Requires continuing education for certain licensees relating to edition of National Electrical Code most recently adopted by Commissioner of Community Affairs.

S3973

SENATE, No. 3973

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MARCH 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� PARKER SPACE

District 24 (Morris, Sussex and Warren)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires continuing education for certain licensees
relating to edition of National Electrical Code most recently adopted by
Commissioner of Community Affairs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

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An Act

concerning continuing education for certain
licensees of the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors and amending
P.L.1999, c.10 and P.L.2001, c.21.

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Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� Section 3 of P.L.1999,
c.10 (C.45:5A-13.3) is amended to read as follows:

���� 3.��� The educational course
of study required of licensed electrical contractors for each triennial
registration period shall include 34 hours of continuing education as follows:

���� a.���� A 10-hour course of
study relating to the most recent edition of the National Electrical Code
that
has been adopted on the date of licensure renewal by the Commissioner of
Community Affairs pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1975, c.217 (C.52:27D-123)
,
nine hours of which shall pertain to the code and one hour of which shall
pertain to applicable State statutes and regulations; and

���� b.��� Twenty-four hours of
instruction approved by the board covering one or more of the following
subjects:

���� (1)�� Installation, erection,
repair or alteration of electrical equipment for the generation, transmission
or utilization of electrical energy;

���� (2)�� Transmission or
utilization of electrical energy;

���� (3)�� Job estimating,
management and business practices;

���� (4)�� Supervisory
responsibilities required of licensees pursuant to the laws of this State; and

���� (5)�� Any other subject
relevant to electrical contracting and construction as determined by the board.

(cf: P.L.1999, c.10, s.3)

���� 2.��� Section 6 of P.L.2001,
c.21 (C.45:5A-11.4) is amended to read as follows:

���� 6. a. The board shall require
each Class A journeyman electrician, other than a Class A journeyman
electrician licensed to practice electrical contracting issued by the board,
and each Class B wireman, as a condition for triennial license renewal pursuant
to section 1 of P.L.1972, c.108 (C.45:1-7), to complete a 15-hour course of
study relating to the most recent edition of the National Electrical Code
adopted
by the Commissioner of Community Affairs pursuant to section 5 of P.L.1975,
c.217 (C.52:27D-123)
.

���� b.��� The board shall approve
all programs of education for the 15-hour course of study established pursuant
to subsection a. of this section and the instructors for those courses.

(cf: P.L.2021, c.479, s.8)

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires certain
licensees of the Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors to complete
continuing education courses relating to the edition of the National Electrical
Code adopted on the date of licensure renewal by the Commissioner of Community
Affairs as the electrical subcode for New Jersey.� Specifically, the bill
updates the continuing education requirements for electrical contractors, Class
A journeyman electricians, and Class B wiremen licensed by the board.