BILL REQ. #:  S-1660.2 

READ FIRST TIME 02/27/03.   

     AN ACT Relating to electrical work; amending RCW 19.28.006, 19.28.091, 19.28.101, 19.28.141, 19.28.261, 19.28.371, 18.106.070, and 18.106.150; adding a new section to chapter 18.106 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 70.79 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 19.28.006 and 2002 c 249 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     The definitions in this section apply throughout this subchapter.
     (1) "Administrator" means a person designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with the rules adopted under this chapter.
     (2) "Board" means the electrical board under RCW 19.28.311.
     (3) "Chapter" or "subchapter" means the subchapter, if no chapter number is referenced.
     (4) "Department" means the department of labor and industries.
     (5) "Director" means the director of the department or the director's designee.
     (6) "Electrical construction trade" includes but is not limited to installing or maintaining electrical wires and equipment that are used for light, heat, or power and installing and maintaining remote control, signaling, power limited, or communication circuits or systems.
     (7) "Electrical contractor" means a person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity that offers to undertake, undertakes, submits a bid for, or does the work of installing or maintaining wires or equipment that convey electrical current.
     (8) "Equipment" means any equipment or apparatus that directly uses, conducts, insulates, or is operated by electricity but does not mean: Plug-in appliances; or plug-in equipment as determined by the department by rule.
     (9) "Industrial control panel" means a factory-wired or user-wired assembly of industrial control equipment such as motor controllers, switches, relays, power supplies, computers, cathode ray tubes, transducers, and auxiliary devices. The panel may include disconnect means and motor branch circuit protective devices.
     (10) "Journeyman electrician" means a person who has been issued a journeyman electrician certificate of competency by the department.
     (11) "Master electrician" means either a master journeyman electrician or master specialty electrician.
     (12) "Master journeyman electrician" means a person who has been issued a master journeyman electrician certificate of competency by the department and who may be designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.
     (13) "Master specialty electrician" means a person who has been issued a specialty electrician certificate of competency by the department and who may be designated by an electrical contractor to supervise electrical work and electricians in accordance with rules adopted under this chapter.
     (14)(a) "Repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances" means servicing, maintaining, repairing, or replacing household commercial/industrial appliances, and other small utilization equipment that is:
     (i) Self-contained and built to standardized sizes or types;
     (ii) Not to exceed two hundred fifty volts, sixty amperes, single phase; and
     (iii) Approved by a testing agency approved by the department.
     (b) The work of repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances includes:
     (i) The in-place like-in-kind replacement of the appliance or equipment that may involve disconnecting and reconnecting of low voltage control and line voltage supply whips not over six feet in length if the same unmodified electrical circuit is used to supply the equipment being replaced. However, this work may, in accordance with the national electrical code, include installation of a standard plug-in receptacle on the end of the existing supply cable to the appliance being replaced if the replacement appliance is supplied by the manufacturer with a plug-in connection rather than a direct-wire connection, and without any other modifications to the branch circuit; and
     (ii) The like-in-kind replacement of electrical components within the appliance or equipment.
     (c) The work of repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances does not include:
     (i) The installation, repair, or modification of branch circuit conductors, services, feeders, panelboards, disconnect switches, or raceway/conductor systems interconnecting multiple appliances, equipment, or other electrical components; or
     (ii) Any work governed under articles 500 through 505, 510, 511, or 513 through 516 of the national electric code.
     (15) "Repair, maintenance, or replacement of industrial and commercial equipment" includes:
     (a) The service, repair, or replacement of industrial and commercial equipment that includes but is not limited to electrically powered motors up to ten horsepower, controls, switches, sensors, alarms, electrically powered hydraulic or pneumatic control devices and actuators that are used to operate machinery, equipment, pumps, compressors, appliances, process equipment, and other devices not used for occupant space heating by industrial, commercial, hospital, educational, public, and private commercial buildings, and other end users. Examples include but are not limited to manufacturing, industrial and commercial machinery and equipment, and associated devices, including but not limited to air compressors, pumps, blowers, process equipment, materials handling equipment, refrigeration, and heating other than for occupant space heating or cooling;
     (b) Disconnecting and reconnecting low voltage and line voltage supply whips not over six feet in length to industrial and commercial equipment provided there are no modifications to the characteristics of the branch circuit;
     (c) The replacement of industrial and commercial equipment provided that replacement equipment is like-in-kind and does not exceed the electrical supply requirements of the equipment it is replacing; and
     (d) The service, repair, or replacement of components and conductors within the confines of self-contained industrial and commercial equipment or equipment that is contained on a single skid or frame, but not the installation, repair, or modification of wiring that interconnects the equipment to remote components, branch circuit conductors, services, feeders, panelboards, disconnect switches, or raceway/conductor systems interconnecting multiple equipment or other electrical components.
     (16) "Specialty electrician" means a person who has been issued a specialty electrician certificate of competency by the department.

