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HOUSE BILL NO. 26

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H0026........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
        Requested by Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau
ELECTRICAL CODES - REFERENCES - Amends existing law to update references to
the governing national codes of the Idaho Electrical Board.

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H0026

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 26

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
               Requested by: Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO THE IDAHO ELECTRICAL BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 54-1001, IDAHO  CODE,
 3        TO UPDATE REFERENCES TO THE NATIONAL CODES ADOPTED BY THE IDAHO ELECTRICAL
 4        BOARD.

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

 6        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-1001, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 7    amended to read as follows:

 8        54-1001.  DECLARATION OF POLICY. From and after the taking effect of  this
 9    act,  all installations in the state of Idaho of wires and equipment to convey
10    electric current and installations of apparatus to be operated  by  such  cur-
11    rent,  except  as  hereinafter provided, shall be made substantially in accord
12    with the National Electrical Code ,      of  1971,    as
13    approved  by the American Standards Institute, relating to such work as far as
14    the same cover both fire and personal injury hazards,  and  the  National
15    Electrical  Safety  Code as published by the Institute of Electrical and Elec-
16    tronics Engineers, Inc. and approved by the American National Standards Insti-
17    tute,  and as the National Electrical Code  and the National  Elec-
18    trical  Safety  Code   shall be amended, revised, compiled and published
19    from time to time and as such amendments or revisions are adopted by the Idaho
20    electrical board.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact

                      STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE
                             RS08340
Remove "of 1971" from Idaho Code 54-1001.  This phrase is
unnecessary and confusing.  The statute is clear that, as the
National Electrical Code is revised, it must be adopted by the
Idaho State Electrical Board, by administrative rule, before it can
be used as the standard for electrical installations in the state.

Also, incorporate new language to clarify and encompass that
electrical installations shall comply with the safety standards of
the National Electrical Code as adopted by the National Fire
Protection Association, Inc. and approved by the American National
Standards Institute, and the National Electrical Safety Code as
published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers,
Inc. and approved by the American National Standards Institute.
                         FISCAL  IMPACT
None.
Contact
Name:   Gary L. Malmen, Bureau Chief
Agency: Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau
Phone:  334-2183 ext. 323


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