House File 2411 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON STATE
GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 510)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for changes in electrician licensure
2 requirements for specified licensure classifications, and
3 providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 103.10, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
1 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the
1 4 board that the applicant has been working in the electrical
1 5 business and involved in planning for, laying out,
1 6 supervising, and installing electrical wiring, apparatus, or
1 7 equipment for light, heat, and power prior to 1990 since
1 8 January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least sixteen thousand
1 9 hours, of which at least eight thousand hours shall have been
1 10 accumulated since January 1, 1998, may be granted a class B
1 11 master electrician license without taking an examination. An
1 12 applicant who is issued a class B master electrician license
1 13 pursuant to this section shall not be authorized to plan, lay
1 14 out, or supervise the installation of electrical wiring,
1 15 apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which,
1 16 prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing
1 17 standards which preclude such work by class B master
1 18 electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall
1 19 adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the
1 20 restriction of a class B master electrician license pursuant
1 21 to this subsection.
1 22 Sec. 2. Section 103.12, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
1 23 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 24 a. An applicant who can provide proof acceptable to the
1 25 board that the applicant has been employed as a journeyman
1 26 electrician since 1990 January 1, 1998, and for a total of at
1 27 least sixteen thousand hours, of which at least eight thousand
1 28 hours shall have been accumulated since January 1, 1998, may
1 29 be granted a class B journeyman electrician license without
1 30 taking an examination. An applicant who is issued a class B
1 31 journeyman electrician license pursuant to this section shall
1 32 not be authorized to wire for or install electrical wiring,
1 33 apparatus, and equipment in a political subdivision which,
1 34 prior to or after January 1, 2008, establishes licensing
1 35 standards which preclude such work by class B journeyman
2 1 electricians in the political subdivision. The board shall
2 2 adopt rules establishing procedures relating to the
2 3 restriction of a class B journeyman electrician license
2 4 pursuant to this subsection.
2 5 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 7 EXPLANATION
2 8 This bill modifies requirements applicable for licensure as
2 9 a Class B master electrician or a Class B journeyman
2 10 electrician pursuant to Code chapter 103. Currently, an
2 11 applicant who can provide proof that the applicant has been
2 12 working in the electrical business and involved in planning
2 13 for, laying out, supervising, and installing electrical
2 14 wiring, apparatus, or equipment for light, heat, and power
2 15 prior to 1990 may be granted a Class B master electrician
2 16 license by the electrical examining board without taking an
2 17 examination. The bill changes the condition for licensure
2 18 without an examination to performing the applicable work
2 19 activities since January 1, 1998, and for a total of at least
2 20 16,000 hours, of which at least 8,000 hours shall have been
2 21 accumulated since January 1, 1998. Similarly, an applicant
2 22 who can provide proof that the applicant has been employed as
2 23 a journeyman electrician may currently be granted licensure as
2 24 a Class B journeyman electrician without taking an examination
2 25 if so employed since 1990. The bill makes a corresponding
2 26 change in the condition for licensure as a Class B journeyman
2 27 electrician without an examination to employment since January
2 28 1, 1998, and for a total of at least 16,000 hours, of which at
2 29 least 8,000 hours shall have been accumulated since January 1,
2 30 1998.
2 31 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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