Sec. 2   RCW 19.28.091 and 2001 c 211 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No license under the provision of this chapter shall be required from any utility or any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity employed by a utility because of work in connection with the installation, repair, or maintenance of lines, wires, apparatus, or equipment owned by or under the control of a utility and used for transmission or distribution of electricity from the source of supply to the point of contact at the premises and/or property to be supplied and service connections and meters and other apparatus or appliances used in the measurement of the consumption of electricity by the customer.
     (2) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any utility because of work in connection with the installation, repair, or maintenance of the following:
     (a) Lines, wires, apparatus, or equipment used in the lighting of streets, alleys, ways, or public areas or squares;
     (b) Lines, wires, apparatus, or equipment owned by a commercial, industrial, or public institution customer that are an integral part of a transmission or distribution system, either overhead or underground, providing service to such customer and located outside the building or structure: PROVIDED, That a utility does not initiate the sale of services to perform such work;
     (c) Lines and wires, together with ancillary apparatus, and equipment, owned by a customer that is an independent power producer who has entered into an agreement for the sale of electricity to a utility and that are used in transmitting electricity from an electrical generating unit located on premises used by such customer to the point of interconnection with the utility's system.
     (3) Any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity licensed under RCW 19.28.041 may enter into a contract with a utility for the performance of work under subsection (2) of this section.
     (4) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of the work of installing and repairing ignition or lighting systems for motor vehicles.
     (5) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of work in connection with the installation, repair, or maintenance of wires and equipment, and installations thereof, exempted in RCW 19.28.010.
     (6) The department may by rule exempt from licensing requirements under this chapter work performed on premanufactured electric power generation equipment assemblies and control gear involving the testing, repair, modification, maintenance, or installation of components internal to the power generation equipment, the control gear, or the transfer switch.
     (7) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of work in connection with the repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances.
     (8) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of work in connection with the repair, maintenance, or replacement of industrial and commercial equipment.
     (9) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of work in connection with the installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of boilers.
     (10) No license under the provisions of this chapter shall be required from any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity because of incidental electrical work conducted by plumbers as provided in section 7 of this act.

