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                                                      HOUSE BILL 1756

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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 or her, unless the building under construction is intended for rent, sale, or lease:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That 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 building under construction is 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.

 

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