AB874: Bill Text

AB874,7,22 (a) A master electrician may perform any work that a journeyman electrician may perform.

AB874,7,24 (b) An apprentice electrician may perform any work that a beginning electrician may perform.

AB874,8,4 (c) No apprentice electrician or beginning electrician may perform electrical construction unless, at all times during which the electrical construction is performed, at least one master or journeyman electrician licensed by the department provides personal supervision at the work site.

AB874,8,6 (d) No apprentice electrician or beginning electrician may supervise electrical construction.

AB874,8,7 (3) This section does not apply to any of the following:

AB874,8,8 (a) A residential property owner.

AB874,8,12 (b) A person who is employed as a maintenance electrician by a single employer and who, within the scope of employment, is engaged in maintaining or repairing electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment owned or leased by the employer and located on premises owned or leased by the employer.

AB874,8,15 (c) An employer of an employee described under par. (b), if electrical construction performed by the employee is undertaken incidental to the employer's performing the primary functions of its business.

AB874,8,17 (d) A person engaged in planning, installing, maintaining, or repairing wiring, apparatus, or equipment for elevators or escalators.

AB874,8,24 (e) A public utility, as defined under s. 196.01 (5), a cooperative association organized under ch. 185 for the purpose of producing or furnishing heat, light, power, or water to its members only, a telecommunications carrier, as defined in s. 196.01 (8m), a commercial mobile radio service provider, as defined in s. 196.01 (2g), or an alternative telecommunications utility under s. 196.01 (1d), and any person who is employed by or a subcontractor of such an entity and who is engaged in electrical construction within the scope of the person's employment or contract.

AB874,9,4 (f) A business engaged in the installation, maintenance, or repair of equipment and systems operating at 50 volts or less and any person who is employed by such an entity and who is engaged in electrical construction within the scope of the person's employment.

AB874,9,8 (g) A person engaged in planning, installing, maintaining, or repairing an electronic system designed to monitor a premises for the presence of, detect and summon aid for, or issue an alarm as a result of, an emergency, such as fire, burglary, or intrusion.

AB874,9,10 (h) A person engaged in planning, installing, maintaining, or repairing communications circuits or communications cabling.

AB874,9,15 (i) A person who is engaged in planning, installing, maintaining, or repairing manufactured systems designed to provide a function to a building that is not primarily electrical in nature. This paragraph does not apply to a person who is engaged in planning, installing, maintaining, or repairing wiring that delivers electric current to a manufactured system.

AB874, s. 13 Section 13. 101.87 (title) of the statutes is repealed and recreated to read:

AB874,9,17 101.87 (title) Licensing of electricians and electrical contractors.

AB874, s. 14 Section 14. 101.87 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 101.87 (1) (a) and amended to read:

AB874,9,24 101.87 (1) (a) The department shall adopt promulgate rules establishing a uniform examination providing for the statewide certification licensing of master electricians and establishing certification requirements for electrical contractors, master electricians, journeymen electricians, and beginning electricians. The rules shall specify that only

AB874,10,3 (b) Only licensed master electricians and persons who employ at least one licensed master electrician may be certified licensed as electrical contractors; that persons.

AB874,10,6 (d) 1. Persons who successfully complete an apprenticeship program lasting for at least 4 3 years and approved by the U.S. department of labor and by the department or pass an inside journeyman wireman examination and.

AB874,10,13 2. Persons who have installed electrical wiring for at least 6,000 hours of experience in electrical construction during at least 48 months and have maintained and repaired electrical wiring for at least one month shall be certified as journeymen electricians; and that only persons who have some who pass a journeyman wireman examination administered by the department. Only persons who have obtained the specified hours of experience during the time period required under this subdivision may take the journeyman wireman examination.

AB874,10,17 (e) Persons who have minimal or no qualifications, training, experience, or technical knowledge with regard to installing and , altering, or repairing electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment may be certified licensed as beginning electricians or may be apprentice electricians.

AB874,10,18 (f) The rules promulgated under par. (a) shall provide for the all of the following:

AB874,10,20 1. The periodic administration of the licensing examination, shall specify the certification.

AB874,10,22 2. A licensure period and examination fee and shall establish criteria for the suspension of the certificate by the department not to exceed 3 years.

AB874,11,2 5. The denial, revocation, and suspension of licenses and the conditions under which a denial, revocation, or suspension may occur. The rules shall specify that a license may be suspended for violations of a municipality's electrical code upon notification of such violations by the municipality. Applicants.

AB874,11,12 (g) Each applicant for certification as an electrical contractors contractor's license shall provide the department with their social security number, their the applicant's worker's compensation number, their unemployment insurance account number, their and state and federal tax identification numbers and, as applicable. Each applicant for an electrical contractor's license shall provide the name and address of each partner or member of its partners or members, if they are partnerships or limited liability companies, the applicant is a partnership or limited liability company; of the its owner, if they are individual proprietorships and of their the applicant is a sole proprietorship; or its officers , if they are corporations the applicant is a corporation.

AB874, s. 15 Section 15. 101.87 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

AB874,11,16 101.87 (1) (c) Only persons who pass a master electrician examination administered by the department and who have at least 7 years experience in electrical construction may be licensed as master electricians.

