HB 479 Summary

• Establishes master electrician licenses as a new category and allows master electricians to work as journeymen electricians.

• Creates facility accounts licenses for employers who employ journeyman or master electricians to perform alterations, extensions, and new electrical installations on employer-owned premises, with annual renewal and $125 fee.

• Replaces "inspection tags" terminology with "electrical permits" throughout the code and revises permit and inspection procedures.

• Prohibits the administrator from revoking electrical contractor licenses for failure to maintain required liability or worker's compensation insurance.

• Revises exemptions to clarify that maintenance electricians are limited to maintenance and like-for-like replacement work, and updates various technical definitions and terminology throughout the electrical contractor licensing statutes.