Sec. 3   RCW 19.28.101 and 1996 c 241 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The director shall cause an inspector to inspect all wiring, appliances, devices, and equipment to which this chapter applies. Nothing contained in this chapter may be construed as providing any authority for any subdivision of government to adopt by ordinance any provisions contained or provided for in this chapter except those pertaining to cities and towns pursuant to RCW 19.28.010(3).
     (2) Upon request, electrical inspections will be made by the department within forty-eight hours, excluding holidays, Saturdays, and Sundays. If, upon written request, the electrical inspector fails to make an electrical inspection within twenty-four hours, the serving utility may immediately connect electrical power to the installation if the necessary electrical work permit is displayed: PROVIDED, That if the request is for an electrical inspection that relates to a mobile home installation, the applicant shall provide proof of a current building permit issued by the local government agency authorized to issue such permits as a prerequisite for inspection approval or connection of electrical power to the mobile home.
     (3) Whenever the installation of any wiring, device, appliance, or equipment is not in accordance with this chapter, or is in such a condition as to be dangerous to life or property, the person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity owning, using, or operating it shall be notified by the department and shall within fifteen days, or such further reasonable time as may upon request be granted, make such repairs and changes as are required to remove the danger to life or property and to make it conform to this chapter. The director, through the inspector, is hereby empowered to disconnect or order the discontinuance of electrical service to conductors or equipment that are found to be in a dangerous or unsafe condition and not in accordance with this chapter. Upon making a disconnection the inspector shall attach a notice stating that the conductors have been found dangerous to life or property and are not in accordance with this chapter. It is unlawful for any person to reconnect such defective conductors or equipment without the approval of the department, and until the conductors and equipment have been placed in a safe and secure condition, and in a condition that complies with this chapter.
     (4) The director, through the electrical inspector, has the right during reasonable hours to enter into and upon any building or premises in the discharge of his or her official duties for the purpose of making any inspection or test of the installation of new construction or altered electrical wiring, electrical devices, equipment, or material contained in or on the buildings or premises. No electrical wiring or equipment subject to this chapter may be concealed until it has been approved by the inspector making the inspection. At the time of the inspection, electrical wiring or equipment subject to this chapter must be sufficiently accessible to permit the inspector to employ any testing methods that will verify conformance with the national electrical code and any other requirements of this chapter.
     (5) Persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, or other entities making electrical installations shall obtain inspection and approval from an authorized representative of the department as required by this chapter before requesting the electric utility to connect to the installations. Electric utilities may connect to the installations if approval is clearly indicated by certification of the electrical work permit required to be affixed to each installation or by equivalent means, except that increased or relocated services may be reconnected immediately at the discretion of the utility before approval if an electrical work permit is displayed. The permits shall be furnished upon payment of the fee to the department.
     (6) The director, subject to the recommendations and approval of the board, shall set by rule a schedule of license and electrical work permit fees that will cover the costs of administration and enforcement of this chapter. The rules shall be adopted in accordance with the administrative procedure act, chapter 34.05 RCW. No fee may be charged for plug-in mobile homes, recreational vehicles, or portable appliances.
     (7) Nothing in this chapter shall authorize the inspection of any wiring, appliance, device, or equipment, or installations thereof, by any utility or by any person, firm, partnership, corporation, or other entity employed by a utility in connection with the installation, repair, or maintenance of lines, wires, apparatus, or equipment owned by or under the control of the utility. All work covered by the national electric code not exempted by the 1981 edition of the national electric code 90-2(B)(5) shall be inspected by the department.
     (8) No permit or inspection is required for the repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances.
     (9) No permit or inspection is required for the repair, maintenance, or replacement of industrial and commercial equipment.
     (10) No permit or inspection is required for the installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of boilers.
     (11) No permit or inspection is required for the installation, alteration, or maintenance of all electrical systems for travel trailers, or the like-in-kind replacement of a circuit breaker, fuse, residential luminaire, lamp, snap switch, dimmer, receptacle outlet, thermostat, heating element, luminaire ballast with an exact same ballast, contactor, relay, timer, starter, circuit board, or similar control component, or ten horsepower or smaller motor.
     (12) No permit or inspection is required for incidental electrical work conducted by plumbers as provided in section 7 of this act.
     (13) The department may create a "small job electrical work" system in which inspections are not required for all electrical projects and may be conducted on a random basis or at the request of individuals. The permit fee for the small job electrical work system may be less than the actual costs of conducting an inspection. The department must give reasonable notice of inspections, and may only inspect if the inspection is approved by the person whose premises are being inspected. Prior to conducting an inspection, the department must notify the person whose premises are being inspected that he or she has the right to refuse the inspection.

Sec. 4   RCW 19.28.141 and 2001 c 211 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     The provisions of RCW 19.28.101 shall not apply:
     (1) Within the corporate limits of any incorporated city or town which has heretofore adopted and enforced or subsequently adopts and enforces an ordinance requiring an equal, higher or better standard of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment than is required by this chapter.
     (2) Within the service area of an electricity supply agency owned and operated by a city or town which is supplying electricity and enforcing a standard of construction and materials outside its corporate limits at the time this act takes effect: PROVIDED, That such city, town or agency shall henceforth enforce by inspection within its service area outside its corporate limits the same standards of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment as is enforced by the department of labor and industries under the authority of this chapter except that no inspection or electrical work permit is required for: (a) The installation, alteration, or maintenance of all electrical systems for travel trailers; or (b) the like-in-kind replacement of a circuit breaker, fuse, residential luminaire, lamp, snap switch, dimmer, receptacle outlet, thermostat, heating element, luminaire ballast with an exact same ballast, contactor, relay, timer, starter, circuit board, or similar control component, or ten horsepower or smaller motor or electrical work done under section 7 of this act: PROVIDED FURTHER, That inspection fees charged henceforth in connection with such enforcement shall not exceed those established in RCW 19.28.101 and the cities must also participate in the small-job electrical permit procedures provided by the department in RCW 19.28.101.
     (3) Within the rights of way of state highways, provided the state department of transportation maintains and enforces an equal, higher or better standard of construction and of materials, devices, appliances and equipment than is required by RCW 19.28.010 through 19.28.141 and 19.28.311 through 19.28.361.

