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AN
ACT
MODIFYING
LICENSING
PROVISIONS
APPLICABLE
TO
ELECTRICIANS
AND
ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTORS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
103.1A
Term
“commercial”
“commercial”
“commercial”
applied.
As
used
in
this
chapter:
1.
“Commercial”
refers
to
a
use,
installation,
structure,
or
premises
associated
with
a
place
of
business
where
goods,
wares,
services,
or
merchandise
is
stored
or
offered
for
sale
on
a
wholesale
or
retail
basis.
2.
“Commercial”
refers
to
a
residence
only
if
the
residence
is
regularly
open
to
the
public
as
a
place
of
business
as
provided
in
subsection
1.
3.
“Commercial”
does
not
refer
to
a
use,
installation,
structure,
or
premises
associated
with
any
of
the
following:
a.
A
farm.
b.
An
industrial
installation.
Sec.
2.
Section
103.22,
subsection
7,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7.
Prohibit
an
owner
of
property
from
performing
work
on
the
owner’s
principal
residence,
if
such
residence
is
an
existing
dwelling
rather
than
new
construction
and
is
not
an
apartment
that
is
attached
to
any
other
apartment
or
building,
as
those
terms
are
defined
in
section
499B.2
,
and
is
not
larger
than
a
single-family
dwelling,
or
farm
property,
excluding
commercial
or
industrial
installations
or
installations
in
public
use
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buildings
or
facilities,
or
require
such
owner
to
be
licensed
under
this
chapter
.
In
order
to
qualify
for
inapplicability
pursuant
to
this
subsection
,
a
residence
shall
qualify
for
the
homestead
tax
exemption.
Sec.
3.
Section
103.22,
Code
2017,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
15.
Apply
to
a
person
performing
any
installation
on
a
farm,
if
the
person
is
associated
with
the
farm
as
a
holder
of
a
legal
or
equitable
interest,
a
relative
or
employee
of
the
holder,
or
an
operator
or
manager
of
the
farm.
The
provisions
of
this
chapter
do
not
require
such
person
to
be
licensed.
In
addition,
a
permit
is
not
required
for
an
installation
on
a
farm,
and
an
installation
on
a
farm
is
not
required
to
be
inspected.
In
order
for
a
farm
building
to
qualify
under
this
subsection,
the
farm
building
must
not
be
regularly
open
to
the
public
as
a
place
of
business
for
the
retail
sale
of
goods,
wares,
services,
or
merchandise.
______________________________
JACK
WHITVER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
357,
Eighty-seventh
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2017
______________________________
TERRY
E.
BRANSTAD
Governor