Bill Text: IA HF16 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to supervision of electrical wiring performed by apprentice electricians or unclassified persons.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-14 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. H.J. 199. [HF16 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF16-Introduced.html
House File 16 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY FISHER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to supervision of electrical wiring performed 2 by apprentice electricians or unclassified persons. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1273YH (1) 87 tr/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 103.15, subsection 4, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 4. For purposes of this section, "the direct personal 1 4 on=the=job supervision and control and in the immediate presence 1 5 of a licensee" shall mean the licensee and the apprentice 1 6 electrician or unclassified person shall be working at the same 1 7 project location for a minimum of twenty=five percent of each 1 8 day's work period but shall not require that the licensee and 1 9 apprentice electrician or unclassified person be within sight 1 10 of one anotherat all timesduring that entire period of time. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 14 Under current Code section 103.15, subsection 3, an 1 15 apprentice electrician or unclassified person is required to 1 16 be in the presence of a licensed electrician at all times to 1 17 perform electrical wiring. This bill amends the definition 1 18 of "the direct personal on=the=job supervision and control 1 19 and in the immediate presence of a licensee" to require the 1 20 licensed electrician to be present for a minimum of 25 percent 1 21 of each day's work period for the apprentice electrician or 1 22 unclassified person to perform electrical wiring. LSB 1273YH (1) 87 tr/sc
