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SF0062 • 2012

Electrical installation licensing exceptions.

AN ACT relating to licensing for electrical installations; exempting employees of cooperative electrical utilities from licensure in specified situations; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Cooper
Last action
2012-03-06
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/6/2012

Plain English Breakdown

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Amendments

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SF0062SS001

Standing Committee • CASE

Filed

Plain English: Filed Standing Committee by CASE

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SF0062SS001.01

Standing Committee • CASE

Adopted, Corrected

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SF0062SS001.02

Standing Committee • CASE

Failed, Corrected

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Bill History

  1. 2012-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number

  2. 2012-03-06 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA0014

  3. 2012-03-02 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0014

  4. 2012-03-02 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0014

  5. 2012-03-02 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA0014

  6. 2012-03-02 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2012-03-01 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2012-02-29 House

    H Passed CoW

  9. 2012-02-27 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2012-02-27 House

    H07 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2012-02-23 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H07

  12. 2012-02-22 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2012-02-21 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2012-02-20 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2012-02-17 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  16. 2012-02-17 Senate

    Amendment Failed

  17. 2012-02-17 Senate

    S Amendments Adopted

  18. 2012-02-17 Senate

    Amendment Adopted

  19. 2012-02-16 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  20. 2012-02-16 Senate

    S07 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

  21. 2012-02-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S07

  22. 2012-02-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  23. 2012-02-09 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

SF0062

Bill No.:
SF0062
Drafter:

LGC

LSO No.:
12LSO-0284
Effective Date:

March 6, 2012

Enrolled Act No.:
SEA0014

Chapter No.:
CH0017

Prime Sponsor:
Senator
Cooper

Catch Title:
Electrical
installation licensing exceptions.

Subject:
Providing an exemption from electrical
licensing requirements.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act provides an exemption
from electrical licensing requirements for employees of rural electric
cooperatives when:

Performing installations of
new or upgraded service connections or secondary service wires to any utility
point of attachment on overhead connections between the cooperative and its
customers and all underground connections that are in close proximity to
conductors in excess of six hundred volts; and

Making repairs or
reattachments on secondary service wires in emergency or outage situations.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL SENATE
FILE

NO.
0062

ENROLLED ACT NO. 14, SENATE

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2012 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to
licensing for

electrical installations; exempting employees of cooperative electrical utilities from licensure in specified situations;
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) by creating a new paragraph (ix) is amended to read:

35
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9
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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:

(ix)

Employees of rural electric cooperatives, as defined in W.S. 37
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17
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101(a)(i), when performing the following work:

(A)

Installation of new or upgraded service connections or attachments of secondary service wires to
any
utilit
y
point of attachment on all overhead connections of
the
cooperative
's
equipment to the cooperative
's
customer
'
s connections
and all underground connections
that are in close proximity to conductors in excess of six hundred (600) volts; or

(B)

Making repairs on secondary service wires or reattachments of secondary service wires to
any
utilit
y
point of attachment in emergency or outage situations.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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