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H0395........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by: Division of Building Safety
ELECTRICIANS - Amends existing law to delete the term "journeyman" in
reference to master electricians.
01/17 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
Rpt prt - to Bus
02/02 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/03 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/04 3rd rdg - PASSED - 68-0-2
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff,
Stone, Taylor, Trail(Miller), Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Kellogg, Tilman
Floor Sponsor - Deal
Title apvd - to Senate
02/07 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 29-3-3
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Ingram,
Ipsen, Keough, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy,
Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS--Hawkins, Parry, Whitworth
Absent and excused--Davis, King-Barrutia, Thorne
Floor Sponsor - Stegner
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/20 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/21 Pres signed
03/22 To Governor
Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 39
Effective: 07/01/00
H0395|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 395 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Division of Building Safety 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO MASTER ELECTRICIANS; AMENDING SECTIONS 54-1002, 54-1006 AND 3 54-1017, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE JOURNEYMAN IN REFERENCE TO MASTER ELECTRI- 4 CIANS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1002, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 54-1002. LICENSE ESSENTIAL TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS -- LICENSURE AUTHORITY 9 EXCLUSIVE TO THE STATE. (1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, 10 company, firm, association or corporation, to act, or attempt to act, as an 11 electrical contractor or special electrical contractor in this state until 12 such person, partnership, company, firm, association or corporation, shall 13 have received a license as an electrical contractor, as herein defined, issued 14 pursuant to the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the divi- 15 sion of building safety. 16 (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a journeyman electri- 17 cian in this state until such person shall have received a license as a jour- 18 neyman electrician, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of 19 this act, by the administrator of the division of building safety, provided, 20 however, that any person who has been issued a master electrician's license 21 pursuant to this chapter may act as a journeyman electrician. 22 (3) It shall be unlawful for any person to act as a specialty electrician 23 in this state until such person shall have received a license as a specialty 24 electrician, as herein defined, issued pursuant to the provisions of this act, 25 by the administrator of the division of building safety, provided however, 26 that any person who has been issued a masterjourneymanelectrician's license 27 or a journeyman electrician's license pursuant to this act may act as a spe- 28 cialty electrician. 29 (4) Licensure of electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, master 30journeymanelectricians, specialty electricians, specialty electrical contrac- 31 tors and registration of apprentice electricians shall be within the exclusive 32 jurisdiction of the state pursuant to this chapter and no local jurisdiction 33 shall have the authority to require additional licensure or to issue licenses 34 to persons licensed under this chapter which are inconsistent with the provi- 35 sions of this chapter or rules promulgated by the division of building safety. 36 The state shall investigate all local infractions and state violations of this 37 chapter and prosecute the same. The local jurisdictions will assist the state 38 by requesting investigations within their jurisdictions. Nothing in this chap- 39 ter shall restrict a city or county from imposing stricter public safety 40 rules, notwithstanding any provision of Idaho Code. 41 SECTION 2. That Section 54-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 42 amended to read as follows: 2 1 54-1006. IDAHO ELECTRICAL BOARD. (1) The Idaho electrical board, herein- 2 after known as the board, is hereby created and made a part of the division of 3 building safety. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the administrator 4 of the division of building safety to administer and enforce the provisions of 5 this act, to serve as secretary to the Idaho electrical board, and to appoint 6 the chief electrical inspector. 7 (2) The board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the 8 governor with power of removal for cause. Two (2) members shall be licensed 9 journeymen or master electricians; two (2) members shall be employees or offi- 10 cers of licensed electrical contractors; one (1) member shall be a licensed 11 specialty journeyman or contractor; one (1) member shall be an employee or 12 officer of an electrical power provider; one (1) member shall be an employee 13 or officer of a manufacturing plant or other large power user; one (1) member 14 shall be an employee or director of a manufacturer or distributor of electri- 15 cal supplies or materials; and one (1) member shall be from the public at 16 large not directly associated with the electrical industry. Board members 17 shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Whenever a vacancy occurs, 18 the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the 19 unexpired portion of the term. 20 (3) All members of the board shall be citizens of the United States, res- 21 idents of this state for not less than two (2) years and shall be qualified by 22 experience, knowledge and integrity in formulating rules for examinations, in 23 passing on the fitness and qualifications of applicants for electrical con- 24 tractor and journeyman electrician licenses and in establishing standards for 25 electrical products to be used in electrical installations coming under the 26 provisions of this act. 27 (4) The members of the board shall, at their first regular meeting fol- 28 lowing the effective date of this act and every two (2) years thereafter, 29 elect by majority vote of the members of the board, a chairman who shall pre- 30 side at meetings of the board. In the event the chairman is not present at any 31 board meeting, the board may by majority vote of the members present appoint a 32 temporary chairman. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a 33 quorum. 34 (5) The board is authorized and directed to prescribe and amend rules 35 consistent with this act for the administration of this chapter and to effec- 36 tuate the purpose thereof, and for the examination and licensing of electrical 37 contractors, journeyman electricians, masterjourneymanelectricians, spe- 38 cialty electricians, specialty electrical contractors, specialty electrical 39 trainees and apprentice electricians. The board shall also establish the clas- 40 sifications for specialty electrician and specialty electrical contractor 41 licensing and the fees to be charged for permits and inspections of electrical 42 systems. The board shall establish by administrative rule the fines to be paid 43 for citations issued for violations of this act and the rules of the Idaho 44 electrical board. 45 (6) Each member of the board not otherwise compensated by public moneys 46 shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(g), Idaho Code. 47 SECTION 3. That Section 54-1017, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 48 amended to read as follows: 49 54-1017. VIOLATIONS OF ACT A MISDEMEANOR. Any person, partnership, com- 50 pany, firm, association or corporation who shall engage in the trade, business 51 or calling of an electrical contractor, journeyman electrician, masterjour-52neymanelectrician, specialty electrician, specialty electrical contractor, 53 specialty electrical trainee or apprentice electrician without a license or 3 1 required registration as provided for by this act, or who shall violate any of 2 the provisions of this act, or the rules of the Idaho electrical board or of 3 the administrator of the division of building safety herein provided for, or 4 who shall refuse to perform any duty lawfully enjoined upon him by the admin- 5 istrator within the prescribed time; or who shall fail, neglect, or refuse to 6 obey any lawful order given or made by the administrator shall be guilty of a 7 misdemeanor and shall be subject to the civil penalties established by admin- 8 istrative rule but not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000). Each day of 9 such violation shall constitute a separate offense. A violation will be con- 10 sidered a second or additional offense only if it occurs within one (1) year 11 from the first violation. 12 SECTION 4. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July 13 1, 2000.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS09359
House Bill 25 of the 1999 Idaho Legislature amended Idaho Code
Title 54 Chapter 10 revising the term "Master Journeyman
Electrician" to "Master Electrician". However, other legislation
of Idaho Code Title 54 Chapter 10 was in progress which contained
the old term in the text, though not related to this issue. This
bill would ensure that the correct term is utilized throughout the
text.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
CONTACT H0395
Name: Gary L. Malmen
Agency: Division of Building Safety, Electrical Bureau
Phone: 334-2183