Sec. 5   RCW 19.28.261 and 2001 c 211 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
     Nothing in RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 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 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 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 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(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. RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 shall not apply to common carriers subject to Part I of the Interstate Commerce Act, nor to their officers and employees. Nothing in RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 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 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 shall not apply to:
     (1) Persons making electrical installations on their own property 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;
     (2) Employees of an employer while the employer is performing utility type work of the nature described in RCW 19.28.091 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; ((or))
     (3) Any work exempted under RCW 19.28.091(6);
     (4) The repair, maintenance, or replacement of appliances;
     (5) The repair, maintenance, or replacement of industrial and commercial equipment;
     (6) The installation, repair, maintenance, or replacement of boilers; or
     (7) Incidental electrical work conducted by plumbers as provided in section 7 of this act.
     Nothing in RCW 19.28.161 through 19.28.271 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.

Sec. 6   RCW 19.28.371 and 1981 c 57 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     ((Any)) (1) A medical device ((used or useful in the diagnosis or treatment of disease or injury)) which is not in violation of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, Public Law No. 94-295, 90 Stat. 539, as amended from time to time, and as interpreted by the Food and Drug Administration of the United States Department of Health and Human Services or its successor, shall be deemed to be in compliance with all requirements imposed by this chapter.
     (2) The installation, maintenance, or repair of a medical device deemed in compliance with this chapter is exempt from licensing requirements under RCW 19.28.091, certification requirements under RCW 19.28.161, and inspection and permitting requirements under RCW 19.28.101. This exemption does not include work providing electrical feeds into the power distribution unit or installation of conduits and raceways. This exemption covers only those factory engineers or third-party service companies with equivalent training who are qualified to perform the service.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   A new section is added to chapter 18.106 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Nothing in chapter 19.28 RCW may be construed to require a person to obtain a license required by RCW 19.28.041, be a certified electrician required by RCW 19.28.161, obtain an electrical permit, or have their work inspected as required by RCW 19.28.101 if:
     (a) A person is a plumber currently certified under this chapter and is registered or doing the work for a contractor registered under chapter 18.27 RCW;
     (b) A person does electrical work that is incidental to doing plumbing, which includes disconnecting and reconnecting electrical supplies in the performance of their plumbing work and like-for-like replacements of plumbing fixtures and components of plumbing fixtures that require electrical supply. For the purposes of this section, a plumbing fixture is any fixture that is connected to a potable water supply;
     (c) A person does not install, repair, or modify branch circuit conductors, services, feeders, panelboards, disconnect switches, or raceway/conductor systems to or interconnecting multiple electrical devices. The person may disconnect and reconnect low voltage control and line voltage supply whips not over six inches in length, provided there are no modifications to the characteristics of the branch circuit; and
     (d) The person encounters electrical hazards while doing work under this section, and the person notifies the owner.
     (2) It is a violation of this chapter for a person to make an electrical connection if a hazard exists.

