Chapter 102

2005 -- H 5191

Enacted 06/30/05

A N A C T

RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS

Introduced By: Representative Charlene Lima

Date Introduced: January 27, 2005

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Section 5-20-6 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-20 entitled "Plumbers and

Irrigators" is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-20-6. Board of examiners -- Composition -- Appointment of members. -- (a) A state

board of plumbing examiners is created in the department of labor and training whose duty it is to

supervise the operation of the division of professional regulation in an advisory capacity in

promulgating any policy that is necessary to improve the operation of the division in their area of

expertise. The promulgation of that policy is subject to the approval of the director of the

department.

      (b) (1) The board shall consist of eight (8) nine (9) members:

      (i) One shall be the director of labor and training, or his or her designee ex officio who

shall be a non-voting member;

      (ii) One of whom shall be a licensed plumber appointed by the director of labor and

training possessing at the time of appointment, for a period of five (5) years, a certificate of

license in full force and effect from the department of labor and training, under the provisions of

this chapter, specifying that person as a licensed master or journeyperson plumber;

      (iii) Three (3) shall be master plumbers possessing at the time of appointment, for a

period of five (5) years, a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of

labor and training, under the provisions of this chapter, specifying those persons as master

plumbers; and

      (iv) Three (3) shall be journeyperson plumbers possessing at the time of appointment, for

a period of ten (10) years, a certificate of license in full force and effect from the department of

labor and training, under the provisions of this chapter, specifying those persons as journeyperson

plumbers.

(v) One (1) shall be a master irrigator who, at the time of appointment, shall be duly

certified as such by the department of labor and training for a period of not less than two (2)

years.

      (2) All of the members of the board must be citizens of this state for at least two (2)

years immediately preceding their appointment. The board shall elect from its membership a

chairperson, deputy chairperson and secretary. The members of the board, except the ex officio

members, shall be appointed as subsequently provided.

      (c) The provisions of subsection (b) of this section are applicable only to appointments

made by the governor after May 16, 1966.

      (d) On the expiration of the term of any master plumber member, or journeyperson

plumber member, or master irrigator member of the board, the governor shall appoint for a term

of three (3) years a master plumber member and a journeyperson plumber member having the

qualifications required by this chapter to take the place of the master plumber member and the

journeyperson plumber member whose term on the board has expired. That member shall hold

office until the expiration of the term for which the member is appointed and until his or her

successor has been appointed and qualified. Any vacancy which occurs in the master plumber

members, or journeyperson plumber members or master irrigator member of the board from any

cause shall be filled by appointment by the governor for the remainder of the unexpired term of

that member.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.     

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