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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2019

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS

     Introduced By: Senator V. Susan Sosnowski

     Date Introduced: May 22, 2019

     Referred To: Senate Labor

     (The University of Rhode Island)

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Chapter 5-6 of the General Laws entitled "Electricians" is hereby amended

by adding thereto the following section:

     5-6-10.3. Limited premises certificate/license - Certificate PC.

     (a) A Certificate PC shall be issued to public institutions of higher education that

regularly employ one or more Class B journeyperson electricians when the work performed by

those individuals is limited to the replacement, retrofit, upgrade, maintenance, repair and/or minor

alteration of electrical wiring, branch circuit devices, appliances, and equipment on the premises

owned or occupied by the applicant. The application must be made by a responsible officer of the

firm and contain a description of the premises within which work is to be done under the permit.

All work must meet electrical and municipal codes and must be permitted accordingly by the

municipality or appropriate state authority.

     (b) The scope and size of any work performed under a certified PC shall be limited to:

     (1) For any project involving a single classroom or a single laboratory, work performed

shall not exceed two thousand square feet (2,000 sq ft);

     (2) For all other projects, work performed shall not exceed one thousand two hundred

fifty square feet (1,250 sq ft);

     (3) In no event may a project, within a single building or series of buildings, when the

project spans multiple locations, be broken into smaller phases to satisfy the square foot

limitations as set forth in this section;

     (4) In no event shall any work be performed pursuant to a Certificate PC in any space

under construction, which shall mean any room or space which has been demolished or gutted.

     (c) For purposes of this section minor alterations shall include new installation of

individual branch circuits within sight or within fifty feet (50');

     (d) For purposes of this chapter, all work performed under a PC Certificate pursuant to

the terms enumerated herein, shall not be deemed or considered an installation.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS

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     This act would create a limited premises certificate license for public institutions of

higher education that regularly employ Class B journeyperson electricians, which allows the

public institution to hire workers to perform limited electrician like services under limited

conditions.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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