H742 - Professional Engineer Licensure/Allow School Maintenance Plumbers. (SL 2016-105)

Session Year 2016

Overview: Sections 2 and 3 of S.L. 2016-105:

  • Direct the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors to establish and issue State and local government plumbing and heating technician licenses for persons who wish to engage in the installation, repair, or replacement of plumbing or heating groups numbers one, two, and three as an employee of a State or local government agency.
  • Clarify that a licensee who is regularly employed by a local board of education may maintain an individual license and contract to perform work during the hours that the licensee is off-duty from the licensee's regular employer.

These sections become effective October 1, 2016.

BILL ANALYSIS:

Section 2 of S.L. 2016-105 directs the State Board of Examiners of Plumbing, Heating, and Fire Sprinkler Contractors to establish and issue State and local government plumbing, heating group number one, heating group number two, or heating group number three technician licenses.

These would be issued to (i) persons who do not possess the required contractor license but desire to engage in the installation, repair, or replacement of plumbing, heating group number one, heating group number two, or heating group number three solely as an employee of a State or local government agency, and (ii) persons who do possess the required contractor license but who also desire to engage in the installation, repair or replacement of plumbing, heating group number one, heating group number two, or heating group number three as an employee of a State or local government agency without listing their contractor license in the name of the State or local government agency.

Section 3 clarifies that a licensee who is regularly employed by a local board of education may maintain an individual license and contract to perform work during the hours that the licensee is off-duty from the licensee's regular employer.

EFFECTIVE DATE: These sections become effective October 1, 2016.

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