HOUSE BILL No. 4813

 

August 18, 2015, Introduced by Reps. Price, Johnson, Rendon, Kelly, Crawford, Yonker, Lauwers, Somerville, Franz, Victory, Jacobsen, Brett Roberts, Garcia and Tedder and referred to the Committee on Workforce and Talent Development.

 

     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 (5). 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 of the

 

following:

 

     (a) Subject to subdivision (b), 1 electrical journeyman or

 

master electrician to 1 2 registered apprentice

 

electrician.electricians.

 

     (b) One electrical journeyman or master electrician to 3

 

registered apprentice electricians if at least 1 apprentice has

 

completed at least 432 hours of instruction in an apprenticeship

 

training program approved by the board under subsection (5), and

 

has at least 6,000 hours of experience obtained over a period of at

 

least 3 years related to the electrical construction or maintenance

 

of buildings or electrical wiring or equipment under the direct

 

supervision of an individual who is licensed under this act.

 

     (4) The department of labor licensing and regulatory affairs

 

or an enforcing agency shall enforce the ratio ratios described in

 

subsection (3) 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.

 

     (5) 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.