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H0025........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau
MASTER ELECTRICIANS - LICENSE - Amends existing law governing the Idaho
Electrical Board to provide clarification of terminology referring to a
"master electrician" and to reduce the master electrician license renewal
fee.
01/11 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/11 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/22 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Limbaugh,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Taylor(Taylor), Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Wheeler, Williams,
Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Linford, Watson, Wood
Floor Sponsor - Gagner
Title apvd - to Senate
02/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/05 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/08 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/11 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
NAYS--None
Absent and excused--Parry
Floor Sponsor - King
Title apvd - to House
03/12 To enrol
03/15 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/16 Pres signed - to Governor
03/18 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 99
Effective: 07/01/99
H0025|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature First Regular Session - 1999IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 25 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO LICENSING OF ELECTRICIANS; AMENDING SECTIONS 54-1002 AND 54-1003, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CURRENT TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO MASTER ELECTRI- 4 CIANS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1003A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CURRENT TERMINOL- 5 OGY RELATING TO MASTER ELECTRICIANS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; 6 AMENDING SECTIONS 54-1005 AND 54-1007, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CURRENT TER- 7 MINOLOGY RELATING TO MASTER ELECTRICIANS; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-1014, 8 IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CURRENT TERMINOLOGY RELATING TO MASTER ELECTRICIANS 9 AND TO REDUCE THE FEE FOR MASTER ELECTRICIAN LICENSE RENEWAL. 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 11 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 12 amended to read as follows: 13 54-1002. LICENSE ESSENTIAL TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS -- LICENSURE AUTHORITY 14 EXCLUSIVE TO THE STATE. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, 15 company, firm, association or corporation, to act, or attempt to act, as an 16 electrical contractor in this state until such person, partnership, company, 17 firm, association or corporation, shall have received a license as an electri- 18 cal contractor, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of this 19 chapter by the administrator of the division of building safety. 20 (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a journeyman electri- 21 cian in this state until such person shall have received a license as a jour- 22 neyman electrician, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of 23 this act, by the administrator of the division of building safety, provided, 24 however, that any person who has been issued a masterjourneyman25 electrician's license pursuant to this chapter may act as a journeyman elec- 26 trician. 27 (3) Licensure of electrical contractors and journeyman electricians shall 28 be within the exclusive jurisdiction of the state pursuant to this chapter and 29 no local jurisdiction shall have the authority to require additional licensure 30 or to issue licenses to persons licensed under this chapter which are incon- 31 sistent with the provisions of this chapter or rules promulgated by the divi- 32 sion of building safety. The state shall investigate all local infractions and 33 state violations of this chapter and prosecute the same. The local jurisdic- 34 tions will assist the state by requesting investigations within their juris- 35 dictions. Nothing in this chapter shall restrict a city or county from impos- 36 ing stricter public safety rules, notwithstanding any provision of Idaho Code. 37 SECTION 2. That Section 54-1003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 38 amended to read as follows: 39 54-1003. ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORIZED TO ISSUE LICENSE. Only the administra- 40 tor of the division of building safety of the state of Idaho is authorized and 41 empowered to conduct examinations and to pass upon the qualifications of 2 1 applicants, and to grant and issue licenses to such applicants as are found to 2 be qualified to engage in the trade, business or calling of a journeyman elec- 3 trician or electrical contractor or masterjourneymanelectrician 4 in the manner and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided. No 5 licenses granted hereunder shall be transferable. Licenses shall be issued 6 upon the condition that the holder thereof shall comply with all provisions of 7 this chapter. 8 SECTION 3. That Section 54-1003A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 9 amended to read as follows: 10 54-1003A. DEFINITIONS. (1) Electrical Contractor. Except as provided in 11 section 54-1016, Idaho Code, any person, partnership, company, firm, associa- 12 tion or corporation engaging in, conducting, or carrying on the business of 13 installing wires or equipment to carry electric current or installing appara- 14 tus to be operated by such current, or entering into agreements to install 15 such wires, equipment or apparatus, shall for the purpose of this act be known 16 as an electrical contractor. 17 (2) Journeyman Electrician. Except as provided in section 54-1016, Idaho 18 Code, andpartsubsections ( 3 ),19and part( 4 ) and (5) of this section, any 20 person who personally performs or supervises the actual physical work of 21 installing electric wiring or equipment to convey electric current, or appara- 22 tus to be operated by such current, shall, for the purpose of this act, be 23 known as a journeyman electrician. 24 (3) Apprentice Electrician. Any person who, for the purpose of learning 25 the trade of journeyman electrician, engages in the installation of electric 26 wiring, equipment, or apparatus while under the constant on-the-job supervi- 27 sion of a qualified journeyman electrician shall, for the purpose of this act, 28 be known as an apprentice electrician. 29 (4) Maintenance Electrician. Any person who is regularly employed to ser- 30 vice, maintain or repair electrical apparatus, or to make minor repairs or 31 alterations to existing electrical wires or equipment located on his 32 employer's premises shall, for the purpose of this act, be known as a mainte- 33 nance electrician. 