SB292 Alabama 2020 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Donnie Chesteen Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2020

Title

Electrical Contractors, Alabama Board of, board membership revised, board authorized to subpoena witnesses and investigate complaints, expiration of licenses, local business licenses texting deleted, Secs. 34-36-3, 34-36-4, 34-36-6, 34-36-7, 34-36-8, 34-36-9, 34-36-13, 34-36-16 am'd.

Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors is responsible for the licensing and regulation of electrical contractors in the state.

This bill would provide for the definition of an electrical worker and a provisional license, and would delete references to master electrician.

This bill would provide further for the election of board officers and for the duties of the board, including the subpoena of witnesses, the investigation of complaints, and providing for reciprocity.

This bill would provide an individual previously issued a provisional license three years to take the licensure examination, and would require the board to waive the examination fee for one sitting.

This bill would lessen the time frame during which an expired license may be restored from five years to two years after expiration.

This bill would also provide further for exemptions and would remove the authority of a county or municipality to require an additional electrical contracting proficiency examination before issuing a local license to perform electrical work within the county or municipality.

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose.

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment.

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Subjects

Electrical Contractors, Board of