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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T

SPONSOR:	Godbey		DATE TYPED:	01/30/02		HB	136
SHORT TITLE:		Electrical Certificates of Competence				SB
					ANALYST:		Sandoval

APPROPRIATION

Appropriation Contained

Estimated Additional Impact

Recurring

or Non-Rec

Fund

Affected

FY02

FY03

FY02

FY03

NFI

(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

LFC files

No Response

Regulation and Licensing Department (RLD)

SUMMARY

House Bill 136 amends the Construction Industries Licensing Act by specifying the criteria individuals must have to be eligible to take an examination for a certificate of competence as a journeyman electrical and wireman. An individual is eligible to take an examination for an electrical certificate of compliance if they have four years of accredited training in the electrical trade, four years apprenticeship in the electrical trade or four years of practical experience in the electrical trade of which two years were in the commercial trade, industrial trade or the equivalent thereof.

An individual is eligible to take an examination for a residential wireman’s certificate of competence if they have a minimum of two years accredited training or apprenticeship in the electrical trade or two years of practical experience in wiring residential dwellings.

OTHER SUBSTANTIVE ISSUES

The criteria to be eligible for the equivalent exams for journeyman plumbers, gas fitters, pipe fitters, sheet metal workers, boiler operators and welders working on pipe lines, collection lines or compressor stations remain unchanged.

POSSIBLE QUESTIONS

Why is there a need to make the criteria individuals must have to be eligible to take an examination for a certificate of competence as a journeyman electrical and/or wireman more rigorous?

JFS/ar