Mr. President:
The Business and Labor Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 163,
CONSTRUCTION TRADE EXEMPTION, by Senator S. Urquhart, with the following
amendments:
Respectfully,
John L. Valentine
Voting: 7-0-0
1. Page
1, Lines 14 through 19
:
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. provides that electrical and plumbing work done
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of less than $3,000 must be done by a licensed electrical or plumbing contractor if
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the project involves an electrical or plumbing system; and
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. provides that the electrical or plumbing work may be done by a licensed
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journeyman electrician or plumber if the project involves a
single
item
}
component of an electrical or plumbing system
such as a
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faucet, toilet, fixture,
plug,
}
device, outlet,
or electrical switch.
2. Page
3, Lines 80 through 88
:
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(ii) notwithstanding Subsection (1)(h)(i) and except as otherwise provided in this
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section:
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(A) work in the plumbing and electrical trades on a Subsection (1)(h)(i) project
(I)
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be performed by [a licensed journeyman electrician or journeyman plumber except as
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otherwise provided in this section;]:
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(I)
}
a licensed electrical or plumbing contractor, if the project involves an electrical or
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plumbing system; and
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(II)
single item
}
component of the system
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such as a faucet, toilet, fixture,
plug
}
device, outlet
, or electrical switch;
Committee Chair
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Bill Number
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