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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
2nd Session of the 59th Legislature (2024)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
FOR ENGROSSED
SENATE BILL NO. 1572 By: Daniels of the Senate
and
Sims of the House
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE
An Act relating to professions and occupations;
amending 59 O.S. 2021, Sections 1682, 1686, 1688,
1689, and 1699, which relate to the Electrical
License Act; modifying definition; stating
qualifications for student apprentice registration;
authorizing student apprentice registration and
reregistration under certain conditions; clarifying
student apprentice regist ration expiration; updating
statutory language; updating statutory reference; and
providing an effective date .
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE O F THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA :
SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1682, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1682. A. As used in the Electrical License Act:
1. “Board” means the Construction Industries Board;
2. “Committee” means the Committee of Electrical Examiners
appointed by the Board;
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3. “Electrical apprentice ” means any person sixteen (16) years
of age or older whose principal occupation is the learning of and
assisting in the ins tallation of electrical work under the direct
supervision of a licensed journeyman electrician or electrical
contractor;
4. “Journeyman electrician ” means any person other than an
electrical contractor who engages in the actual installation,
alteration, repair or renovation of electrical f acilities or
electrical construction work unless specifically exempted by the
provisions of the Electrical License Act;
5. “Electrical contractor ” means any person skilled in the
planning, superintending and practical in stallation of electrical
facilities who is familiar with t he laws, rules and regulations
governing such work. Electrical contractor also means any
individual, firm, partnership, corporation, limited liability
company or business performing skills of an el ectrical contractor or
an electrician or the business of c ontracting, or furnishing labor
or labor and materials for the installation, repair, maintenance or
renovation of electrical facilities or electrical construction work
according to the provisions of the Electrical License Act;
6. “Electrical facilities ” means all wiring, fixtures,
appurtenances and appliances for, and in connection with, a supply
of electricity within or adjacent to any building, structure or
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conveyance on the premises but not inclu ding the connection with a
power supply meter or other pow er supply source;
7. “Category” means the classification by which licenses and
electrical work may be limited. Such categories shall include but
shall not be limited to installation, maintenance, repair,
alteration, residential, oi lfield and commercial;
8. “Temporary journeyman electrician” means any person other
than a person permanently licensed as a journeyman electrician or
electrical contractor in this state who meets the temporary
licensure requirements of Section 1685.1 of t his title;
9. “Variance and Appeals Board” means the Oklahoma State
Electrical Installation Code Variance and Appeals Board;
10. “Electrical construction work ” means installation,
fabrication or assembly of equipment or systems included in
“premises wiring” as defined in the National Electrical Code
(reference 158:40-1-4. Standard of Installation), and which is
hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. Electrical
construction work includes but is not limited to ins tallation of
raceway systems used f or any electrical purpo ses, and installation
of field-assembled systems such as ice and snow melting, pipe -
tracing and manufactured wiring systems. Electrical construction
work shall not include in -plant work performed b y employees of the
company owning the plant, work performe d by telecommunications
employees for telecommunications companies or installation of
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factory-assembled appliances or machinery which is not part of the
premises wiring unless wiring interconnection s external to the
equipment are required in the field;
11. “Electrical work” means work consisting primarily of the
layout, installation, maintenance, repair, testing or replacement of
all or part of electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, fixtures,
appliances or equipment for transmitting, carrying, controlling or
using electricity in, on, outside or attached to a building,
structure, property or premises. Electrical work shall not mean
work that is related to or facilitates the construction,
installation or maintenance of all or part of a n electrical system,
but which does not involve actual work with any of the electrical
components provided in this definition; and
12. “Student electrical intern apprentice” means any person
sixteen (16) years of age or older who complies with the
requirements for registration under Section 1686 of this title.
B. Class 2 and Class 3 circuits shall be exempt from the
requirements of electrical licensing of either an electrical
contractor or a journeyman electrician, provi ded the work is
performed in accordance with the National Fire Protection
Association 70 requirements for Class 2 and Class 3 circuits.
SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1686, is
amended to read as follows:
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Section 1686. A. The Construction Industries B oard shall, upon
proper application and payment of fee, register as an electrical
apprentice and issue a certificate of such registration to any
person who furnishes satisfactory proof to the Board that the
applicant is:
1. Sixteen (16) years of age or ol der; or
2. Enrolled in a school or federal training program for
electrical apprentices recognized by the Board or employed as an
electrical apprentice with an active licensed electrical contractor.
B. The Construction I ndustries Board shall, upon proper
application and payment of fee, register as a student electrical
intern apprentice and issue a certificate of such registration to
any person who furnishes satisfactory proof to the Board that the
applicant is:
1. Sixteen (16) years of age or older; and
2. Enrolled in high sch ool and enrolled in a work-ready or
similar program recognized by the Board ; and
3. Employed with an active licensed electrical contractor.
A student apprentice may not apply more than five hundred (500)
hours per school year toward his or her journeyman requirements.
