Electrical safety-low voltage licensing.

WORKING DRAFT
2010
STATE OF
WYOMING
10LSO-0043.E1

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0010

Electrical safety-low voltage licensing.

Sponsored by:
Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
electrical safety; repealing waiver of licensing requirement for installation of low voltage cable services; providing waiver of
master or journeyman
licensing requirement for installation, repair or maintenance of certain lawn sprinkler control systems
by persons who obtain a limited electrical contractor's license
;

providing for rulemaking
to establish certain minimum standards
;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 35
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9
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123(a)
(intro) and
(viii) by creating a new subparagraph (F)
, 35
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9
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124(a)(i)
and 35
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9
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126(a) are
amended to read:

35
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123.

Electrical installations to be performed by licensed electricians; exceptions.

(a)

Licensed electrical contractors employing licensed master or journeymen electricians, or registered apprentice electricians supervised by a licensed master or journeyman electrician shall install all electrical equipment.

This requirement is waived for

the following, however the waiver does not exempt the following persons from meeting all other code requirements under this act
:

(viii)

Licensed limited electrical contractors employing licensed limited technicians or registered limited apprentice technicians who may install electrical equipment which falls under the scope of their limited license or registration. The electrical work shall only include the electrical system on the load side of the disconnect which supplies power to the electrical equipment that they are licensed to work on. The chief electrical inspector may issue a limited electrical contractor's license to a contractor not qualified for an electrical contractor's license but qualified in his limited area of expertise for the:

(F)

Installation, repair or maintenance of lawn sprinkler control systems.

35
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124.

Powers and duties of board; appeals.

(a)

The board shall:

(i)

Adopt rules and regulations to implement
W.S. 35
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122 through 35
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130;
this section and to establish minimum standards for:

(A)

Training requirements for all classes of electricians;

(B)

Licensing requirements for all classes of electricians; and

(C)

Reciprocal licenses for any journeyman electrician, master electrician, low voltage technician or limited technician license.

35
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9
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126.

Licensing of master electricians, journeymen electricians, low voltage technicians, limited technicians; temporary permits; reciprocal licenses; master electrician of record for only 1 electrical contractor; technician of record for only 1 low voltage or limited electrical contractor.

(a)

Applicants for master electrician, journeymen electrician, low voltage technician and limited technician licenses shall apply to the chief electrical inspector on a form furnished by the board and accompanied by the required examination fee.

The form shall state the applicant's full name, his address, the extent of his experience and other information required by the board.

An applicant who complies with the rules of the board, is qualified, successfully completes the examination and pays the required license fee shall be issued the proper license by the chief electrical inspector which bears the date of issue.

A master license shall expire on July 1 in the third year following the year of issue. A journeyman license shall expire on January 1 in the third year following the year of issue.

A low voltage technician license shall expire on July 1 in the third year following the year of issue.

A limited technician license shall expire on July 1 in the third year following the year of issue.

Credit for time spent in any electrical school shall be given to master electricians, journeyman electricians, low voltage technicians or limited technicians for time spent in classes up to a total of two (2) years, or four thousand (4,000) hours, on the work experience requirements

The department shall give credit for up to a total of two (2) years or four thousand
(4,000)
hours on the work experience requirements for time spent in classes in any electrical school to master electricians, journeyman electricians, low voltage technicians,
and
limited technicians
.

Section 2.
W.S. 35
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9
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123(a)(iv) is repealed.

Section
3
.
This act is effective July 1, 2010.

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