IA HSB670

Amends Iowa Code Section 103.10, subsection 3, paragraph a, to allow electrical work hours performed in any state to count toward the 16,000-hour experience requirement for obtaining a class B master electrician license without an examination.

Under current law, applicants must demonstrate at least 16,000 hours of experience in the electrical business since January 1, 1998, with at least 8,000 of those hours accumulated since that date; the bill expands eligibility by recognizing out-of-state work experience.

License holders issued a class B master electrician license under this provision remain prohibited from planning, laying out, or supervising electrical installations in political subdivisions that have established licensing standards precluding such work by class B master electricians.

Proposed by the House Committee on State Government, chaired by Representative Bloomingdale, for the 91st General Assembly.