Bill Text: MI HB5024 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Occupations; electricians; electrical contractor license; expand to include installation of mechanical systems. Amends sec. 7 of 1956 PA 217 (MCL 338.887).
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-10-02 - Printed Bill Filed 10/02/2013 [HB5024 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2013-HB5024-Introduced.html
HOUSE BILL No. 5024
October 1, 2013, Introduced by Reps. Victory, Lauwers and VerHeulen and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled
"Electrical administrative act,"
by amending section 7 (MCL 338.887), as amended by 2013 PA 69.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 7. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act or in
subsection (3), a person shall not engage in the business of
electrical contracting unless the person has received from the
board or from the appropriate municipality an electrical
contractor's license.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this act or in subsection
(3), an individual, other than an individual who is licensed under
this act and employed by and working under the direction of a
holder of an electrical contractor's license, shall not in any
manner undertake to execute any electrical wiring.
(3) A license under this act is not required in the execution
of the following classes of work:
(a) Minor repair work.
(b) The installation, alteration, repairing, rebuilding, or
remodeling of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, or man lifts
performed under a permit issued by an elevator inspection agency of
this state or political subdivision of this state.
(c) The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical
equipment and its associated wiring installed on the premises of
consumers or subscribers by or for an electrical energy supply or
communication agency for use by that agency in the generation,
transmission, distribution, or metering of electrical energy or for
the operation of signals or transmission of intelligence.
(d) The installation, alteration, or repair of electric wiring
for the generation and primary distribution of electric current, or
the secondary distribution system up to and including the meters,
where that work is an integral part of the system owned and
operated by an electric light and power utility in rendering its
duly authorized service.
(e) Any work involved in the manufacture of electric
equipment, including the testing and repairing of that manufactured
equipment.
(f) The installation, alteration, or repair of equipment and
its associated wiring for the generation or distribution of
electric energy for the operation of signals or transmission of
intelligence if that work is performed in connection with a
communication system owned or operated by a telephone or telegraph
company
in rendering providing its authorized service as a
telephone or telegraph company.
(g) Any installation, alteration, or repair of electrical
equipment by a homeowner in a single family home and accompanying
outbuildings owned and occupied or to be occupied by the individual
who is performing the installation, alteration, or repair of
electrical equipment.
(h) Any work involved in the use, maintenance, operation,
dismantling, or reassembling of motion picture and theatrical
equipment used in any building with approved facilities for
entertainment or educational use and that has the necessary
permanent wiring and floor and wall receptacle outlets designed for
the proper and safe use of that theatrical equipment, but not
including any permanent wiring.
(i) Work performed by a mechanical contractor licensed in a
classification
listed in section 6(3)(a), (b), (d), (e), and or (f)
of the Forbes mechanical contractors act, 1984 PA 192, MCL 338.976,
a plumbing contractor licensed under the state plumbing act, 2002
PA
733, MCL 338.3511 to 338.3569, and employees of persons or an
employee of a person that is licensed under those acts, while
performing installation, maintenance, service, repair, replacement,
alteration, modification, reconstruction, or upgrading of control
wiring
circuits and electrical component parts within existing in
mechanical systems defined in the mechanical and plumbing codes
provided for in the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state construction
code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531, including, but not
limited to, energy management systems, relays and controls on
boilers, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning compressors and
condensers, fan controls, thermostats and sensors, and all
interconnecting wiring associated with the mechanical systems in
buildings
which that are on the load side of the unit disconnect,
which
is located on or immediately adjacent to the equipment,
except for life safety systems wiring.
(j) Electrical wiring associated with the installation,
removal, alteration, or repair of a water well pump on a single
family
dwelling to the first point of attachment in the house
dwelling from the well, by a pump installer registered under part
127 of the public health code, 1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 to
333.12771.
(k) The installation, maintenance, or servicing of security
alarm systems in a building or structure. As used in this
subdivision, "security alarm system" means that term as defined in
section 6(2)(c).
(l) The installation, maintenance, or servicing of listed
residential and commercial lawn irrigation equipment, except any
permanent
wired connections exceeding that
exceed 30 volts.
(m) The installation, maintenance, or servicing of listed
landscape lighting systems and equipment, except any permanent
wired
connections exceeding that
exceed 30 volts.
(n) The installation, alteration, maintenance, or repair of
electric signs and related wiring by an unlicensed individual under
the direct supervision of a licensed sign specialist except that
the ratio of unlicensed individuals engaged in this activity shall
not exceed 2 unlicensed individuals to 1 licensed sign specialist.
An enforcing agency shall enforce this ratio on a jobsite basis.
(o)
The construction, installation, maintenance, repair, and
or renovation of telecommunications equipment and related systems
by a person that is primarily engaged in the telecommunications and
related information systems industry. This exemption does not
include the construction, installation, maintenance, repair, or
renovation of a fire alarm system.
