requires two-thirds majority vote (§ 3)                                                   

                                                                                                  

 

Assembly Bill No. 355–Assemblymen Price, Claborn,
Collins, Freeman, Lee and Parks

 

March 14, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Provides for establishment of minimum standards for education, training and certification of electricians. (BDR 53‑714)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to electricians; requiring the division of industrial relations of the department of business and industry to establish minimum standards for the education, training and certification of electricians; authorizing the division to establish a schedule of fees for the certification of electricians; prohibiting a person from working as an electrician unless he holds a certificate as an electrician issued by the division; prohibiting the state contractors’ board from issuing a license to, or renewing the license of, an electrician who does not hold a certificate as an electrician issued by the division; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 618 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto

1-2  the provisions set forth as sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act.

1-3    Sec. 2.  As used in sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act, unless the

1-4  context otherwise requires, “electrician” means any person who engages

1-5  in the connection of electrical devices for electrical contractors and

1-6  includes, without limitation, any person who holds a contractor’s license

1-7  in the specialty of electrical contracting issued by the state contractors’

1-8  board, but does not include a person who only engages in:

1-9    1.  Electrical connections under 100 volt-amperes;

1-10    2.  Electrical connections for a utility regulated by the public utilities

1-11  commission of Nevada, including, without limitation, engaging in

1-12  electrical connections within and without the facility and property of the

1-13  utility in furtherance of the generation, transmission or distribution of

1-14  natural gas or electricity; or

1-15    3.  Electrical work ordinarily and customarily performed by

1-16  stationary engineers.

2-1    Sec. 3.  The division shall adopt regulations establishing standards

2-2  for the education and training of electricians, including, without

2-3  limitation, regulations:

2-4    1.  Requiring the establishment and implementation of programs for

2-5  the education, training and certification of electricians;

2-6    2.  Requiring the annual certification of electricians; and

2-7    3.  Establishing a schedule of reasonable fees for the issuance and

2-8  renewal of a certificate as an electrician.

2-9    Sec. 4. 1.  The division shall issue a certificate as an electrician to a

2-10  person who:

2-11    (a) Successfully completes the required education and training

2-12  established by the division pursuant to section 3 of this act;

2-13    (b) Pays the required fee, if any, for the issuance of the certificate;

2-14  and

2-15    (c) Complies with all other requirements established by the division

2-16  for the issuance of the certificate.

2-17    2.  A person shall not work as an electrician in this state unless he

2-18  holds a certificate as an electrician issued by the division pursuant to this

2-19  section.

2-20    Sec. 5. 1.  An applicant for the issuance or renewal of a certificate

2-21  as an electrician shall submit with his application the statement

2-22  prescribed by the welfare division of the department of human resources

2-23  pursuant to NRS 425.520. The statement must be completed and signed

2-24  by the applicant.

2-25    2.  The division of industrial relations shall include the statement

2-26  required pursuant to subsection 1 in:

2-27    (a) The application or any other forms that must be submitted for the

2-28  issuance or renewal of the certificate; or

2-29    (b) A separate form prescribed by the division.

2-30    3.  The division shall not issue or renew a certificate as an electrician

2-31  if the applicant:

2-32    (a) Fails to submit the statement required pursuant to subsection 1; or

2-33    (b) Indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to subsection 1 that

2-34  he is subject to a court order for the support of a child and is not in

2-35  compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district attorney or

2-36  other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of the amount

2-37  owed pursuant to the order.

2-38    4.  If an applicant indicates on the statement submitted pursuant to

2-39  subsection 1 that he is subject to a court order for the support of a child

2-40  and is not in compliance with the order or a plan approved by the district

2-41  attorney or other public agency enforcing the order for the repayment of

2-42  the amount owed pursuant to the order, the person to whom the

2-43  application was submitted shall advise the applicant to contact the district

2-44  attorney or other public agency enforcing the order to determine the

2-45  actions that the applicant may take to satisfy the arrearage.

2-46    Sec. 6. An application for the issuance of a certificate as an

2-47  electrician pursuant to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act must include

2-48  the social security number of the applicant.

3-1    Sec. 7. 1.  If the division receives a copy of a court order issued

3-2  pursuant to NRS 425.540 that provides for the suspension of all

3-3  professional, occupational and recreational licenses, certificates and

3-4  permits issued to a person who holds a certificate as an electrician, the

3-5  division shall deem the certificate issued to that person to be suspended

3-6  at the end of the 30th day after the date on which the court order was

3-7  issued unless the division receives a letter issued by the district attorney

3-8  or other public agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the person who has

3-9  been issued the certificate stating that the person has complied with the

3-10  subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage pursuant to NRS

3-11  425.560.

3-12    2.  The division shall reinstate a certificate as an electrician that has

3-13  been suspended by a district court pursuant to NRS 425.540 if the

3-14  division receives a letter issued by the district attorney or other public

3-15  agency pursuant to NRS 425.550 to the electrician whose certificate was

3-16  suspended stating that the electrician whose certificate was suspended

3-17  has complied with the subpoena or warrant or has satisfied the arrearage

3-18  pursuant to NRS 425.560.

3-19    Sec. 8.  Chapter 624 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

3-20  new section to read as follows:

3-21    The board shall not issue or renew a specialty license in electrical

3-22  contracting to any person who does not hold a certificate as an

3-23  electrician issued by the division of industrial relations of the department

3-24  of business and industry pursuant to sections 2 to 7, inclusive, of this act.

3-25    Sec. 9.  1.  This section and sections 1, 2 and 3 of this act become

3-26  effective upon passage and approval.

3-27    2.  Sections 4 to 8, inclusive, of this act become effective on July 1,

3-28  2002.

3-29    3.  The provisions of sections 5, 6 and 7 of this act expire by limitation

3-30  on the date on which the provisions of 42 U.S.C. § 666 requiring each state

3-31  to establish procedures under which the state has the authority to withhold

3-32  or suspend, or to restrict the use of, professional, occupational and

3-33  recreational licenses of persons who:

3-34    (a) Have failed to comply with a subpoena or warrant relating to a

3-35  proceeding to determine the paternity of a child or to establish or enforce

3-36  an obligation for the support of a child; or

3-37    (b) Are in arrears in the payment for the support of one or more

3-38  children,

3-39  are repealed by the Congress of the United States.

 

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