ELECTRICAL APPRENTICE RATIO                                                            H.B. 4813 (S-2):

                                                                                                    SUMMARY OF BILL

                                                                                      REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE

Senate Bill 4813 (Substitute S-2 as reported)

Sponsor:  Senator Amanda Price

Committee:  Michigan Competitiveness

CONTENT

The bill would amend the Electrical Administrative Act to do the following:

-- Require a ratio of one electrical journeyman or master electrician to not more than three registered apprentice electricians, instead of one-to-one (or one-to-two for a residential building).

-- Revise the requirement for approval of an apprenticeship training program.

The Act specifies that the ratio of electrical journeymen or master electricians to registered apprentice electricians must be on the basis of one journeyman or master electrician to one registered apprentice. In the case of a residential single-family dwelling or a multifamily dwelling with not more than eight units, the ratio is one electrical journeyman or master electrician to two registered apprentices.

The bill, instead, would require the ratio of electrical journeymen or master electricians to registered apprentice electricians to be on the basis of one journeyman or master electrician to not more than three registered apprentice electricians.

The Act requires the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to issue a certificate of registration to an individual if the Department receives satisfactory proof of his or her participation in a bona fide apprenticeship training program approved by the Electrical Administrative Board. The bill would delete a requirement that the program be equivalent to the requirements of those imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Apprenticeship and Training, subject to the Act's ratio requirement. The bill, instead, would require the Board to approve any bona fide apprenticeship training program that complied with the ratio requirements and that, excluding those provisions, was equivalent to or exceeded the requirements imposed by the Office of Apprenticeship in the U.S. Department of Labor.

The bill would take effect 90 days after enactment.

MCL 338.883e                                                            Legislative Analyst:  Suzanne Lowe

FISCAL IMPACT

The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.

Date Completed:  3-9-16                                                       Fiscal Analyst:  Josh Sefton

This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.