2. (2) the installation of electrical equipment underground in a mine and in self-propelled mobile surface mining machinery and its attendant electrical trailing cable;
   3. (3) the installation of electrical equipment for generation, transformation, transmission, or distribution of power used exclusively to operate railway rolling stock or exclusively for signaling and communications purposes;
   4. (4) the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of communications equipment provided by a telecommunications provider;

   5. (5) the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment under the exclusive control of an electric utility, electric cooperative, or municipally owned utility and used for communications or metering, or for the generation, control, transformation, transmission, and distribution of electrical energy, and located:

      1. (A) in a building used exclusively by a utility for those purposes;
      2. (B) outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility;
      3. (C) on public highways, streets, roads, or other public rights-of-way; or
      4. (D) outdoors by established rights in vaults or on private property;
   6. (6) work not specifically regulated by a municipal ordinance that is performed in or on a dwelling by a person who owns and resides in the dwelling;
   7. (7) work involved in the manufacture of electrical equipment;

   8. (8) electrical maintenance work if:

      1. (A) the work is performed by a person regularly employed as a maintenance person at the building or premises;
      2. (B) the work is performed in conjunction with the business in which the person is employed; and
      3. (C) the person does not engage in electrical work for the public;
   9. (9) the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of electrical equipment or associated wiring under the exclusive control of a gas utility and used for communications or metering or for the control, transmission, or distribution of natural gas;
   10. (10) thoroughfare lighting, traffic signals, intelligent transportation systems, and telecommunications controlled by a governmental entity;
   11. (11) electrical connections supplying heating, ventilation, and cooling and refrigeration equipment, including any required disconnect exclusively for the equipment, if the service is performed by a licensed air conditioning and refrigeration contractor under Chapter 1302;
   12. (12) the design, installation, erection, repair, or alteration of Class 1, Class 2, or Class 3 remote control, signaling, or power-limited circuits, fire alarm circuits, optical fiber cables, or communications circuits, including raceways, as defined by the National Electrical Code;
   13. (13) landscape irrigation installers, as necessary to perform the installation and maintenance of irrigation control systems, and landscapers, as necessary to perform the installation and maintenance of low-voltage exterior lighting and holiday lighting excluding any required power source;
   14. (14) a person who is employed by and performs electrical work solely for a private industrial business, including a business that operates a chemical plant, petrochemical plant, refinery, natural gas plant, natural gas treating plant, pipeline, or oil and gas exploration and production operation;
   15. (15) the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of elevators, escalators, or related equipment, excluding any required power source, regulated under Chapter 754, Health and Safety Code;
   16. (16) the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of equipment or network facilities provided or utilized by a cable operator, as that term is defined by 47 U.S.C. Section 522, as amended; and
   17. (17) the location, design, construction, extension, maintenance, and installation of on-site sewage disposal systems in accordance with Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code.
2. (b) This chapter applies to all premises wiring that originates where an electric utility's facilities end and a nonutility customer's electric facilities begin, except as permitted by Section 161.123(2)(A), Utilities Code.
3. (c) This chapter applies to an installation in a building used by a utility for purposes other than a purpose listed in this section, including an office building, warehouse, garage, machine shop, or recreational building that is not an integral part of a generating plant, substation, or control center.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1062, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 17.002, eff. September 1, 2009.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1392 (S.B. 1982), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.