LRB-1393/P2
MDK&MED:ahe
2017 - 2018 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Potts, BB0234 - Apprenticeship Licensure Exam Exemption
For 2017-2019 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
safety and professional services
Buildings and safety
This bill exempts individuals who complete specified apprenticeship programs from an examination required for the following trade profession licenses: journeyman electrician, journeyman plumber, journeyman automatic fire sprinkler system fitter, and automatic fire sprinkler contractor.
Professional licensure
This bill exempts an individual who has completed an apprenticeship program that satisfies certain requirements from an examination required for licensure as a cosmetologist or barber.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 101.87 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
101.87 (1) (a) Completion of a construction electrician apprenticeship program in installing, repairing, and maintaining electrical wiring that has a duration of at least 3 years and that is approved by the U.S. department of labor or by the department of workforce development, followed by passage of an examination required by the department.
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2. 101.87 (3m) of the statutes is amended to read:
101.87 (3m) Subsection (1) does not apply to any residential or industrial journeyman electricians or to any other type of journeyman electrician that may be recognized under s. 101.84 (5). The qualifying criteria required for licensing residential and industrial journeyman electricians and any other such type of journeyman electrician shall be established by the department by rule
, except that the department may not require an applicant for a license to pass an examination if the applicant has successfully completed an apprenticeship program specified in sub. (1) (a).
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3. 106.025 (3) of the statutes is amended to read:
106.025 (3) After the expiration of an apprenticeship term, no apprentice may engage in the business of plumbing either as an apprentice or as a journeyman plumber unless the apprentice secures a journeyman plumber's license.
In case of failure to pass the examination for the license, he or she may continue to serve as an apprentice but not beyond the time for reexamination for a journeyman plumber's license, as prescribed by the rules of the department.
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4. 145.035 of the statutes is amended to read:
145.035 Temporary permits. The department may issue temporary revocable permits to master and journeyman plumbers pending examination, and for such purpose may appoint agents without compensation or may authorize one of its examiners or plumbing supervisors to hold a special permit examination, the result of which to be reported to the department in writing. The department may make rules and prescribe procedure governing the issuance of such permits.
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5. 145.07 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
145.07 (2) Application for a master or journeyman plumber's examination, temporary permit or license or a master plumber's examination or temporary permit shall be made to the department with fees. Unless the applicant is entitled to a renewal of license, a master plumber's license shall be issued only after the applicant passes a satisfactory examination showing fitness. No such license or permit specified in this subsection shall be transferable.
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6. 145.07 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
145.07 (4) An applicant for examination for licensure as a journeyman plumber shall submit evidence satisfactory to the department that he or she has completed a plumbing apprenticeship under s. 106.025.
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7. 145.08 (1) (c) of the statutes is repealed.
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8. 145.08 (1) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
145.08 (1) (e) Issuing a temporary permit pending examination and issuance of a license for master plumber or journeyman plumber.
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9. 454.06 (2) (c) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.06 (2) (c) Passes an examination conducted by the examining board to determine fitness to practice cosmetology, except that the examination requirement under this paragraph does not apply to an applicant who has successfully completed an apprenticeship under s. 454.10.
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10. 454.10 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.10 (2) Apprentices shall receive at least 3,712 hours of practical training and at least 288 training hours of theoretical instruction in a school of cosmetology licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ar), exempted under s. 440.61, or accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the board in order to complete the apprenticeship program and be eligible to take the examination for a cosmetologist license. Apprentices shall receive training for a total of at least 32 hours per week. The training shall be completed in not less than 2 years and not more than 4 years.
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11. 454.10 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.10 (4) A person who has successfully completed the requirements of sub. (2) may not continue to practice as an apprentice but may apply for a temporary permit under s. 454.06 (10) (a) is not required to take the examination under s. 454.07.
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12. 454.23 (2) (e) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.23 (2) (e) The applicant passes an examination conducted by the department to determine fitness to practice barbering, except that the examination requirement under this paragraph does not apply to an applicant who has successfully completed an apprenticeship under s. 454.26.
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13. 454.26 (2) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.26 (2) An apprentice in barbering shall receive at least 1,712 hours of practical training in barbering and at least 288 training hours of instruction in barbering in a school of barbering licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ag) or accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the department, a school of cosmetology licensed under s. 440.62 (3) (ar) or accredited by an accrediting agency approved by the cosmetology examining board, or a school that is exempted under s. 440.61 in order to complete the apprenticeship program and be eligible to take the examination for a barber license. An apprentice in barbering shall receive training in barbering for a total of at least 32 hours per week. The training shall be completed in not more than 4 years.
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14. 454.26 (4) of the statutes is amended to read:
454.26 (4) A person who successfully completes the requirements of sub. (2) may not continue to practice as an apprentice in barbering but may apply for a temporary permit under s. 454.23 (7) is not required to take the examination under s. 454.24.
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