Bill Text: MI SB0358 | 2013-2014 | 97th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Occupations; electricians; electrical work for which licensure is required; exclude certain work in manufacturing or mining operations. Amends sec. 7 of 1956 PA 217 (MCL 338.887).

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-10-17 - Referred To Committee On Regulatory Reform [SB0358 Detail]

Download: Michigan-2013-SB0358-Engrossed.html

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SB-0358, As Passed Senate, October 17, 2013

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUBSTITUTE FOR

 

SENATE BILL NO. 358

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     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 unless he or she

 

meets all of the following:

 

     (a) Is licensed under this act.

 

     (b) Is employed by and working under the direction of a

 

licensed electrical contractor.

 

     (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 that is installed on the

 

premises of consumers or subscribers a consumer or subscriber by or

 

for an electrical energy supply or agency, a communication agency,

 

or an independent power producer for use by that agency or producer

 

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 if that work is an integral part of the system owned and

 

operated by an electric light and power utility or an independent

 

power producer in rendering providing 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 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 or in an

 

accompanying outbuildings outbuilding, 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 (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 licensed

 

under those acts, or an employee of a mechanical contractor or

 

Senate Bill No. 358 as amended October 16, 2013

 

plumbing contractor licensed under 1 of those acts, while

 

performing maintenance, service, repair, replacement, alteration,

 

modification, reconstruction, or upgrading of control wiring

 

circuits and electrical component parts within existing mechanical

 

systems defined in the mechanical and plumbing codes provided for

 

in promulgated under 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<<,             

 

              >> to the first point of attachment in <<the house A

BUILDING>> from

 

the well, by a pump installer <<or well drilling contractor that

is>> 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

 

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.

 

     (p) The installation, alteration, maintenance, repair, or

 

renovation of electrical wiring, at or in a property, business

 

location, plant, factory, or facility, of a person that is engaged

 

in manufacturing or mining operations by an employee or agent of

 

that person, if all of the following are met:

 

     (i) The person employs or engages a licensed master electrician

 

whom the person designates as responsible for all of the following

 

at the property, business location, plant, factory, or facility:

 

     (A) Code compliance.

 

     (B) Obtaining any permits required for any installation,

 

alteration, maintenance, repair, or renovation of electrical

 

wiring.

 

     (C) Recording the applicable hours worked by employees engaged

 

in an apprenticeship program.

 

     (ii) The person notifies the department in writing of the

 

identity of the licensed master electrician designated as

 

responsible for code compliance under subparagraph (i).

 

     (4) All of the following apply for purposes of subsection

 

(3)(p):

 

     (a) The written notice required under subsection (3)(p)(ii)

 

shall include the name, phone number, business address, and

 

signature of the designated licensed master electrician and the

 

name, phone number, business address, and signature of the person

 

that is engaged in manufacturing or mining operations or the

 

individual authorized to sign on that person's behalf.

 

     (b) If the person that is engaged in manufacturing or mining

 

operations designates a different licensed master electrician as

 

responsible for code compliance for purposes of subsection

 

(3)(p)(i), the person shall notify the department. The written

 

notice shall include the same information and signatures described

 

in subdivision (a).

 

     (c) If a person engaged in manufacturing or mining operations

 

has designated a licensed master electrician as responsible for

 

code compliance under subsection (3)(p)(i) or subdivision (b), and

 

that licensed master electrician ceases to be responsible for code

 

compliance on behalf of the person, the licensed master electrician

 

or the person shall notify the department in writing within 60

 

days.

 

     (d) The department shall retain a copy of each notice it

 

receives under subsection (3)(p)(ii) or subdivision (b) or (c) in

 

its records.

 

     (5) As used in this section, "independent power producer"

 

means a person, other than an electric utility, that owns or

 

operates a facility that generates electricity and sells

 

electricity primarily at wholesale.