HB357 Alabama 2022 Session

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

To amend Sections 34-36-3, 34-36-4, 34-36-6, 34-36-7, 34-36-8, 34-36-9, 34-36-13, and Section 34-36-16, as amended by Act 2021-272, 2021 Regular Session, Code of Alabama 1975, relating to the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors; to provide further for definitions, to delete references to master electrician; to provide further for the election of board officers; to provide further for the duties of the board, including the subpoena of witnesses, the investigation of complaints, and providing for reciprocity; to provide an individual previously issued a provisional license three years to take the licensure examination, and require the board to waive the examination fee for one sitting; to lessen the time frame for restoring an expired license from five years to two years; to provide further for exemptions; to remove the authority of a county or municipality to require an additional electrical contracting proficiency examination before issuing a local license to work within the county or municipality; 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.