1. (a) The purpose of this chapter is to consolidate the administrative requirements and establish uniform procedures for the occupational licensing and registration programs prescribed by Texas Water Code, Chapter 37. This subchapter contains general procedures for issuing, renewing, denying, suspending, and revoking occupational licenses and registrations. Subchapters B - L of this chapter (relating to Backflow Prevention Assembly Testers; Customer Service Inspectors; Landscape Irrigators, Installer, Irrigation Technicians and Irrigation Inspectors; Leaking Petroleum Storage Tank Corrective Action Project Managers and Specialists; Municipal Solid Waste Facility Supervisors; On-Site Sewage Facilities Installers, Apprentices, Designated Representatives, Maintenance Providers, and Site Evaluators; Water Treatment Specialists; Underground Storage Tank On-Site Supervisor Licensing and Contractor Registration; Wastewater Operators and Operations Companies; Public Water System Operators and Operations Companies; and Visible Emissions Evaluator Training Providers) contain the program-specific requirements related to each program.

2. (b) The requirements of this chapter apply to the following occupational licenses and registrations:

   1. (1) backflow prevention assembly testers;
   2. (2) customer service inspectors;
   3. (3) landscape irrigators, installers, irrigation technicians and irrigation inspectors;
   4. (4) leaking petroleum storage tank corrective action specialists and project managers;
   5. (5) municipal solid waste facility supervisors;
   6. (6) on-site sewage facility installers, designated representatives, apprentices, maintenance providers, and site evaluators;
   7. (7) water treatment specialists;
   8. (8) underground storage tank contractors and on-site supervisors;
   9. (9) wastewater operators and operations companies;
   10. (10) public water system operators and operations companies; and
   11. (11) visible emissions evaluators training providers.
3. (c) Effective January 1, 2010, the installer license will no longer be valid and will be replaced by an irrigation technician license. No new or renewal installer license applications will be accepted after June 1, 2009. Existing installer licenses or those renewed after the effective date of these rules, but prior to June 1, 2009 will remain valid until December 31, 2009 or their expiration date, whichever occurs first.

Source Note:The provisions of this §30.3 adopted to be effective December 17, 2001, 26 TexReg 10330; amended to be effective March 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1301; amended to be effective September 27, 2007, 32 TexReg 6523; amended to be effective June 26, 2008, 33 TexReg 4886.