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HOUSE BILL NO. 651 – Residential plumbing journeyman

HOUSE BILL NO. 651

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H0651...........................................................by BUSINESS
RESIDENTIAL PLUMBING JOURNEYMEN - Amends existing law relating to plumbing
to revise provisions applicable to classifications of competency; to
provide for residential plumbing journeymen; to provide for an application
fee; and to provide for a certificate fee.
                                                                        
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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   Second Regular Session - 2006
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 651
                                                                        
                                   BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO PLUMBING; AMENDING SECTION 54-2611, IDAHO CODE, TO  REVISE  PROVI-
  3        SIONS APPLICABLE TO CLASSIFICATIONS OF COMPETENCY, TO PROVIDE FOR RESIDEN-
  4        TIAL PLUMBING JOURNEYMEN, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE TECH-
  5        NICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-2614, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR AN
  6        APPLICATION  FEE; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-2616, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR
  7        A CERTIFICATE FEE.
                                                                        
  8    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 1.  That Section 54-2611, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        54-2611.  CLASSIFICATION  OF  COMPETENCY.  There  shall be three four (34)
 12    classifications of competency in the business,  trade,  practice  or  work  of
 13    plumbing  and  three (3) classifications of competency in the business, trade,
 14    practice or work of specialty plumbing, as follows:
 15        (a1)  A plumbing contractor shall be any person, or a member,  representa-
 16    tive or agent of a firm, copartnership, association, or corporation skilled in
 17    the  planning  and supervision of the construction, installation, improvement,
 18    extension and alteration of plumbing systems, and who  is  familiar  with  the
 19    provisions of this act chapter and the rules made by the Idaho plumbing board,
 20    and who is competent to offer and to assume to work on a contract basis and to
 21    direct the work of qualified employees. A contractor who in person does plumb-
 22    ing  work  shall  also  be  qualified  as a journeyman plumber, or have in his
 23    employ on all work a qualified journeyman.
 24        (b2)  A plumbing journeyman shall be any  person,  who  as  his  principal
 25    occupation, is engaged in the installation, improvement, extension and altera-
 26    tion  of plumbing systems, and who is familiar with the provisions of this act
 27    chapter and who works in the employ and under the direction of a plumbing con-
 28    tractor.
 29        (c3)  A plumbing apprentice shall be any  person,  who  as  his  principal
 30    occupation  is engaged in learning and assisting in installation, improvement,
 31    extension and alteration of plumbing systems. Apprentices  shall  not  perform
 32    plumbing work except under the supervision of a journeyman.
 33        (4)  A  residential plumbing journeyman shall be any person who is engaged
 34    in the installation, improvement, extension and alteration of plumbing systems
 35    of residential properties only, other than such plumbing as may  otherwise  be
 36    exempted pursuant to section 54-2602, Idaho Code, and who is familiar with the
 37    provisions of this chapter and is competent as evidenced to the board by exam-
 38    ination,  provided that the issuance of a certificate of competency to a resi-
 39    dential plumbing journeyman shall not be made dependent upon the completion of
 40    any specified number of hours of plumbing work performed or the completion  of
 41    specified education requirements.
 42        (d5)  A specialty contractor shall be any person, or a member, representa-
 43    tive or agent of a firm, copartnership, association, or corporation skilled in
                                                                        
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  1    the  specialty  classification  for  which he is certified and who is familiar
  2    with the provisions of this act chapter and rules made by the  Idaho  plumbing
  3    board,  and  who  is competent to offer and to assume work on a contract basis
  4    and to direct the work of qualified employees. A specialty contractor  who  in
  5    person  does specialty work shall also be qualified as a specialty journeyman,
  6    or have in his employ on all work a specialty journeyman.
  7        (e6)  A specialty journeyman shall be any person who  is  engaged  in  the
  8    specialty  classification  for  which he is certified and who is familiar with
  9    the provisions of this act chapter and who works in the employ and  under  the
 10    direction of a plumbing or specialty contractor.
 11        (f7)  A  specialty apprentice shall be any person who is engaged in learn-
 12    ing and assisting in the specialty classification for which he is  registered.
 13    Specialty  apprentices  shall not perform specialty work except under supervi-
 14    sion of a specialty journeyman.
                                                                        
 15        SECTION 2.  That Section 54-2614, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 16    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        54-2614.  APPLICATION  AND  REGISTRATION FEES. All applicants shall pay to
 18    the board at the time of application for examination, a fee in accordance with
 19    the following:
 20        Application for Plumbing Contractor.................................$22.50
 21        Application for Plumbing Journeyman................................. 22.50
 22        Application for Residential Plumbing Journeyman..................... 22.50
 23        Application for Specialty Contractor................................ 22.50
 24        Application for Specialty Journeyman................................ 22.50
 25    Apprentices and specialty apprentices shall not be required to be examined for
 26    competency, but shall register with the board and maintain  such  registration
 27    yearly.  The  registration fee for apprentices and specialty apprentices shall
 28    be five dollars ($5.00) initial and five dollars ($5.00) per year renewal. The
 29    board may contract with a  professional  testing  service  to  administer  any
 30    licensing examination and any contracted professional testing service shall be
 31    responsible to establish and collect the examination fee. Any person who fails
 32    to  pass  the  examination  may  apply for reexamination at the next scheduled
 33    examination upon payment of the examination fee. Should  any  person  fail  to
 34    pass  the  examination the second time, the board may refuse to allow a subse-
 35    quent examination until the expiration of one (1) year.
                                                                        
 36        SECTION 3.  That Section 54-2616, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 37    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 38        54-2616.  FEES  FOR CERTIFICATES -- PRORATING. (1) Before a certificate is
 39    issued, and for the renewal thereof, the successful applicant shall pay to the
 40    division of building safety a fee in accordance with the following schedule:
 41                                             Initial Fee           Renewal
 42        Plumbing Contractor                     $75.00              $36.00
 43        Plumbing Journeyman                      15.00                7.20
 44        Residential Plumbing Journeyman          15.00                7.20
 45        Specialty Contractor                     75.00               36.00
 46        Specialty Journeyman                     15.00                7.20
 47        (2)  The administrator of the division of building safety shall  have  the
 48    authority  to  prorate and assess the initial certificate fees as follows: the
 49    amount of the initial fee, plus the  product  of  one-twelfth  (1/12)  of  the
 50    amount  of  the renewal fee for that particular category of certificate multi-
 51    plied by the number of months in excess of twelve (12) for which the  certifi-
                                                                        
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  1    cate    is  issued.  No  certificate shall be issued for less than twelve (12)
  2    months.
  3        (3)  The administrator of the division of building safety shall  have  the
  4    authority  to  prorate  and  assess the renewal fees as follows: the number of
  5    months the certificate will be in effect, multiplied by one-twelfth (1/12)  of
  6    the  renewal fee for that particular category of certificate. No renewal shall
  7    be issued for less than twelve (12) months.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                            RS 15845C1


The purpose of this legislation is to provide for another
classification for plumbing which is a residential plumbing
Journeyman licence for this less inclusive classification.  It
provides for another process to acquire a residential plumbing
Journeyman's license for proficient plumbers.



                           FISCAL NOTE

There will be no impact on the State General Fund.



Contact

Name: Representative Paul Shepherd 
Phone: (208) 332-1000


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                         H 651