An Act To Encourage Enrollment in Electrical Education Programs
Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1101, sub-§4-A, as amended by PL 2011, c. 286, Pt. F, §4, is further amended to read:
The Electricians' Examining Board and the municipal electrical inspector of the municipality in which the installation is to be made, if the municipality has an inspector, must be notified of all installation projects entered into pursuant to this subsection prior to the commencement of the project. There must be an inspection by a state electrical inspector or by the municipal electrical inspector of the municipality in which the installation has been made, if the municipality has an inspector, before any wiring on the project is concealed.
Sec. 2. Rules. The Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall amend its rules pertaining to the establishment of fees for helper electrician licenses to exempt a high school student or a community college student approved by the Electricians' Examining Board from paying the fee to obtain a helper electrician license.
Sec. 3. Report on the increase in the ratio of helper and apprentice electricians working under a master electrician, limited electrician or journeyman electrician. The Director of the Office of Professional and Occupational Regulation within the Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall provide a report by February 1, 2014 to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor, commerce, research and economic development matters on the impact of the increase in the ratio of helper and apprentice electricians working under a master electrician, limited electrician or journeyman electrician and identify any safety issues or licensing concerns that may have arisen as a result of the increase in the ratio. The joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over labor, commerce, research and economic development matters is authorized to report out a bill on the issues raised by the increase in the ratio of helper and apprentice electricians to the Second Regular Session of the 126th Legislature.