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H0585aaS........................................................by BUSINESS
ELECTRICIANS - Amends existing law to clarify the requirements of an
apprentice electrician before he may take the journeyman electrician's
examination; to specify the requirements for master electrician that the
electrical board shall establish in its rules for examination and licensing
of master electricians; and to clarify reciprocity provisions for the
journeyman and apprentice electrician with out-of-state experience.
02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 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 - 58-2-10
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge,
Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Harwood, Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Kunz, Lake, Loertscher, Mader, Martinez, McKague, Montgomery,
Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts,
Robison, Sali, Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smylie, Stone,
Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Hadley, Wood
Absent and excused -- Gould, Hammond, Higgins, Kellogg, Kendell,
Langford, Meyer, Pischner, Smith(23), Stevenson
Floor Sponsor - Ellis
Title apvd - to Senate
02/25 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/08 Rpt out - to 14th Ord
03/11 Rpt out amen - to 1st rdg as amen
03/12 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
Rls susp - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Brandt, Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure,
Geddes, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia,
Little, Lodge, Marley, Noh, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sims, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Richardson
Floor Sponsor - Brandt
Title apvd - to House
03/14 House concurred in Senate amens - to engros
03/15 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
Rls susp - PASSED - 66-2-2
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Barrett, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black,
Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Clark,
Collins, Cuddy, Denney, Ellis, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(13),
Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Harwood, Henbest, Higgins,
Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Langford, Loertscher,
Mader, Martinez, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moyle, Pearce,
Pischner, Pomeroy, Raybould, Ridinger, Roberts, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson,
Stone, Tilman, Trail, Wheeler, Wood, Young, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Hornbeck, McKague
Absent and excused -- Crow, Deal
Floor Sponsor - Ellis
Title apvd - to enrol
Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 123
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 585
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN; AMENDING SECTION 54-1007,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN
4 BEFORE HE MAY APPLY TO TAKE THE JOURNEYMAN'S EXAMINATION AND TO SPECIFY
5 REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER ELECTRICIAN THAT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD SHALL ESTAB-
6 LISH IN ITS RULES FOR EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF MASTER ELECTRICIANS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 54-1007. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall
11 issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be
12 fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician,
13 specialty electrician or master electrician, and to such persons, firms, part-
14 nerships, associations or corporations as have shown themselves to be fit,
15 competent and qualified to engage in the business of electrical contracting or
16 specialty electrical contracting. Any person who has worked as a journeyman
17 electrician, or as an apprentice electrician, as herein defined, for a period
18 of not less than four (4) years, shall be considered as qualified to apply for
19 a journeyman electrician's license in this state. An apprentice electrician,
20 as herein defined, may apply to take the journeyman's examination if he has
21 completed the required related instruction for electrical apprentices as
22 approved by the Idaho state board for professional-technical education and has
23 worked the number of hours as prescribed by the Idaho electrical board, pro-
24 vided that for each such year he is claiming to have worked as an apprentice
25 electrician, the apprentice shall have been registered with the division of
26 building safety as an apprentice, paid an apprentice registration fee, and
27 submitted with his annual application for apprentice registration verification
28 of employment, the number of instructional hours completed and the number of
29 hours worked. The electrical board may, by rule, fix the apprentice registra-
30 tion fee, in an amount not to exceed the costs of issuing apprentice registra-
31 tion certificates and enforcing the apprentice registration provisions of this
32 act, and may also by rule establish requirements relative to the manner of
33 verification of employment, the number of instructional hours completed and
34 the number of hours worked. Before such experience as an apprentice may be
35 considered as qualifying the apprentice to take the journeyman's examination,
36 the apprentice must also complete the required related instruction for elec-
37 trical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state board for professional-
38 technical education. Any person who has worked in this state for a period of
39 not less than two (2) years and who has worked the number of hours as pre-
40 scribed by rule of the board as a journeyman electrician shall be considered
41 as qualified to apply for a master electrician's license in this state. The
42 Idaho electrical board, in establishing by rule the requirements for a master
43 electrician's license, shall also take into account the applicant's perfor-
2
1 mance as a journeyman electrician.
2 (2) To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of
3 electricians provide for similar action, the administrator, on the recommenda-
4 tion of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to electricians
5 licensed by such other states, upon payment by the applicant of the required
6 fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has qualifica-
7 tions at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for written exam-
8 inations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this subsection are not
9 required to take a written examination.
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
Moved by Brandt
Seconded by Goedde
IN THE SENATE
SENATE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 585
1 AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, delete lines 16 through 20 and insert:
3 "specialty electrical contracting. Any person who has worked as a journeyman
4 electrician or as an apprentice electrician, as herein defined, for a period
5 of not less than four (4) years, shall be considered as qualified to apply for
6 a journeyman electrician's license in this state
7 (2) An apprentice electrician, as herein defined, may take the
8 journeyman's examination if he has";
9 and delete line 38 and insert: "technical education.
