House File 484 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the testing of licensed mechanical
  2    professionals and providing an effective date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2606HH 83
  5 jr/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 105.7, subsection 5, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  The minimum scores required for passing standardized
  1  4 examinations.  The passing score for the mechanical license
  1  5 examination shall be seventy percent.
  1  6    Sec. 2.  Section 105.18, Code 2009, is amended by adding
  1  7 the following new subsection:
  1  8    NEW SUBSECTION.  5.  WAIVER OF EXAMINATION FOR LOCAL
  1  9 LICENSEES.  The board shall license without examination an
  1 10 applicant who was licensed by a governmental subdivision of
  1 11 this state as of June 30, 2009.
  1 12    Sec. 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 13 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 14                           EXPLANATION
  1 15    This bill specifies that the passing score on the
  1 16 mechanical license examination is 70 percent.  Under the
  1 17 current provisions, the passing score is set by the plumbing
  1 18 and mechanical systems examining board.  The bill also
  1 19 provides that a license shall be issued, without examination,
  1 20 to an applicant who is licensed by a governmental subdivision
  1 21 of this state as of June 30, 2009.
  1 22 LSB 2606HH 83
  1 23 jr/nh/5