Bill Text: IA HF286 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the electrical examining board within the division of state fire marshal of the department of public safety to adopt the 2020 edition of the national electrical code and including effective date provisions.(Formerly HF 97.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-15 - Referred to State Government. H.J. 964. [HF286 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2021-HF286-Introduced.html
House File 286 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 286 BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT (SUCCESSOR TO HF 97) A BILL FOR An Act requiring the electrical examining board within the 1 division of state fire marshal of the department of public 2 safety to adopt the 2020 edition of the national electrical 3 code and including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1841HV (2) 89 jda/rn
H.F. 286 Section 1. 2020 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL 1 CODE. The electrical examining board within the division of 2 state fire marshal of the department of public safety shall 3 adopt the 2020 edition of the national electrical code issued 4 and adopted by the national fire protection association, with 5 no amendments, as the requirements for electrical installations 6 performed by persons licensed pursuant to chapter 103 and to 7 installations subject to inspection pursuant to chapter 103. 8 This section shall not be construed to prohibit the board from 9 adopting a subsequent publication of the code pursuant to 10 section 103.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”. 11 Sec. 2. EMERGENCY RULES. The electrical examining board 12 within the division of state fire marshal of the department 13 of public safety shall adopt emergency rules under section 14 17A.4, subsection 3, and section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph 15 “b”, to implement the provisions of this Act and the rules 16 shall be effective immediately upon filing. Any rules adopted 17 in accordance with this section shall also be published as a 18 notice of intended action as provided in section 17A.4. 19 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect January 1, 20 2022. 21 EXPLANATION 22 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 23 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 24 This bill requires the electrical examining board within 25 the division of state fire marshal of the department of public 26 safety to adopt the 2020 edition of the national electrical 27 code. 28 The bill requires the electrical examining board within 29 the division of state fire marshal of the department of 30 public safety to adopt the 2020 edition of the national fire 31 protection association’s national electrical code, with no 32 amendments, as the requirements for electrical installations 33 performed by persons licensed pursuant to Code chapter 103 and 34 to installations subject to inspection pursuant to Code chapter 35 -1- LSB 1841HV (2) 89 jda/rn 1/ 2
H.F. 286 103. The bill does not prohibit the board from adopting a 1 subsequent publication of the national electrical code. The 2 bill requires the board to adopt emergency rules to implement 3 this requirement. Additionally, the bill provides that the 4 rules will be effective upon filing. 5 The bill takes effect January 1, 2022. 6 -2- LSB 1841HV (2) 89 jda/rn 2/ 2
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