HOUSE BILL No. 6454

 

September 11, 2008, Introduced by Rep. Hune and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.

 

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled

 

"Electrical administrative act,"

 

by amending sections 1, 8g, and 9 (MCL 338.881, 338.888g, and

 

338.889), section 1 as amended by 1992 PA 130, section 8g as added

 

by 1990 PA 246, and section 9 as amended by 1981 PA 150.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

     Sec. 1. (1) For purposes of this act, the words defined in

 

this section, section 1a, and section 1b have the meanings ascribed

 

to them in those sections.

 

     (2) "Electrical wiring" means all wiring, generating

 

equipment, fixtures, appliances, and appurtenances in connection

 

with the generation, distribution, and utilization of electrical

 

energy, within or on a building, residence, structure, or

 


properties, and including service entrance wiring as defined by the

 

code.

 

     (3) "Electrical contractor" means a person, firm, or

 

corporation engaged in the business of erecting, installing,

 

altering, repairing, servicing, or maintaining electrical wiring,

 

devices, appliances, or equipment.

 

     (4) "Master electrician" means a person having the necessary

 

qualifications, training, experience, and technical knowledge to

 

supervise the installation of electrical wiring and equipment in

 

accordance with the standard rules and regulations governing that

 

work.

 

     (5) "Electrical journeyman" means a person other than an

 

electrical contractor who, as his or her principal occupation, is

 

engaged in the practical installation or alteration of electric

 

wiring. An electrical contractor or master electrician may also be

 

an electrical journeyman.

 

     (6) "Apprentice electrician" means an individual other than an

 

electrical contractor, master electrician, or electrical

 

journeyman, who is engaged in learning about and assisting in the

 

installation or alteration of electrical wiring and equipment under

 

the direct personal supervision of an electrical journeyman or

 

master electrician.

 

     (7) "Jobsite" means the immediate work area within the

 

property lines of a single construction project, alteration

 

project, or maintenance project where electrical construction or

 

alteration of electrical wiring is in progress.

 

     (8) "Municipality" means a city, village, or township.

 


     (9) "Minor repair work" means electrical wiring not in excess

 

of a valuation of $100.00 $1,000.00 or replacement in kind of an

 

electric motor.

 

     (10) "State construction code act of 1972" "Stille-DeRossett-

 

Hale single state construction code act" means Act No. 230 of the

 

Public Acts of 1972, being sections 125.1501 to 125.1531 of the

 

Michigan Compiled Laws the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state

 

construction code act, 1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 to 125.1531.

 

     (11) "Code" means the state construction code provided for in

 

section 4 of the state construction code act of 1972 Stille-

 

DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125.1504, or

 

a part of that code which is of limited application, and includes a

 

modification of or amendment to the code, or a nationally

 

recognized model electrical code adopted by a governmental

 

subdivision pursuant to section 8 8a of that act the Stille-

 

DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125.1508a.

 

     (12) "Enforcing agency" means the enforcing agency responsible

 

for the administration and enforcement of the electrical code

 

pursuant to section 8 or 9 of the state construction code act of

 

1972 sections 8a and 8b of the Stille-DeRossett-Hale single state

 

construction code act, MCL 125.1508a and 125.1508b.

 

     (13) "Board" means the electrical administrative board created

 

pursuant to section 2.

 

     Sec. 8g. Any provision of this act which is inconsistent or in

 

conflict with the state construction code act of 1972 Stille-

 

DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act is superseded to

 

the extent of the inconsistency or conflict.

 


     Sec. 9. Beginning October 1, 1980, all All fees and money

 

received by the board for the licensing of persons under this act,

 

and any other income which shall be received under this act, except

 

as otherwise provided in sections 5, 6, and 6a this act, shall be

 

paid into the state construction code fund as created by section 22

 

of Act No. 230 of the Public Acts of 1972, as amended, being

 

section 125.1522 of the Michigan Compiled Laws the Stille-

 

DeRossett-Hale single state construction code act, MCL 125.1522.