CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5434

Chapter 242, Laws of 2003

58th Legislature
2003 Regular Session



ELECTRICIANS--LICENSE EXCEPTIONS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/03

Passed by the Senate April 22, 2003
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 16, 2003
  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Milton H. Doumit, Jr., Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5434 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

MILTON H. DOUMIT JR.
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Secretary
Approved May 12, 2003.








GARY LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 12, 2003 - 4:21 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5434
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2003 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Commerce & Trade (originally sponsored by Senator Swecker)

READ FIRST TIME 02/27/03.   



     AN ACT Relating to electricians; and amending RCW 19.28.091.

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

Sec. 1   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) This chapter does not require an electrical contractor license if: (a) An appropriately certified electrician or a properly supervised certified electrical trainee is performing the installation, repair, or maintenance of wires and equipment for a nonprofit corporation that holds a current tax exempt status as provided under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 501 (c)(3) or a nonprofit religious organization; (b) the certified electrician or certified electrical trainee is not compensated for the electrical work; and (c) the value of the electrical work does not exceed thirty thousand dollars.


         Passed by the Senate April 22, 2003.
         Passed by the House April 16, 2003.
         Approved by the Governor May 12, 2003.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 12, 2003.