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ORIGINAL House
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HB0064
ENROLLED ACT NO. 30,
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to public health and safety; modifying the distribution of fees collected for electrical inspections, licenses, work permits, examinations and apprentice registrations; clarifying local enforcement certification requirements for electrical inspectors; 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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120(f), 35
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121(a)(iv) and (b)(iii) and 35
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129(b) are amended to read:
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120.
Minimum requirements for electrical installations; permits; inspections; fees.
(f)
Sixty percent (60%)
Ninety
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five percent (95%)
of the fees collected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in a separate account for the purpose of providing additional state electrical inspectors.
Forty percent (40%)
Five percent (5%)
of the fees collected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund.
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121.
Local enforcement.
(a)
The state fire marshal shall delegate complete authority to municipalities and counties which apply to enforce and interpret local or state fire, building, existing building standards or electrical safety standards which meet the requirements of this section.
The state fire marshal shall notify the governing body of the municipality or county of the minimum standards and requirements of this act and W.S. 16
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501 and 16
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502 and transfer jurisdiction and authority by letter.
Except as provided in W.S. 35
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119(a)(i) and subsection (b) of this section, nothing in this section affects the authority of the state fire marshal or chief electrical inspector regarding state owned or leased buildings.
Local enforcement authority under this subsection shall be subject to the following requirements and certification of inspectors:
(iv)
If code enforcement authority for the electrical code is requested
:
,
(A)
C
ertification of an electrical inspector by the International Code Council or the International Association of Electrical Inspectors
;
and
(B)
L
icensing
of an electrical inspector
by the state as a journeyman or master electrician is required
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;
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section a local governmental entity is authorized to assume sole plan review authority, and, in accordance with W.S. 35
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107(a)(iv), that entity has sole construction inspection authority on the approved plans and sole authority for periodic fire and life safety inspections on state owned or leased buildings.
For the purpose of this section, school buildings shall be construed to be state buildings.
If local code provisions are more stringent than adopted state codes, the local code prevails.
The authority granted to local governmental entities under this subsection is subject to certification of local inspectors as follows:
(iii)
If code enforcement authority for the electrical code is requested
:
,
(A)
C
ertification of an electrical inspector by the International Code Council or the International Association of Electrical Inspectors
;
and
(B)
L
icensing
of an electrical inspector
by the state as a master electrician.
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129.
Fees.
(b)
Sixty percent (60%)
Ninety
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five percent (95%)
of the fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in a separate account for the purpose of providing additional state electrical inspectors.
Forty percent (40%)
Five percent (5%)
of the fees collected pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in the general fund.
Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate
Governor
TIME APPROVED: _________
DATE APPROVED: _________
I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.
Chief Clerk
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