House File 2411 - Enrolled

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  1  1                                             HOUSE FILE 2411
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  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 PROVIDING FOR CHANGES IN ELECTRICIAN LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
  1  5    FOR SPECIFIED LICENSURE CLASSIFICATIONS, AND PROVIDING
  1  6    AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
  1  7
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1 10    Section 1.  Section 103.10, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1 11 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 12    a.  An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the
  1 13 board that the applicant has been working in the electrical
  1 14 business and involved in planning for, laying out,
  1 15 supervising, and installing electrical wiring, apparatus, or
  1 16 equipment for light, heat, and power prior to 1990 since
  1 17 January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least sixteen thousand
  1 18 hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall have been
  1 19 accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B
  1 20 master electrician license without taking an examination.  An
  1 21 applicant who is issued a class B master electrician license
  1 22 pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to plan, lay
  1 23 out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring,
  1 24 apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which,
  1 25 prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing
  1 26 standards which preclude such work by class B master
  1 27 electricians in the political subdivision.  The board shall
  1 28 adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the
  1 29 restriction of a class B master electrician license pursuant
  1 30 to this subsection.
  1 31    Sec. 2.  Section 103.12, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
  1 32 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 33    a.  An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the
  1 34 board that the applicant has been employed as a journeyman
  1 35 electrician since 1990 January 1, 1998, and for a total of at
  2  1 least sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand
  2  2 hours shall have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may
  2  3 be granted a class B journeyman electrician license without
  2  4 taking an examination.  An applicant who is issued a class B
  2  5 journeyman electrician license pursuant to this section shall
  2  6 not be authorized to wire for or install electrical wiring,
  2  7 apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which,
  2  8 prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing
  2  9 standards which preclude such work by class B journeyman
  2 10 electricians in the political subdivision.  The board shall
  2 11 adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the
  2 12 restriction of a class B journeyman electrician license
  2 13 pursuant to this subsection.
  2 14    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  2 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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  2 18                                                             
  2 19                               PATRICK J. MURPHY
  2 20                               Speaker of the House
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  2 23                                                             
  2 24                               JOHN P. KIBBIE
  2 25                               President of the Senate
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  2 27    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  2 28 is known as House File 2411, Eighty=second General Assembly.
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  2 31                                                             
  2 32                               MARK BRANDSGARD
  2 33                               Chief Clerk of the House
  2 34 Approved                , 2008
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  3  3 CHESTER J. CULVER
  3  4 Governor