AB874, s. 16 Section 16. 101.87 (1) (d) (intro.) of the statutes is created to read:

AB874,11,19 101.87 (1) (d) (intro.) Only the following persons may be licensed as journeymen electricians:

AB874, s. 17 Section 17. 101.87 (1) (f) 3. and 4. of the statutes are created to read:

AB874,11,21 101.87 (1) (f) 3. Examination fees.

AB874,11,22 4. Renewal of licenses, consistent with s. 101.875.

AB874, s. 18 Section 18. 101.87 (2) of the statutes is renumbered 101.87 (2) (intro.) and amended to read:

AB874,12,3 101.87 (2) (intro.) Any municipality which by ordinance requires the licensure of electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, or beginning electricians shall issue a license to as follows:

AB874,12,10 (a) To any electrical contractor who wishes to perform electrical construction work in the municipality upon the submission by the electrical contractor of evidence that at least one of his or her full-time employees has been certified licensed by the state department as a master electrician under sub. (1), and upon the payment of the municipality's licensure fee and the posting of any required bond that is not prohibited under s. 101.86 (1) (a). The municipality's licensure fee may not exceed the amount required to cover the administrative costs of issuing the license.

AB874, s. 19 Section 19. 101.87 (2) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

AB874,12,18 101.87 (2) (b) To any journeyman electrician or beginning electrician who, in the course of his or her employment, wishes to perform electrical construction in the municipality, upon submission by the journeyman or beginning electrician of evidence of licensure by the department under sub. (1) as a journeyman or beginning electrician, respectively, and upon payment of the municipality's licensure fee. The municipality's licensure fee may not exceed the amount required to cover the administrative costs of issuing the license.

AB874, s. 20 Section 20. 101.87 (3) of the statutes is repealed.

AB874, s. 21 Section 21. 101.87 (3m) of the statutes is created to read:

AB874,13,6 101.87 (3m) Any person who, on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], has a restricted certification issued by the department under s. 101.87 (3), 1999 stats., may continue to act as an electrical contractor in the municipality specified in the restricted certification and in any municipality that, on the effective date of this subsection .... [revisor inserts date], does not require the licensure of electrical contractors or require electrical contractors to hold a license or certification issued by the department, upon obtaining an amended restricted certification from the department. The department shall ensure that each amended restricted certification describes the territory where the person is permitted to act as an electrical contractor. The department may charge a fee for the amended restricted certification.

AB874, s. 22 Section 22. 101.875 of the statutes is created to read:

AB874,13,12 101.875 Renewal of licenses. (1) Except as provided in sub. (3), a licensed master electrician or licensed journeyman electrician shall successfully complete at least 18 hours of educational course work acceptable to and within the time period established by the department as a condition of renewing the master electrician's or journeyman electrician's license.

AB874,13,16 (2) Except as provided in sub. (3), a licensed beginning electrician shall successfully complete at least 50 hours of educational course work acceptable to and within the time period established by the department as a condition of renewing the beginning electrician's license.

AB874,13,21 (3) A licensed master, journeyman, or beginning electrician may apply to the department for a waiver of the requirements of sub. (1) or (2), as appropriate, on the grounds of prolonged illness, disability, or similar circumstances. The department shall consider each application for a waiver under this subsection individually on its merits and may grant a waiver for any meritorious application.

AB874, s. 23 Section 23. 101.88 (1) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB874,13,25 101.88 (1) Every contractor, designer, and owner shall use building materials, methods, and equipment which are in conformance with the rules adopted by the department under this subchapter Wisconsin State Electrical Code.

AB874, s. 24 Section 24. 101.88 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB874,14,6 101.88 (3) Except as provided under s. 101.865 (2), whoever violates this subchapter or any rule promulgated under this subchapter the Wisconsin State Electrical Code shall forfeit to the state be fined not less than $25 $100 nor more than $500 for each violation, imprisoned for 30 days, or both. Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.

AB874, s. 25 Section 25 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB874,14,13 (1) Submission of proposed rules. No later than the first day of the 8th month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the department of commerce shall submit in proposed form the rules governing the licensing of electrical contractors and master, journeyman, and beginning electricians under subchapter IV of chapter 101 of the statutes, as affected by this act, to the legislative council staff under section 227.15 (1) of the statutes.

AB874,14,20 (2) Grandfather provision. Except as provided in section 101.02 (20) (b) and (21) (b) of the statutes and notwithstanding section 101.87 of the statutes, as affected by this act, the department of commerce shall license as a journeyman electrician any person who applies for a journeyman electrician's license within one year after the effective date of this subsection and who provides the department with sufficient evidence that the person has at least 1,000 hours of experience in electrical construction during each of at least 10 years.

AB874,14,24 (3) Position increase. The authorized FTE positions for the department of commerce, funded from the appropriation under section 20.143 (3) (j) of the statutes, are increased by 1.0 PR position on the effective date of this subsection for the administration of subchapter IV of chapter 101 of the statutes.

AB874, s. 26 Section 26. Effective dates. This act takes effect on the first day of the 12th month beginning after publication, except as follows:

AB874,15,4 (1) Submission of proposed rules. Section 25 (1) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.

AB874,15,6 (2) Position increase. Section 25 (3) of this act takes effect on the day after publication.

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