HOUSE BILL No. 5182


     October 10, 2001, Introduced by Rep. Kuipers and referred to the Committee on Employment Relations, Training and Safety.


        A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled

   "Electrical administrative act,"

   by amending section 7 (MCL 338.887), as amended by 1992 PA 130.

               THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

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           Sec. 7.  (1) Except as otherwise provided in this act or in

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      subsection (3), a person, firm, or corporation shall not engage

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      in the business of electrical contracting unless the person,

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      firm, or corporation has received from the board or from the

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      appropriate municipality an electrical contractor's license.

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           (2) Except as otherwise provided in this act or in

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      subsection (3), a person, other than a person  duly  licensed

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      under this act and employed by and working under the direction of

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      a holder of an electrical contractor's license, shall not in any

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      manner undertake to execute any electrical wiring.




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           (3) A license under this act is not required in the

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      execution of the following classes of work:

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           (a) Minor repair work, as defined in section 1.

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           (b) The installation, alteration, repairing, rebuilding, or

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      remodeling of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators, or man lifts

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      performed under a permit issued by an elevator inspection agency

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      of the state of Michigan or political subdivision of the state of

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      Michigan.

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           (c) The installation, alteration, or repair of electrical

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      equipment and its associated wiring installed on the premises of

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      consumers or subscribers by or for electrical energy supply or

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      communication agencies for use by such agencies in the genera-

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      tion, transmission, distribution, or metering of electrical

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      energy or for the operation of signals or transmission of

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      intelligence.

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           (d) The installation, alteration, or repair of electric

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      wiring for the generation and primary distribution of electric

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      current, or the secondary distribution system up to and including

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      the meters, where such work is an integral part of the system

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      owned and operated by an electric light and power utility in

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      rendering its duly authorized service.

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           (e) Any work involved in the manufacture of electric equip-

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      ment, including the testing and repairing of such manufactured

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      equipment.

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           (f) The installation, alteration, or repair of equipment and

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      its associated wiring for the generation or distribution of

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      electric energy for the operation of signals or transmission of



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      intelligence where such work is in connection with a

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      communication system owned or operated by a telephone or tele-

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      graph company in rendering its  duly  authorized service as a

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      telephone or telegraph company.

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           (g) Any installation, alteration, or repair of electrical

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      equipment by a homeowner in a single family home and accompanying

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      outbuildings owned and occupied or to be occupied by the person

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      performing the installation, alteration, or repair of electrical

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      equipment.

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           (h) Any work involved in the use, maintenance, operation,

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      dismantling, or reassembling of motion picture and theatrical

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      equipment used in any building with approved facilities for

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      entertainment or educational use and which has the necessary per-

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      manent wiring and floor and wall receptacle outlets designed for

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      the proper and safe use of such theatrical equipment, but not

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      including any permanent wiring.

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           (i) Work performed by mechanical contractors licensed in

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      classifications listed in section 6(3)(a), (b), (d), (e), and (f)

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      of the  forbes  FORBES mechanical contractor act,  Act No. 192 of

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      the Public Acts of 1984, being section 338.976 of the Michigan

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      Compiled Laws  1984 PA 192, MCL 338.976, plumbing contractors

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      licensed under  Act No. 266 of the Public Acts of 1929, being

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      sections 338.901 to 338.917 of the Michigan Compiled Laws  1929

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      PA 266, MCL 338.901 TO 338.917, and employees of persons licensed

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      under  Act No. 192 of the Public Acts of 1984 and Act No. 266 of

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      the Public Acts of 1929  THOSE ACTS while performing maintenance,

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      service, repair, replacement, alteration, modification,



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      reconstruction, or upgrading of control wiring circuits and

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      electrical component parts within existing mechanical systems

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      defined in the mechanical and plumbing codes provided for in the

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      STILLE-DEROSSETT-HALE SINGLE state construction code act,  of

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      1972,  1972 PA 230, MCL 125.1501 TO 125.1531, including, but not

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      limited to, energy management systems, relays and controls on

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      boilers, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning compressors

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      and condensers, fan controls, thermostats and sensors, and all

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      interconnecting wiring associated with the mechanical systems in

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      buildings which are on the load side of the unit disconnect,

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      which is located on or immediately adjacent to the equipment,

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      except for life safety systems wiring.

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           (j) Electrical wiring associated with the installation,

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      removal, alteration, or repair of a water well pump on a single

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      family dwelling to the first point of attachment in the house

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      from the well, by a registered pump installer under part 127 of

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      the public health code,  Act No. 368 of the Public Acts of 1978,

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      being sections 333.12701 to 333.12771 of the Michigan Compiled

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      Laws  1978 PA 368, MCL 333.12701 TO 333.12771.

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           (k) The installation, maintenance, or servicing of burglar

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      alarm systems within a building or structure.

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           (l) The installation, maintenance, or servicing of residen-

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      tial lawn  sprinkling  IRRIGATION equipment AND OF COMMERCIAL

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      LAWN IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT ANY HARD-WIRED CONNECTION MORE

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      THAN 50 VOLTS.







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           (M) THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, OR SERVICING OF

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      LOW-VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING SYSTEMS AND EQUIPMENT, EXCEPT ANY

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      HARD-WIRED CONNECTION MORE THAN 50 VOLTS.

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           (N)  (m)  The installation, alteration, maintenance, or

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      repair of electric signs and related wiring by an unlicensed

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      individual under the direct supervision of a licensed sign spe-

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      cialist except that the ratio of unlicensed individuals engaged

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      in this activity shall not exceed 2 unlicensed individuals to 1

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      licensed sign specialist.  An enforcing agency shall enforce this

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      ratio on a jobsite basis.

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           (O)  (n)  The construction, installation, maintenance,

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      repair, and renovation of telecommunications equipment and

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      related systems by a person, firm, or corporation primarily

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      engaged in the telecommunications and related information systems

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      industry.  This exemption does not include the construction,

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      installation, maintenance, repair, and renovation of a fire alarm

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      system.























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