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HOUSE BILL NO. 684 – Electrical work/licns not reqd/when

HOUSE BILL NO. 684

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H0684...........................................................by BUSINESS
ELECTRICAL WORK - Amends existing law to provide that local jurisdictions
shall not require a license to perform electrical work for which a license
is not required under the provisions of Section 54-1016, Idaho Code, and to
clarify that the section shall not be construed to permit access to high
voltage panels by unlicensed persons.

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H0684


                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fourth Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 1998
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 684

                                  BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN; AMENDING  SECTION  54-1016,
 3        IDAHO  CODE,  AS  AMENDED BY HOUSE BILL 638, ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR
 4        SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FOURTH  IDAHO  LEGISLATURE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  LOCAL
 5        JURISDICTIONS  SHALL  NOT REQUIRE A LICENSE TO PERFORM ELECTRICAL WORK FOR
 6        WHICH A LICENSE IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION AND TO
 7        CLARIFY THAT THE SECTION SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUED TO PERMIT ACCESS  TO  HIGH
 8        VOLTAGE PANELS BY UNLICENSED PERSONS.

 9    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

10        SECTION  1.  That  Section  54-1016,  Idaho Code, as amended by House Bill
11    638, enacted by the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-fourth Idaho  Legisla-
12    ture, be, and the same is hereby amended to read as follows:

13        54-1016.  EXEMPTIONS.  Nothing in this act shall be deemed to apply to the
14    installation or maintenance of communication circuits,  wires  and  apparatus;
15    nor  to  any  electrical public utility, or its employees, in the installation
16    and maintenance of electrical wiring, circuits, apparatus and equipment by  or
17    for  such public utility, or comprising a part of its plants, lines or system;
18    nor to the installation or maintenance of limited energy systems,  which,  for
19    purposes of this section are defined as fire and security alarm systems, class
20    2 and class 3 signaling circuits, landscape sprinkler controls, key card oper-
21    ators,  nurse  call systems, motor and electrical apparatus controls and other
22    limited energy applications covered  by  the  national  electrical  code.  The
23    licensing  provisions of this act shall not apply to persons making electrical
24    installations on their own property or to regularly employed maintenance elec-
25    tricians working on the premises of their employer.  Local  jurisdictions
26    shall  not require a license to perform electrical work for which a license is
27    not required under this section. Nothing in this section shall be  interpreted
28    so as to permit access to high voltage panels by unlicensed persons. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


    





             STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
    
                  RS 07994C1
    
    To restrict local
     licensing for limited 
    energy systems.
    
    Contact: Rep. David Callister
    
    
    
    
    
    FISCAL NOTE
    
    
    
    No fiscal impace.
    STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE
    
    (208) 332-1000
    
    H 684