H-0088.2 _______________________________________________
HOUSE BILL 1486
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representative Brough
Read first time 01/29/93. Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.
AN ACT Relating to electrical certificates of competency; amending RCW 19.28.540, 19.28.560, and 19.28.570; and repealing RCW 19.28.520 and 19.28.530.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.28.540 and 1988 c 81 s 14 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) An applicant may not be issued a journeyman electrician certificate of competency or a specialty electrician certificate of competency unless the applicant has passed the examination required in this section for a journeyman electrician certificate or specialty electrician certificate, as applicable.
(2) The
department((, in coordination with the board,)) shall ((prepare an
examination)) contract with a professional testing agency to develop,
administer, and score the journeyman and specialty electrician certification
examinations to be administered to applicants for journeyman and specialty
certificates of competency. The examination shall be constructed to determine:
(((1))) (a)
Whether the applicant possesses varied general knowledge of the technical
information and practical procedures that are identified with the status of
journeyman electrician or specialty electrician; and
(((2))) (b)
Whether the applicant is sufficiently familiar with the applicable electrical
codes and the rules of the department pertaining to electrical installations
and electricians.
(3) The department shall establish reasonable rules for the examinations to be given applicants for certificates of competency. In establishing the rules, the department shall consult with the board. Applicants for examinations shall be notified of the time and place for taking the examination as determined by the department under this section.
(4) The
department shall, at least four times annually, administer the examination to
persons ((eligible)) applying to take it ((under RCW 19.28.530)).
A person may take the journeyman or specialty test as many times as necessary
without limit. All applicants shall, before taking the examination, pay to the
department an examination fee. The department shall set the fee by rule. The
fee shall cover but not exceed the costs of preparing and administering the
examination.
(5) The department shall certify the results of the examination upon such terms and after such a period of time as the department, in cooperation with the board, deems necessary and proper.
(((3) The department
upon the consent of the board may enter into a contract with a professional
testing agency to develop, administer, and score journeyman and/or specialty
electrician certification examinations)). The examination papers, all grading
of papers, and the grading of any practical work must be preserved for a period
of at least one year after the department has certified the results. All
examinations must be conducted by fair and wholly impartial methods.
Sec. 2. RCW 19.28.560 and 1980 c 30 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
No examination shall be
required of any applicant for a certificate of competency who, on July 16,
1973, was engaged in a bona fide business or trade as a journeyman electrician
in the state of Washington. Applicants qualifying under this section shall be
issued a certificate by the department upon making an application ((as
provided in RCW 19.28.520)) and paying the fee required under RCW
19.28.540((: PROVIDED, That no applicant under this section shall be
required to furnish such evidence as required by RCW 19.28.520)).
Sec. 3. RCW 19.28.570 and 1986 c 156 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department is authorized to enter into a reciprocal agreement with another state providing for the acceptance of the state's journeyman and specialty electrician certificate of competency or its equivalent when the state's requirements are equal to the standards set by this chapter.
(2) The department
is authorized to grant and issue temporary permits in lieu of certificates of
competency whenever an electrician coming into the state of Washington from
another state requests the department for a temporary permit to engage in the
electrical construction trade as an electrician during the period of time
between filing of an application for a certificate ((as provided in RCW
19.28.520)) and the date the results of taking the examination provided for
in RCW 19.28.540 are furnished to the applicant. ((The department is
authorized to enter into reciprocal agreements with other states providing for
the acceptance of such states' journeyman and specialty electrician certificate
of competency or its equivalent when such states requirements are equal to the
standards set by this chapter.)) No temporary permit shall be issued to:
(((1))) (a)
Any person who has failed to pass the examination for a certificate of
competency, except that any person who has failed the examination for
competency under this section shall be entitled to continue to work under a
temporary permit for ninety days if the person is enrolled in a journeyman
electrician refresher course and shows evidence to the department that he or
she has not missed any classes. The person, after completing the journeyman
electrician refresher course, shall be eligible to retake the examination for
competency at the next scheduled time.
(((2) Any applicant
under this section who has not furnished the department with such evidence
required under RCW 19.28.520.
(3) To)) (b) Any apprentice electrician.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 4. The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:
(1) RCW 19.28.520 and 1980 c 30 s 3; and
(2) RCW 19.28.530 and 1988 c 81 s 13, 1983 c 206 s 14, & 1980 c 30 s 4.
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