2020 -- H 7955 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2020 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS | |
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Introduced By: Representatives McEntee, Abney, Craven, and Phillips | |
Date Introduced: March 04, 2020 | |
Referred To: House Corporations | |
(University of Rhode Island) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 5-6 of the General Laws entitled "Electricians" is hereby amended |
2 | by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 5-6-10.3. Limited premises certificate/license -- Certificate PC. |
4 | (a) A Certificate PC shall be issued to public institutions of higher education that regularly |
5 | employ one or more Class B journeyperson electricians when the work performed by those |
6 | individuals is limited to the replacement, retrofit, upgrade, maintenance, repair and/or minor |
7 | alteration of electrical wiring, branch circuit devices, appliances, and equipment on the premises |
8 | owned or occupied by the applicant. The Certificate PC application must be submitted to the |
9 | division of professional regulation and made by a responsible officer of the institution or firm |
10 | submitting the application and contain a description of the premises within which work is to be |
11 | done under the permit. All work must meet electrical and municipal codes and must be permitted |
12 | accordingly by the municipality or appropriate state authority. |
13 | (b) The scope and size of any work performed under a Certificate PC shall be limited to: |
14 | (1) For any project involving a single classroom or single laboratory, work performed shall |
15 | not exceed two thousand (2,000) square feet; |
16 | (2) For all other projects, work performed shall not exceed one thousand two hundred fifty |
17 | (1,250) square feet; |
18 | (3) In no event may a project within a single building or series of buildings, when the |
19 | project spans multiple locations, be broken into smaller phases to satisfy the square foot limitations |
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1 | as set forth in this section. |
2 | (4) In no event shall any work be performed pursuant to a Certificate PC in any space which |
3 | is under construction. For purposes of this section "under construction" means any room or space |
4 | which has been demolished or gutted. |
5 | (c) For purposes of this section, minor alterations shall include new installation of |
6 | individual branch circuits within sight or within fifty feet (50'). |
7 | (d) For purposes of this section, all work performed under a PC Certificate in compliance |
8 | with this section, shall not be deemed or considered an "installation." |
9 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS | |
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1 | This act would provide for a limited electrician license to be issued to institutions of higher |
2 | learning to allow for Class B journeyperson electricians to perform minor repair and wiring. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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