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ELECTRICAL BOARD - Amends existing law to provide that members of the Idaho
Electrical Board shall hold office until expiration of the term for which
the member was appointed and until a successor has been duly appointed and
qualified.
01/30 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/31 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/12 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 57-0-13
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Callister, Campbell, Clark, Collins, Cuddy,
Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner,
Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jones, Kellogg,
Kunz, Langford, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Meyer,
Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger,
Roberts, Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smylie,
Stevenson, Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Bruneel, Crow, Deal, Gould, Jaquet,
Kendell, Lake, Montgomery, Sellman, Smith(23), Wood, Mr. Speaker
Floor Sponsor - Gagner
Title apvd - to Senate
02/18 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/06 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/07 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/15 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw,
Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes, Goedde,
Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Little, Lodge, Marley,
Noh, Richardson, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Hawkins
Floor Sponsor - Andreason
Title apvd - to House
To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/18 Pres signed - to Governor
03/19 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 98
Effective: 03/19/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 504
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO THE IDAHO ELECTRICAL BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 54-1006, IDAHO CODE,
3 TO PROVIDE THAT MEMBERS OF THE BOARD SHALL HOLD OFFICE UNTIL EXPIRATION OF
4 THE TERM FOR WHICH THE MEMBER WAS APPOINTED AND UNTIL HIS SUCCESSOR HAS
5 BEEN DULY APPOINTED AND QUALIFIED; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1006, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 54-1006. IDAHO ELECTRICAL BOARD. (1) The Idaho electrical board, herein-
10 after known as the board, is hereby created and made a part of the division of
11 building safety. It shall be the responsibility and duty of the administrator
12 of the division of building safety to administer and enforce the provisions of
13 this act, and to serve as secretary to the Idaho electrical board.
14 (2) The board shall consist of nine (9) members to be appointed by the
15 governor with power of removal for cause. Two (2) members shall be licensed
16 journeymen or master electricians; two (2) members shall be employees or offi-
17 cers of licensed electrical contractors; one (1) member shall be a licensed
18 specialty journeyman or contractor; one (1) member shall be an employee or
19 officer of an electrical power provider; one (1) member shall be an employee
20 or officer of a manufacturing plant or other large power user; one (1) member
21 shall be an employee or director of a manufacturer or distributor of electri-
22 cal supplies or materials; and one (1) member shall be from the public at
23 large not directly associated with the electrical industry. Board members
24 shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Members of the board shall
25 hold office until expiration of the term to which the member was appointed and
26 until his successor has been duly appointed and qualified. Whenever a vacancy
27 occurs, the governor shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for
28 the 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 electricians, specialty electri-
4 cians, specialty electrical contractors, specialty electrical trainees and
5 apprentice electricians. The board shall also establish the classifications
6 for specialty electrician and specialty electrical contractor licensing and
7 the fees to be charged for permits and inspections of electrical systems. The
8 board shall establish by administrative rule the fines to be paid for cita-
9 tions issued and shall hear appeals regarding the imposition of civil penal-
10 ties for violations of this chapter and the rules of the Idaho electrical
11 board. The board is authorized to affirm, reject, decrease or increase the
12 penalty imposed by the administrator. However, in no case shall the penalty
13 exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each offense.
14 (6) Each member of the board not otherwise compensated by public moneys
15 shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(h), Idaho Code.
16 SECTION 2. An emergency existing therefor, which emergency is hereby
17 declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
18 passage and approval.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11624
This legislation will align the State Electrical Board with the
law applying to other appointed professional boards by allowing
an existing board member to serve until a new appointment is
made.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Rep. Gagner
Phone: 332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 504