SB208 Alabama 2021 Session

Under existing law, the Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board is responsible for licensing and regulating the practice of plumbers, gas fitters, and medical gas pipe fitters throughout the state

This bill would transfer and substantially update the law relating to the board and its operations

This bill would reorganize and simplify definitions and remove redundant language to promote more effective application and enforcement

This bill would require the registration of a principal master for one entity at a time

This bill would authorize the board to require continuing education for certificate renewal

This bill would authorize the board to issue emergency certificates during a declared state of emergency

This bill would also provide for transitional language

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

Relating to the Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board; to repeal Chapter 37, Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, and replace that chapter with Chapter 37A, Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; to transfer and update the law relating to the board and its operations; to reorganize and simplify definitions; to require the registration of a principal master for one entity at a time; to authorize the board to require continuing education for certificate renewal; to authorize the board to issue emergency certificates during a declared state of emergency; to provide transitional language; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of 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.