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First Regular Session

Sixty-first General Assembly

LLS NO. 97­0248.01 EBD HOUSE BILL 97­1011

STATE OF COLORADO

BY REPRESENTATIVE Schauer;

also SENATOR Schroeder.

REENGROSSED

BUSINESS AFFAIRS & LABOR

A BILL FOR AN ACT

CONCERNING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN MAY SUPERVISE, AND MAKING AN APPROPRIATION THEREFOR.

Bill Summary

(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not necessarily reflect any amendments which may be subsequently adopted.)

Increases the number of apprentices a licensed electrician may supervise from one to 2. Allows the board, by rule, to increase that number beyond 2.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:

SECTION 1.  12­23­110.5 (1), Colorado Revised Statutes, 1991 Repl. Vol., is amended to read:

12­23­110.5.  Apprentices ­ supervision ­ registration ­ discipline. (1)  Any person may work as an apprentice but shall not do any electrical wiring for the installation of electrical apparatus or equipment for light, heat, or power except under the supervision of a licensed electrician. The degree of supervision required shall be no more than one licensed electrician to supervise no more than one apprentice TWO APPRENTICES at the jobsite; EXCEPT THAT THE BOARD MAY, BY RULE PROMULGATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS AUTHORITY UNDER SECTION 12­23­104 AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 24­4­103, C.R.S., INCREASE THE NUMBER OF APPRENTICES A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN MAY SUPERVISE BEYOND TWO. IF A LICENSED ELECTRICIAN SUPERVISES MORE THAN ONE APPRENTICE, ALL SUCH APPRENTICES SHALL HAVE COMPLETED, OR BE ENROLLED IN, A TRAINING PROGRAM APPROVED BY THE BOARD.

SECTION 2. Appropriation. In addition to any other appropriation, there is hereby appropriated, from the division of registrations cash fund, to the department of regulatory agencies, division of registrations, for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, the sum of one thousand and seven dollars ($1,007), or so much thereof as may be necessary, for the implementation of this act.

SECTION 3.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds, determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.