34 (5) MasterJourneymanElectrician. A person who has the nec- 35 essary qualifications, training, experience and technical knowledge to plan, 36 layout or design the installation of electrical wiring or equipment, or to 37 supervise such planning, layout, or design, and who performs or supervises 38 such planning, layout or design, shall, for the purpose of this act, be known 39 as a masterjourneymanelectrician. 40 SECTION 4. That Section 54-1005, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 41 amended to read as follows: 42 54-1005. RULES -- INSPECTIONS -- INSPECTION TAGS AND FEES. (1) The admin- 43 istrator of the division of building safety is hereby authorized and directed 44 to enforce rules consistent with this act for the administration of this act 45 and to effectuate the purposes thereof, and for the licensing of electrical 46 contractors and the examination and licensing of journeyman electricians, and 47 the examination and licensing of masterjourneyman48 electricians ,and to set by rule the fee for master jour-49neyman electrician licenses,and to make inspections of electrical 50 installations referred to in section 54-1001, Idaho Code, and to issue inspec- 51 tion tags covering such installations, and to collect the fees established 3 1 therefor. 2 (2) Individuals, firms, cooperatives, corporations, or municipalities 3 selling electricity, hereinafter known as the power supplier, shall not con- 4 nect with or energize any electrical installation, coming under the provisions 5 of this act, unless the owner or a licensed electrical contractor has deliv- 6 ered to the power supplier an inspection tag, issued by the administrator, 7 covering the installation to be energized. Immediately after an installation 8 has been energized, the power supplier shall deliver to the administrator or 9 his authorized agent, the inspection tag covering such installation. 10 (3) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, company, firm, 11 association or corporation other than a power supplier, to energize any elec- 12 trical installation coming under the provisions of this act unless an applica- 13 tion for an electrical inspection tag, covering such installation, together 14 with the inspection fee herein provided, has been forwarded to the administra- 15 tor. 16 SECTION 5. That Section 54-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 17 amended to read as follows: 18 54-1007. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall 19 issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be 20 fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician, 21 or masterjourneymanelectrician, and to such persons, firms, 22 partnerships, associations or corporations as have shown themselves to be fit, 23 competent and qualified to engage in the business of electrical contracting. 24 Any person who has worked as a journeyman electrician or as an apprentice 25 electrician, as herein defined, for a period of not less than four (4) years, 26 shall be considered as qualified to apply for a journeyman electrician's 27 license in this state, provided that for each such year he is claiming to have 28 worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice registered with the divi- 29 sion of building safety as an apprentice, paid an apprentice registration fee, 30 and submitted with his annual application for apprentice registration verifi- 31 cation of employment and hours worked. The electrical board may, by rule, fix 32 the apprentice registration fee, in an amount not to exceed the costs of issu- 33 ing apprentice registration certificates and enforcing the apprentice regis- 34 tration provisions of this act, and may also by rule establish requirements 35 relative to the manner of verification of employment and hours worked. Before 36 such experience as an apprentice may be considered as qualifying the appren- 37 tice to take the journeyman's examination, the apprentice must also complete 38 the required related instruction for electrical apprentices as approved by the 39 Idaho state board for vocational education. Any person who has worked in this 40 state for a period of not less than two (2) years as a journeyman electrician 41 shall be considered as qualified to apply for a masterjourneyman42 electrician's license in this state. 43 (2) To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of 44 electricians provide for similar action, the administrator, on the recommenda- 45 tion of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to electricians 46 licensed by such other states, upon payment by the applicant of the required 47 fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has qualifica- 48 tions at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for written exam- 49 inations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this subsection are not 50 required to take a written examination. 51 SECTION 6. That Section 54-1014, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 52 amended to read as follows: 4 1 54-1014. FEES. The following fees shall be charged by the administrator 2 of the division of building safety: 3 Electrical contractor's license $125.00 4 Renewal of electrical contractor's license 100.00 5 Journeyman electrician's license 25.00 6 Renewal of journeyman electrician's license 15.00 7 Application for license 15.00 8 Revival of electrical contractor's license 125.00 9 Revival of journeyman electrician's license 25.00 10 Apprentice registration and working license 10.00 11 Specialty electrician's license 25.00 12 Specialty electrician's license renewal 15.00 13 Specialty electrician's license revival 25.00 14 Specialty contractor's license 125.00 15 Specialty contractor's license renewal 100.00 16 Specialty contractor's license revival 125.00 17 Masterjourneymanelectrician's license 35.00 18 Masterjourneymanelectrician's license renewal2191 5.00 20 Masterjourneymanelectrician's license revival3212 5.00
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS08344
Decrease the renewal fee for the Master Journeyman Electrician
license in Idaho Code, title 54, chapter 10, from $25.00 to $15.00
per year to be consistent with the Journeyman Electrician and
Specialty Journeyman Electrician renewal fee. The procedure to
renew these licenses are the same, the Master Journeyman renewal
does not require any additional processing, so the larger fee is
not justified.
Change the electrical license category name of "Master Journeyman
Electrician," in Idaho Code, title 54, chapter 10, to "Master
Electrician." The progression of electrical knowledge and
experience is from apprentice electrician to journeyman electrician
to master electrician. The term "master journeyman" is confusing
and contradictory. This is especially true with other states and
jurisdictions that have, or wish to enter into reciprocal
agreements with Idaho.
FISCAL IMPACT
Approximately $980 less revenue per year
CONTACT
Name: Gary Malmen, Bureau Chief
Agency: Div. of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau
Phone: 334-2183 ext. 323
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