HB465 Alabama 2012 Session

Under existing law, an electrical contractor who has taken an examination offered by the board within the preceding 12 months and holds a license or permit issued by a county or municipal government to perform electrical contracting work, is exempt from the Alabama Electrical Contractors Act

This bill would extend the date by which certain electrical contractors, who have passed a nationally standardized examination, may be licensed without further examination requirements from July 1, 2011, to December 31, 2011

This bill would allow any individual who successfully passed a nationally standardized journeyman electrician examination on or before January 1, 2011, to apply for licensure without further examination requirements for one year

This bill would also require an electrical contractor who holds a license issued by a county or municipal government to obtain a provisional license from the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors to continue working locally

To amend Sections 34-36-7 and 34-36-16, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the issuance of licenses under and exemptions from the Alabama Electrical Contractors Act; to extend the date by which certain electrical contractors who have passed a nationally standardized examination may be licensed without further examination from July 1, 2011, to August 31, 2011; to allow licensure as a journeyman electrician without further examination requirements for one year for any otherwise qualified individual who successfully passes a nationally standardized journeyman electrician examination on or before January 1, 2011; and to require an electrical contractor who holds a license issued by a county or municipal government to obtain a provisional license from the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors to continue working locally.