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One trainer and two companies is a facts question

TDLR’s assignment rule has a stated majority-ownership exception. For two separately owned operators, establish the person’s actual licence, employment/assignment and ownership facts rather than assuming one master covers unlimited unrelated businesses.

First identify the contracting entity and electrical tasks. The general contractor route does not decide every sign, appliance, maintenance or other specialised category or exemption.

Sources: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: Master electrician of record; insurance; application

The relationship must keep working after the application

TDLR describes notification and replacement steps when the master leaves, as well as business-liability and worker-coverage documentation. Someone must own those changes before an assignment depends on the missing person.

The contractor/master record does not settle each worker’s qualification, a project’s local permits or inspection results. Budget the actual people, replacement cover and matching business insurance rather than assuming the overseas trainer supplies all three.

Sources: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation: Master electrician of record; insurance; application

Scope

  • Texas general contractor application scope only; no actual assignment exception, worker eligibility, policy sufficiency, local project or nationwide authority is determined.

Next step

Resolve the master’s actual relationship to each contracting company before promising the work.

Sources & review notes

The source records distinguish access dates from substantive review dates. Updating an explanation does not itself recheck the law.

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Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation

Passage, dates and research notes

official-guidance · Master electrician of record; insurance; application

You must employ a licensed

Accessed: 2026-11-13T01:11:46.733991+00:00 · Meaning reviewed: 2026-11-13 · Next review target: 2026-12-13

Complete substantive application page read. A master electrician of record is distinct from the contractor business; single assignment has the stated majority-ownership exception. Insurance/worker-coverage documentation and replacement notification are separate. No numeric application fee or complete employee/permit determination inferred.

Detailed rule records (1)
Texas electrical contracting separates business and master-of-record roles Source checked

TDLR describes a contractor licence with an employed licensed master of record, assignment limits with a stated majority-ownership exception, required coverage documents and replacement-notification duties. Identify the actual licensed business and master rather than borrowing a trainer’s credential.

When to check: Operating a covered electrical-contracting business. Source review: 2026-11-13.

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