HB-4813, As Passed House, January 13, 2016

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 4813

     A bill to amend 1956 PA 217, entitled

"Electrical administrative act,"

by amending section 3e (MCL 338.883e), as added by 1990 PA 246.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

     Sec. 3e. (1) An individual who is 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 an individual

who is seeking registration upon if it receives satisfactory proof

of the person's individual's participation in a bona fide an

apprenticeship training program approved by the board under

subsection (4). 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 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 no more than 3 registered

apprentice electrician. electricians. 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 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.

     (4) For purposes of this section, the board shall approve any

bona fide apprenticeship training program that is equivalent to or

exceeds the requirements of those imposed by the Office of

Apprenticeship in the United States Department of Labor.

     Enacting section 1. This amendatory act takes effect 90 days

after the date it is enacted into law.