| 19 | | - | Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Consumer 1 |
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| 20 | | - | Protection, after consulting with the Labor Commissioner, shall study 2 |
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| 21 | | - | existing solar electrical contractor and journeyman licenses and any 3 |
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| 22 | | - | associated regulations adopted pursuant to title 20 of the general 4 |
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| 23 | | - | statutes, regarding the installation of commercial and residential solar 5 |
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| 24 | | - | electrical systems. 6 |
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| 25 | | - | (b) Not later than January 1, 2020, the Commissioner of Consumer 7 |
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| 26 | | - | Protection shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a of the general 8 |
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| 27 | | - | statutes, the results and any findings of the study completed pursuant 9 |
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| 28 | | - | to subsection (a) of this section to the joint standing committees of the 10 |
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| 29 | | - | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to consumer 11 |
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| 30 | | - | protection and labor. 12 |
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| 24 | + | Section 1. Section 20-340c of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 |
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| 25 | + | following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2019): 2 |
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| 26 | + | The Electrical Work Board shall recommend regulations consistent 3 |
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| 27 | + | with the provisions of sections 20-332 and 21a-7 to establish solar 4 |
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| 28 | + | electric contractor and journeyman licenses, for solar electricity work, 5 |
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| 29 | + | as defined in section 20-330, which shall be adopted by the 6 |
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| 30 | + | Commissioner of Consumer Protection, in accordance with the 7 |
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| 31 | + | provisions of chapter 54. Such regulations shall specify that any person 8 |
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| 32 | + | who installs a commercial or residential solar energy system shall be a 9 |
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| 33 | + | licensed electrician or shall be registered as an electrician's apprentice 10 |
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| 34 | + | prior to installing such system. 11 |
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