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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1756
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AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Passed Legislature - 1994 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993
Regular Session
By Representatives Veloria,
Brumsickle and Casada
Read first time 02/08/93. Referred to Committee
on Commerce & Labor.
Requiring the use of licensed or
certified electricians for certain purposes.
AN ACT Relating to
exemptions from RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620; and amending RCW 19.28.610.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 19.28.610 and 1992 c
240 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Nothing in RCW
19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall be construed to require that a person obtain
a license or a certified electrician in order to do electrical work at his or
her residence or farm or place of business or on other property owned by him((:
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That)) or her unless the electrical work is on the
construction of a new building intended for rent, sale, or lease. However, if
the construction is of a new residential building with up to four units
intended for rent, sale, or lease, the owner may receive an exemption from the
requirement to obtain a license or use a certified electrician if he or she
provides a signed affidavit to the department stating that he or she will be
performing the work and will occupy one of the units as his or her principal
residence. The owner shall apply to the department for this exemption and may
only receive an exemption once every twenty-four months. It is intended that
the owner receiving this exemption shall occupy the unit as his or her
principal residence for twenty-four months after completion of the units. Nothing
in RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall be intended to derogate from or
dispense with the requirements of any valid electrical code enacted by a city
or town pursuant to RCW 19.28.010(((2)))(3), except that no code
shall require the holder of a certificate of competency to demonstrate any
additional proof of competency or obtain any other license or pay any fee in
order to engage in the electrical construction trade((: AND PROVIDED
FURTHER, That)). RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall not apply to
common carriers subject to Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act, nor to their
officers and employees((: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That)). Nothing
in RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall be deemed to apply to the installation
or maintenance of telephone, telegraph, radio, or television wires and
equipment; nor to any electrical utility or its employees in the installation,
repair, and maintenance of electrical wiring, circuits, and equipment by or for
the utility, or comprising a part of its plants, lines or systems. The
licensing provisions of RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall not apply to:
(1) Persons making
electrical installations on their own property((;
(2))) or to regularly employed employees
working on the premises of their employer, unless the electrical work is on
the construction of a new building intended for rent, sale, or lease; or
(((3))) (2)
Employees of an employer while the employer is performing utility type work of
the nature described in RCW 19.28.200 so long as such employees have registered
in the state of Washington with or graduated from a state-approved outside
lineman apprenticeship course that is recognized by the department and that
qualifies a person to perform such work((:)).
((AND PROVIDED
FURTHER, That))
Nothing
in RCW 19.28.510 through 19.28.620 shall be construed to restrict the right of
any householder to assist or receive assistance from a friend, neighbor,
relative or other person when none of the individuals doing the electrical
installation hold themselves out as engaged in the trade or business of
electrical installations. Nothing precludes any person who is exempt from the
licensing requirements of this chapter under this section from obtaining a
journeyman or specialty certificate of competency if they otherwise meet the
requirements of this chapter.
