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H0143..............................................................by BUSINESS
APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS - TRAINING - Amends existing law to require
continuation training of apprentice electricians who have not taken or passed
the journeyman's examination within two years of completing instructional
training or who have not advanced in apprenticeship training for a period of
two years; and to authorize the Electrical Board to establish by rule
requirements for continuation training.
02/04 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/05 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/18 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/19 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 59-5-6
AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter, Black, Block,
Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Cannon, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney,
Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23),
Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jones, Kellogg, Kulczyk, Langhorst,
Martinez, McGeachin, Meyer, Miller, Moyle, Nielsen, Raybould, Ridinger,
Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler, Schaefer(Schaefer),
Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass,
Tilman, Trail, Wills, Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Barrett, Langford, McKague, Sali, Wood
Absent and excused -- Campbell, Jaquet, Lake, Mitchell, Naccarato,
Stevenson
Floor Sponsor - Snodgrass
Title apvd - to Senate
02/24 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 32-0-3
AYES -- Andreason(Rouse), Bailey, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett,
Burtenshaw, Calabretta, Cameron, Compton, Darrington, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Lodge, Malepeai,
McKenzie, McWilliams, Noh, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Sorensen,
Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Davis, Marley, Noble
Floor Sponsor - Compton
Title apvd - to House
03/17 To enrol
03/19 Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/20 Pres signed
03/21 To Governor
03/27 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 135
Effective: 07/01/03
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session - 2003
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 143
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO LICENSING OF ELECTRICAL JOURNEYMEN; AMENDING SECTION 54-1007,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO REQUIRE CONTINUATION TRAINING OF APPRENTICE ELECTRICIANS
4 WHO HAVE NOT TAKEN OR PASSED THE JOURNEYMAN'S EXAMINATION WITHIN TWO YEARS
5 OF COMPLETING INSTRUCTIONAL TRAINING OR WHO HAVE NOT ADVANCED IN APPREN-
6 TICESHIP TRAINING FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS AND TO AUTHORIZE THE ELECTRI-
7 CAL BOARD TO ESTABLISH BY RULE REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTINUATION TRAINING.
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
9 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1007, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
10 amended to read as follows:
11 54-1007. ISSUANCE OF LICENSES -- RECIPROCITY. (1) The administrator shall
12 issue licenses to such persons as have by examination shown themselves to be
13 fit, competent and qualified to engage in the trade of journeyman electrician,
14 specialty electrician or master electrician, and to such persons, firms, part-
15 nerships, associations or corporations as have shown themselves to be fit,
16 competent and qualified to engage in the business of electrical contracting or
17 specialty electrical contracting.
18 (2) An apprentice electrician, as herein defined, may take the
19 journeyman's examination if he has completed the required related instruction
20 for electrical apprentices as approved by the Idaho state board for
21 professional-technical education and has worked the number of hours as pre-
22 scribed by the Idaho electrical board, provided that for each such year he is
23 claiming to have worked as an apprentice electrician, the apprentice shall
24 have been registered with the division of building safety as an apprentice,
25 paid an apprentice registration fee, and submitted with his annual application
26 for apprentice registration verification of employment, the number of instruc-
27 tional hours completed and the number of hours worked. The electrical board
28 may, by rule, fix the apprentice registration fee, in an amount not to exceed
29 the costs of issuing apprentice registration certificates and enforcing the
30 apprentice registration provisions of this act, and may also by rule establish
31 requirements relative to the manner of verification of employment, the number
32 of instructional hours completed, continuation training and the number of
33 hours worked.
34 (a) An apprentice who has completed the number of instructional hours and
35 has not taken or passed the journeyman's examination within two (2) years
36 of completion of the instructional training hours, shall provide proof of
37 continuation training as set by rule of the electrical board.
38 (b) An apprentice who has not advanced in apprenticeship training for a
39 period of two (2) years shall complete continuation training as set by
40 rule of the electrical board.
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 (5) 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 12600
Amends existing law to require continuation training of apprentice
electricians who have not taken or passed the journeyman's
examination within two years of completing instructional training
or who have not advanced in apprenticeship training for a period of
two years, and to authorize the electrical board to establish by
rule requirements for continuation training.
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact.
Contact: Robert Corbell
442-4423
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 14