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H0583...........................................................by BUSINESS
ELECTRICAL/PLUMBING INSPECTORS - Amends existing law to delete reference to
the position of chief electrical inspector; and to delete references to
chief inspector and deputy inspectors for plumbing.
02/16 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/17 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/24 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/25 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/29 3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-0-3
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy,
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, Linford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen,
Moss, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo,
Robison, Sali, Schaefer(Tiegs), Shepherd, Smith, Stevenson,
Stoicheff, Stone, Taylor, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann,
Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Deal, Sellman, Smylie
Floor Sponsor - Gagner
Title apvd - to Senate
03/01 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/15 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/16 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/23 3rd rdg - PASSED - 30-4-1
AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, Noh, Richardson, Riggs,
Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner, Stennett, Thorne,
Wheeler, Williams
NAYS--Cameron, Hawkins, Parry, Whitworth
Absent and excused--McLaughlin
Floor Sponsor - McLaughlin
Title apvd - to House
03/24 To enrol
03/27 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/28 Pres signed
03/29 To Governor
03/30 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 120
Effective: 07/01/00
H0583
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 583
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN AND PLUMBING AND PLUMBERS;
3 AMENDING SECTION 54-1006, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE REFERENCE TO THE POSITION
4 OF CHIEF ELECTRICAL INSPECTOR AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING
5 SECTION 54-2627, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE REFERENCE TO THE POSITIONS OF CHIEF
6 INSPECTOR AND DEPUTY INSPECTORS; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 54-1006. IDAHO ELECTRICAL BOARD. (1) The Idaho electrical board, herein-
11 after known as the board, is hereby created and made a part of the division of
12 building safety. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the administrator
13 of the division of building safety to administer and enforce the provisions of
14 this act, and to serve as secretary to the Idaho electrical board, and to
15 appoint the chief electrical inspector.
16 (2) The board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the
17 governor with power of removal for cause. Two (2) members shall be licensed
18 journeymen or master electricians; two (2) members shall be employees or offi-
19 cers of licensed electrical contractors; one (1) member shall be a licensed
20 specialty journeyman or contractor; one (1) member shall be an employee or
21 officer of an electrical power provider; one (1) member shall be an employee
22 or officer of a manufacturing plant or other large power user; one (1) member
23 shall be an employee or director of a manufacturer or distributor of electri-
24 cal supplies or materials; and one (1) member shall be from the public at
25 large not directly associated with the electrical industry. Board members
26 shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Whenever a vacancy occurs,
27 the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the
28 unexpired portion of the term.
29 (3) All members of the board shall be citizens of the United States, res-
30 idents of this state for not less than two (2) years and shall be qualified by
31 experience, knowledge and integrity in formulating rules for examinations, in
32 passing on the fitness and qualifications of applicants for electrical con-
33 tractor and journeyman electrician licenses and in establishing standards for
34 electrical products to be used in electrical installations coming under the
35 provisions of this act.
36 (4) The members of the board shall, at their first regular meeting fol-
37 lowing the effective date of this act and every two (2) years thereafter,
38 elect by majority vote of the members of the board, a chairman who shall pre-
39 side at meetings of the board. In the event the chairman is not present at any
40 board meeting, the board may by majority vote of the members present appoint a
41 temporary chairman. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a
42 quorum.
43 (5) The board is authorized and directed to prescribe and amend rules
2
1 consistent with this act for the administration of this chapter and to effec-
2 tuate the purpose thereof, and for the examination and licensing of electrical
3 contractors, journeyman electricians, master journeyman electricians, spe-
4 cialty electricians, specialty electrical contractors, specialty electrical
5 trainees and apprentice electricians. The board shall also establish the clas-
6 sifications for specialty electrician and specialty electrical contractor
7 licensing and the fees to be charged for permits and inspections of electrical
8 systems. The board shall establish by administrative rule the fines to be paid
9 for citations issued for violations of this act and the rules of the Idaho
10 electrical board.
11 (6) Each member of the board not otherwise compensated by public moneys
12 shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(g), Idaho Code.
13 SECTION 2. That Section 54-2627, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
14 amended to read as follows:
15 54-2627. APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTORS -- QUALIFICATIONS -- UNLAWFUL PRAC-
16 TICES. The administrator of the division of building safety shall appoint a
17 chief inspector and such number of deputy inspectors as may be required for
18 the effective enforcement of this act. All inspectors shall be skilled in
19 plumbing installations with not less than five (5) years actual experience,
20 shall possess certificates of competency prior to appointment, and shall be
21 fully familiar with the provisions of this act and rules made by both the
22 administrator and the Idaho plumbing board. No inspector employed by the divi-
23 sion of building safety and assigned to the enforcement of this act shall be
24 engaged or financially interested in a plumbing business, trade, practice or
25 work, or the sale of any supplies connected therewith, nor shall he act as an
26 agent, directly or indirectly, for any person, firm, copartnership, associa-
27 tion or corporation so engaged. Inspectors employed by municipalities electing
28 to claim exemption under this act must possess the qualifications set forth in
29 this section.
30 SECTION 3. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
31 1, 2000.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 09312
In 1996, the Legislature merged the Department of Labor and Industrial Services
and the Department of Employment into a new Department of Labor. Under the
reorganization, it was specifically provided that contracts of the Department of Labor and
Industrial Services would be-performed by a newly created Division of Building Safety,
which was placed within the Department of Self-Governing Agencies. It is not
uncommon that certain details in the implementation of such a major restructuring effort
are not immediately known, and it is understood that corrections will be made as they
become known. This legislation is offered in an effort to rectify discrepancies which
have surfaced.
The purpose of this proposed legislation is to end the confusion which the terms
"chief inspector" and "bureau chief" cause when referring to the chiefs of the electrical
and plumbing bureaus. Are the positions of chief inspector and bureau chief one and the
same, or are there two positions? At the time of the re-organization, the inspector
positions became outdated because the intent was for bureau chiefs to assume full
responsibility for operations of the bureau. However, the language referring to
inspectors was overlooked. By deleting reference to "inspector" in electrical and
plumbing bureau laws and "deputy" inspectors in plumbing law, the original intent is
carried out and only the positions of the electrical bureau chief and the plumbing bureau
chief remain.
This legislation is endorsed by the Legislative Council's 1999 interim committee
on Construction Industry Laws, which also recommended that this proposal be presented
to the House Business Committee for its consideration in the 2000 session.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this legislation.
Contact: Rep. Hilde Kellogg (208) 332-1000
Idaho House of Representatives
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 583