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.