1952-S AMH WALJ ELGE 124
SHB 1952 - H AMD 227
By Representative Walsh, J.
ADOPTED 03/03/2017
On page 3, after line 28, insert the following:
"Sec. 3. RCW 19.28.311 and 2011 c 336 s 529 are each amended to read as follows:
There is hereby
created an electrical board, consisting of fifteen members to be appointed by
the governor with the advice of the director of labor and industries as herein
provided. It shall be the purpose and function of the board to advise the
director on all matters pertaining to the enforcement of this chapter
including, but not limited to, standards of electrical and telecommunications
installation, minimum inspection procedures, and the adoption of rules
pertaining to the electrical inspection division: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That no
rules shall be amended or repealed until the electrical board has first had an
opportunity to consider any proposed amendments or repeals and had an
opportunity to make recommendations to the director relative thereto. The
members of the electrical board shall be selected and appointed as follows: One
member shall be an employee or officer of a corporation or public agency generating
or distributing electric power; one member must be an employee or officer of a
facilities-based telecommunications service provider regulated by the
Washington state utilities and transportation commission; three members shall
be licensed electrical contractors: PROVIDED, That one of these members may be
a representative of a trade association in the electrical industry; one member
shall be a licensed telecommunications contractor; one member shall be an
employee, or officer, or representative of a corporation or firm engaged in the
business of manufacturing or distributing electrical and telecommunications
materials, equipment, or devices; one member shall be a person with knowledge
of the electrical industry, not related to the electrical industry, to
represent the public; three members shall be certified electricians; one member
shall be a telecommunications worker; one member shall be a licensed
professional electrical engineer qualified to do business in the state of
Washington and designated as a registered communications distribution designer;
one member shall be an outside line worker; and one ((nonvoting)) member
must be a building official from an incorporated city or town with an
electrical inspection program established under RCW 19.28.141. The regular term
of each member shall be four years: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, The original board shall
be appointed on June 9, 1988, for the following terms: The first term of the
member representing a corporation or public agency generating or distributing
electric power shall serve four years; two members representing licensed
electrical contractors shall serve three years; the member representing a
manufacturer or distributor of electrical equipment or devices shall serve
three years; the member representing the public and one member representing
licensed electrical contractors shall serve two years; the three members
selected as certified electricians shall serve for terms of one, two, and three
years, respectively; the member selected as the licensed professional
electrical engineer shall serve for one year. In appointing the original board,
the governor shall give due consideration to the value of continuity in
membership from predecessor boards. Thereafter, the governor shall appoint or
reappoint board members for terms of four years and to fill vacancies created
by the completion of the terms of the original members. When new positions are
created, the governor may appoint the initial members to the new positions to
staggered terms of one to three years. The governor shall also fill vacancies
caused by death, resignation, or otherwise for the unexpired term of such
members by appointing their successors from the same business classification.
The same procedure shall be followed in making such subsequent appointments as
is provided for the original appointments. The board, at this first meeting
shall elect one of its members to serve as chair. Any person acting as the
chief electrical inspector shall serve as secretary of the board during his or
her tenure as chief state inspector. Meetings of the board shall be held at
least quarterly in accordance with a schedule established by the board. Each
member of the board shall receive compensation in accordance with RCW 43.03.240
and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with RCW 43.03.050
and 43.03.060 which shall be paid out of the electrical license fund, upon
vouchers approved by the director of labor and industries."
Correct the title.
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EFFECT: Makes the member of the Electrical Board who is a building official from a city or town with an electrical inspection program a voting, rather than a nonvoting, member.
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