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H0525...........................................................by BUSINESS
ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS - Amends existing law to clarify qualifications and
restrictions on state and municipal electrical inspectors; and to provide
for administration of such additional tests as may be adopted by the State
Electrical Board.
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]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 525
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS AND JOURNEYMEN; AMENDING SECTION 54-1019,
3 IDAHO CODE, TO CLARIFY QUALIFICATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON STATE AND MUNIC-
4 IPAL ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS, TO PROVIDE FOR ADMINISTRATION OF SUCH ADDI-
5 TIONAL TESTS AS MAY BE ADOPTED BY THE STATE ELECTRICAL BOARD AND TO MAKE
6 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1019, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
9 amended to read as follows:
10 54-1019. QUALIFICATIONS OF AND RESTRICTIONS ON STATE AND MUNICIPAL
11 INSPECTORS -- DEPUTY ELECTRICAL INSPECTORS AND THE GENERAL INSPECTOR'S TEST.
12 (1) The administrator of the division of building safety shall appoint the
13 number of deputy electrical inspectors as may be required for the effective
14 enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Irrespective of any other pro-
15 vision of law or rule, all inspectors including those employed under contract
16 or otherwise assigned to enforce the provisions of this chapter whether on a
17 full-time or part-time basis, by or on behalf of the state division of build-
18 ing safety or any municipality electing to claim exemption under this chapter,
19 shall possess the following qualifications and adhere to the restrictions:
20 (a) Qualifications. All inspectors shall be skilled in electrical instal-
21 lations with not less than four (4) years of actual experience as a jour-
22 neyman electrician, shall possess certificates of competency prior to
23 appointment, and shall be fully familiar with the provisions of this chap-
24 ter and rules made both by the administrator and the Idaho electrical
25 board.
26 (b) Restrictions. No inspector employed by the division of building
27 safety and assigned to the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
28 shall be engaged or financially interested in an electrical business,
29 trade, practice or work, or the sale of any supplies connected therewith,
30 nor shall he act as an agent, directly or indirectly, for any person,
31 firm, copartnership, association or corporation so engaged.
32 (2) The administrator of the division of building safety shall appoint
33 the number of deputy electrical inspectors as may be required for the effec-
34 tive enforcement of the provisions of this chapter. Inspectors employed by
35 municipalities electing to claim exemption under this chapter must possess the
36 qualifications set forth in this section. Inspectors employed by the division
37 of building safety under contract or otherwise assigned to the enforcement of
38 the provisions of this chapter by the administrator of the division of build-
39 ing safety, whether on behalf of the state division of building safety or any
40 municipality, shall take and pass, before the end of their probationary
41 period, the general inspector's test administered by the educational testing
42 service, or future such other tests developed by the educational testing ser-
43 vice for that purpose, or such examination developed for similar purposes, and
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1 administered by another testing agency, which as may be adopted by the Idaho
2 electrical board. may select. The board may also promulgate rules relative to
3 the applicability of this provision to existing electrical inspectors with
4 permanent status in the division.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 13511C1
This legislation is necessary to clarify the qualifications
and ethical restrictions for all state and municipal
electrical inspectors.
FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no fiscal impact on the General Fund.
CONTACT
Name: Dave Munroe, Administrator
Agency: Division of Building Safety
Phone: (208) 332-7100
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact H 525