Sec. 8   RCW 18.106.070 and 1997 c 326 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department shall issue a certificate of competency to all applicants who have passed the examination and have paid the fee for the certificate. The certificate shall bear the date of issuance, and shall expire on the birthdate of the holder immediately following the date of issuance. The certificate shall be renewable every other year, upon application, on or before the birthdate of the holder. ((A renewal fee shall be assessed for each certificate.)) The department shall renew a certificate of competency if the applicant: (a) Pays the renewal fee assessed by the department; and (b) during the past two years has completed sixteen hours of continuing education approved by the department with the advice of the advisory board, including four hours related to electrical safety. If a person fails to renew the certificate by the renewal date, he or she must pay a doubled fee. If the person does not renew the certificate within ninety days of the renewal date, he or she must retake the examination and pay the examination fee.
     The journeyman plumber and specialty plumber certificates of competency, the medical gas piping installer endorsement, and the temporary permit provided for in this chapter grant the holder the right to engage in the work of plumbing as a journeyman plumber, specialty plumber, or medical gas piping installer, in accordance with their provisions throughout the state and within any of its political subdivisions on any job or any employment without additional proof of competency or any other license or permit or fee to engage in the work. This section does not preclude employees from adhering to a union security clause in any employment where such a requirement exists.
     (2) A person who is indentured in an apprenticeship program approved under chapter 49.04 RCW for the plumbing construction trade or who is learning the plumbing construction trade may work in the plumbing construction trade if supervised by a certified journeyman plumber or a certified specialty plumber in that plumber's specialty. All apprentices and individuals learning the plumbing construction trade shall obtain a plumbing training certificate from the department. The certificate shall authorize the holder to learn the plumbing construction trade while under the direct supervision of a journeyman plumber or a specialty plumber working in his or her specialty. The holder of the plumbing training certificate shall renew the certificate annually. At the time of renewal, the holder shall provide the department with an accurate list of the holder's employers in the plumbing construction industry for the previous year and the number of hours worked for each employer. An annual fee shall be charged for the issuance or renewal of the certificate. The department shall set the fee by rule. The fee shall cover but not exceed the cost of administering and enforcing the trainee certification and supervision requirements of this chapter. Apprentices and individuals learning the plumbing construction trade shall have their plumbing training certificates in their possession at all times that they are performing plumbing work. They shall show their certificates to an authorized representative of the department at the representative's request.
     (3) Any person who has been issued a plumbing training certificate under this chapter may work if that person is under supervision. Supervision shall consist of a person being on the same job site and under the control of either a journeyman plumber or an appropriate specialty plumber who has an applicable certificate of competency issued under this chapter. Either a journeyman plumber or an appropriate specialty plumber shall be on the same job site as the noncertified individual for a minimum of seventy-five percent of each working day unless otherwise provided in this chapter. The ratio of noncertified individuals to certified journeymen or specialty plumbers working on a job site shall be: (a) From July 28, 1985, through June 30, 1988, not more than three noncertified plumbers working on any one job site for every certified journeyman or specialty plumber; (b) effective July 1, 1988, not more than two noncertified plumbers working on any one job site for every certified specialty plumber or journeyman plumber working as a specialty plumber; and (c) effective July 1, 1988, not more than one noncertified plumber working on any one job site for every certified journeyman plumber working as a journeyman plumber.
     An individual who has a current training certificate and who has successfully completed or is currently enrolled in an approved apprenticeship program or in a technical school program in the plumbing construction trade in a school approved by the work force training and education coordinating board, may work without direct on-site supervision during the last six months of meeting the practical experience requirements of this chapter.
     (4) An individual who has a current training certificate and who has successfully completed or is currently enrolled in a medical gas piping installer training course approved by the department may work on medical gas piping systems if the individual is under the direct supervision of a certified medical gas piping installer who holds a medical gas piping installer endorsement one hundred percent of a working day on a one-to-one ratio.
     (5) The training to become a certified plumber must include not less than sixteen hours of classroom training established by the director with the advice of the board and the department. The classroom training must include, but not be limited to, electrical wiring safety, grounding, bonding, and other related items plumbers need to know to work under section 7 of this act.
     (6) All persons who are certified plumbers before January 1, 2003, are deemed to have received the classroom training required in subsection (5) of this section.

Sec. 9   RCW 18.106.150 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 175 s 15 are each amended to read as follows:
     Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require that a person obtain a license or a certified plumber in order to do plumbing work at his or her residence or farm or place of business or on other property owned by him or her. Any person performing plumbing work on a farm may do so without having a current certificate of competency or apprentice permit: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That nothing in this chapter shall be intended to derogate from or dispense with the requirements of any valid plumbing code enacted by a political subdivision of the state, 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 trade of plumbing: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That this chapter 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 this chapter shall be construed to apply to any farm, business, industrial plant, or corporation doing plumbing work on premises it owns or operates: AND PROVIDED FURTHER, That nothing in this chapter 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 such plumbing hold themselves out as engaged in the trade or business of plumbing.
     Nothing in this chapter may be construed to require a person that has been issued a certificate as a journeyman electrician or residential specialty electrician under chapter 19.28 RCW and employed by an electrical contractor licensed under chapter 19.28 RCW to obtain a license or be a certified plumber as otherwise required by this chapter to do plumbing work that is incidental to doing the electrical work within their authorized scope of work to do like-for-like replacements of plumbing fixtures and components of plumbing fixtures that require an electrical supply to operate. For the purposes of this section, a plumbing fixture is any fixture that is connected to a potable water supply, provided that the electrician does not install, repair, or modify the potable water supply system other than to disconnect and reconnect the plumbing connections to the fixture.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 10   A new section is added to chapter 70.79 RCW to read as follows:
     After January 1, 2004, no person may work on, service, maintain, or modify electrical controls on a boiler for which an inspection is required by this chapter unless that person has been issued an electrical boiler certificate from the chief boiler inspector or the chief boiler inspector's designee.
     (1) The chief boiler inspector shall issue an electrical boiler certificate to any person who successfully passes an examination for the certificate.
     (2) The chief boiler inspector and the board of boiler rules shall prepare an examination for the certificate with the advice of the chief electrical inspector.
     (3) The chief boiler inspector shall charge a fee, established by rule, to cover the cost of administering the examination, issuing the certificates, and administering this program, and those fees must be deposited into the pressure systems safety fund.
     (4) A person who can demonstrate to the chief boiler inspector that he or she has no less than twenty-four months of experience working on boilers with electrical controls prior to January 1, 2003, must be issued a certificate without having to pass an examination.