10 (3) Any person who has worked in this state for a period of".
11 On page 2, following line 1, insert:
12 "(4) Any person with out-of-state experience who has worked as a journey-
13 man electrician or as an apprentice electrician, as herein defined, for a
14 period of four (4) years, and who has met such other requirements as estab-
15 lished by rule of the board, shall be considered as qualified to apply for a
16 journeyman electrician's license in this state.";
17 and in line 2, delete "(2)" and insert: "(25)".
18 CORRECTIONS TO TITLE
19 On page 1, in line 4, delete "APPLY TO"; and also in line 4, delete "AND"
20 and insert: ","; and in line 6, following "ELECTRICIANS" insert: "AND TO CLAR-
21 IFY RECIPROCITY PROVISIONS FOR THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN
22 WITH OUT-OF-STATE EXPERIENCE".
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 585, As Amended in the Senate
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN; AMENDING SECTION 54-1007,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN
4 BEFORE HE MAY TAKE THE JOURNEYMAN'S EXAMINATION, TO SPECIFY REQUIREMENTS
5 FOR MASTER ELECTRICIAN THAT THE ELECTRICAL BOARD SHALL ESTABLISH IN ITS
6 RULES FOR EXAMINATION AND LICENSING OF MASTER ELECTRICIANS AND TO CLARIFY
7 RECIPROCITY PROVISIONS FOR THE JOURNEYMAN AND THE APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN
8 WITH OUT-OF-STATE EXPERIENCE.
9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
10 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
11 amended to read as follows:
12 54-1007. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall
13 issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be
14 fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician,
15 specialty electrician or master electrician, and to such persons, firms, part-
16 nerships, associations or corporations as have shown themselves to be fit,
17 competent and qualified to engage in the business of electrical contracting or
18 specialty electrical contracting. Any person who has worked as a journeyman
19 electrician or as an apprentice electrician, as herein defined, for a period
20 of not less than four (4) years, shall be considered as qualified to apply for
21 a journeyman electrician's license in this state
22 (2) An apprentice electrician, as herein defined, may take the
23 journeyman's examination if he has completed the required related instruction
24 for electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state board for
25 professional-technical education and has worked the number of hours as pre-
26 scribed by the Idaho electrical board, provided that for each such year he is
27 claiming to have worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice shall
28 have been registered with the division of building safety as an apprentice,
29 paid an apprentice registration fee, and submitted with his annual application
30 for apprentice registration verification of employment, the number of instruc-
31 tional hours completed and the number of hours worked. The electrical board
32 may, by rule, fix the apprentice registration fee, in an amount not to exceed
33 the costs of issuing apprentice registration certificates and enforcing the
34 apprentice registration provisions of this act, and may also by rule establish
35 requirements relative to the manner of verification of employment, the number
36 of instructional hours completed and the number of hours worked. Before such
37 experience as an apprentice may be considered as qualifying the apprentice to
38 take the journeyman's examination, the apprentice must also complete the
39 required related instruction for electrical apprentices as approved by the
40 Idaho state board for professional-technical education.
41 (3) Any person who has worked in this state for a period of not less than
42 two (2) years and who has worked the number of hours as prescribed by rule of
43 the board as a journeyman electrician shall be considered as qualified to
2
1 apply for a master electrician's license in this state. The Idaho electrical
2 board, in establishing by rule the requirements for a master electrician's
3 license, shall also take into account the applicant's performance as a jour-
4 neyman electrician.
5 (4) Any person with out-of-state experience who has worked as a journey-
6 man electrician or as an apprentice electrician, as herein defined, for a
7 period of four (4) years, and who has met such other requirements as estab-
8 lished by rule of the board, shall be considered as qualified to apply for a
9 journeyman electrician's license in this state.
10 (25) To the extent that other states which provide for the licensing of
11 electricians provide for similar action, the administrator, on the recommenda-
12 tion of the Idaho electrical board, may grant licenses to electricians
13 licensed by such other states, upon payment by the applicant of the required
14 fee and upon furnishing proof to the board that the applicant has qualifica-
15 tions at least equal to those provided herein for applicants for written exam-
16 inations. Applicants who qualify for a license under this subsection are not
17 required to take a written examination.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11863
This legislation deletes the requirement for an apprentice to wait
until 4 years have elapsed to apply for a journeyman license. An
apprentice may apply after proof of completion of the prescribed
education training, (144 hours classroom training per year for 4
years, and at least 2000 hours of on the job training each year for
four years.)
The change in master electrician license allows the board to
consider past license performance prior to issue of a master
electrician license.
FISCAL IMPACT
None
Contact
Name: Rep Gagner
Phone: 332 1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 585