SENATE FILE 2008

BY  HORN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to inapplicability of the electrician licensure requirements to certain manufactured and mobile homeowners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 103.22, subsection 7, Code 2011, 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 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, unless the residence is a manufactured or mobile home as defined in section 435.1 to which the exemption is inapplicable.
EXPLANATION
   This bill relates to provisions contained in Code chapter 103 rendering otherwise applicable electrician licensure provisions and requirements inapplicable under specified circumstances.
   Among other exemptions, the licensure requirements of Code chapter 103 are not applicable to an owner of property performing work on the owner’s principal residence, as principal residence is described in Code section 103.22, subsection 7, provided that the principal residence qualifies for the homestead tax exemption. The bill provides that work done by the owner of a manufactured or mobile home which constitutes the owner’s principal residence, but for whom the homestead tax exemption does not apply, will still qualify for Code chapter 103 inapplicability.