HF 2207 (LSB 5600YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2207

BY  BERGAN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the renewal of certain licenses issued by the electrical examining board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 103.19, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Licenses issued pursuant to this chapter shall expire every three years, with the exception of licenses for apprentice electricians and unclassified persons and licenses of persons who elect annual renewal under subsection 4, which shall expire on an annual basis. All license applications shall include the applicant’s social security number, which shall be maintained as a confidential record and shall be redacted prior to public release of an application or other record containing such social security number. The board shall establish the fees to be payable for license issuance and renewal in amounts not to exceed the following:
    Sec. 2.  Section 103.19, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  a.  A licensee who is sixty-five years of age or older may choose to renew a license issued pursuant to this chapter on an annual basis.
   b.  A licensee renewing a license on an annual basis pursuant to this subsection shall complete the continuing education requirements listed in section 103.18 every third year.
   c.  The fee for a license renewal pursuant to this subsection shall be one-third of the fee for renewal of the license established pursuant to subsection 1.
   d.  A licensee shall inform the board in writing that the licensee intends to renew a license on an annual basis pursuant to this subsection.
   e.  The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A for the implementation of this subsection.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the renewal of licenses issued by the electrical examining board. The bill allows a licensee of the electrical examining board who is 65 years of age or older to renew certain licenses on an annual basis rather than every three years. A licensee renewing a license pursuant to the bill shall complete the continuing education requirements every third year, pay a renewal fee equal to one-third of the three-year renewal fee, and inform the electrical examining board in writing that the licensee intends to renew the licensee’s license on an annual basis. The bill requires the electrical examining board to adopt rules for the implementation of the bill.