January 22, 2013, Introduced by Rep. Crawford and referred to the Committee on Regulatory Reform.
A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled
"Electrical administrative act,"
by amending sections 3e and 3h (MCL 338.883e and 338.883h), section
3e as added by 1990 PA 246 and section 3h as added by 1992 PA 130.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 3e. (1) An individual employed as an apprentice
electrician shall register with the board on a form provided by the
board within 30 days after employment.
(2)
The department of labor licensing
and regulatory affairs
shall issue a certificate of registration to a person seeking
registration
upon if it receives satisfactory proof of the person's
participation in a bona fide apprenticeship training program
approved
by the board. This program shall be equivalent to the
requirements
of those imposed by the United States department of
labor
bureau of apprenticeship and training, subject to subsection
(3).
(3) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4), the ratio
of electrical journeymen or master electricians to registered
apprentice electricians shall be on the basis of 1 electrical
journeyman or master electrician to 1 registered apprentice
electrician.
The department of labor licensing
and regulatory
affairs or an enforcing agency shall enforce the ratio on a jobsite
basis.
(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), in the case of a
residential single family dwelling or a multifamily dwelling not
exceeding
8 units per building, the department of labor licensing
and regulatory affairs or an enforcing agency shall enforce the
apprentice electrician ratio on the basis of 1 electrical
journeyman or master electrician to 2 registered apprentice
electricians on a jobsite basis.
Sec. 3h. (1) An individual employed as a fire alarm specialty
apprentice technician shall register with the board on a form
provided by the board within 30 days after employment.
(2)
The department of labor licensing
and regulatory affairs
shall issue a certificate of registration to a person seeking
registration
upon if it receives satisfactory proof of the person's
participation in a bona fide apprenticeship training program
approved
by the board. This program shall be equivalent to the
requirements
of those imposed by the United States department of
labor
bureau of apprenticeship and training, subject to subsection
(3).
(3) The ratio of fire alarm specialty technicians to
registered fire alarm specialty apprentice technicians shall be on
the basis of 1 fire alarm specialty technician to 2 registered fire
alarm
specialty apprentice technicians. The department of labor
licensing and regulatory affairs or an enforcing agency shall
enforce the ratio on a jobsite basis.