C. All applications for examination, license or renewal of
license shall be made in writing to the Board on forms provided, if
necessary, by the Board. All applications shall be acco mpanied by
the appropriate fee.
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D. Apprentices and studen t electrical interns apprentices, when
required by the Board, shall provide such documents, statements or
other information as may be necessary to submit to a national
criminal history record check as defined by Section 150.9 of Titl e
74 of the Oklahoma St atutes.
SECTION 3. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1688, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1688. A. No license shall be issued for longer than
one (1) year, and all licenses shall expire on the last day in the
birth month of the licensee. A license may be renewed upon
application and payment of fees thirty (30) days preceding or
following the date the license is due. Licenses renewed more than
thirty (30) days foll owing the date of expiration may be renewed
only upon application and payment of all required fees and payment
of any penalty for late renewal established by the Construction
Industries Board and upon compliance with any applicable continuing
education requirements established by the Board and the Electrical
License Act. No penalty for late renewal shall be charged to any
holder of a license which expires while the holder is in military
service, if an application for renewal is made within one (1) year
following the service discharge of the holder.
B. No journeyman or contractor license shall be renewed unless
the licensee has completed the required hours of continuing
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education, as determined and approved by the Committee of Electrical
Examiners and approved by the Construction Industries Board.
C. An apprentice registration certificate or a student intern
registration certificate shall be issued for one (1) year, at which
time the apprentice may reregister upon meeting the requirements of
the Construction Industries Board and paying the renewal fee.
D. A student apprentice registration certificate shall be
issued for the registrant's school year. A student apprentice
registration expires on the last day of the registrant's school
year, at which time th e apprentice may reregister upon meeting the
requirements of the Construction Industries Board and paying th e
renewal fee.
SECTION 4. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1689, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1689. A. The Construction Industries Board or its
designee and the Committee of Electrical Examiners shall act as the
Electrical Hearing Board and shall comply with the provisions of
Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, Section 308a et
seq. of Title 75 of the Oklahoma Statutes.
B. Any administrative hearing on suspensions, revocations or
fines shall be conducted by a hearing examiner appointed by the
Board. The hearing examiner ’s decision shall be a final decision
which may be appealed to a district court in accordance with the
Administrative Procedures Act.
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C. The Electrical Hearing Board may, upon its own motion, and
shall, upon written complaint filed by any person, investigate the
business transactions of any electrical contractor , journeyman
electrician, electrical apprentice, student electrical intern
apprentice or poultry house contractor license. Upon a finding by
clear and convincing evidence, the Board shall suspend or revoke any
license or registration obtained by false or fraudulent
representation. Upon a finding by clear and conv incing evidence,
the Board shall also suspend or revoke any license or registration
for any of the following:
1. Making a material misstatement in the application for a
license or registration, o r the renewal of a licens e or
registration;
2. Loaning or illegally using a license;
3. Demonstrating incompetence to act as a journeyman
electrician or electrical contractor;
4. Violating any provisions of the Electrical License Act, or
any rule or order prescribed by the Boar d or any ordinance for the
installation of electrical facilities made or enacted by a city or
town by authority of the Electrical License Act;
5. Willfully failing to perform normal business obligations
without justifiable cause; or
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6. Failing to maintai n a registration or license as requ ired by
law in another state while registered in this state as a nonresident
contractor.
D. Any person whose license or registration has been revoked by
the Electrical Hearing Board may apply for a new license one (1)
year from the date of such revocation .
E. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a political
subdivision of this state that has adopted a nationally recognized
electrical code and appointed an inspector pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1693 of thi s title or pursuant to the
provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for such work shall have
jurisdiction over the interpretation of the code and the
installation of all electrical work done in that political
subdivision, subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors
Act. Provided, a state inspector may work directly with an
electrical contractor, journeyman electrician, electrical apprentice
or student electrical intern apprentice in such a locality if a
violation of the code creates an immediate threat to life or health.
F. In the case of a complaint about, investigation of or
inspection of any license, registration, permit or electrical work
in any political subdivision of this state which has not adopted a
nationally recognized electrical code and appointed an inspector
pursuant to the provisions of Section 1693 of this title or pursuant
to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for such work, the
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Construction Industries Board shall have jurisdiction over such
matters.
G. 1. No individual, business, company, corporation,
association or other entity subject to the provisions of the
Electrical License Act shall install, modify or alter electrical
facilities in any incorporated area of this state which has not
adopted a nationally recognize d electrical code and appointed an
inspector pursuant to the provisions of Section 1693 of this title
or pursuant to the provisions of the Oklahoma Inspectors Act for
such work without providing notice of such electrical work to th e
Construction Industries Board. A notice form for reproduc tion by an
individual or entity required to make such notice shall be provided
by the Construction Industries Board upon request.
2. Notice to the Construction Industries Board pursuant to this
subsection shall not be re quired for electrical maintenance o r
replacement of existing electrical appliances or fixtures or of any
petroleum refinery or its research facilities.
3. Enforcement of this subsection is authorized pursuant to the
Electrical License Act, or under author ity granted to the
Construction Industries Board.
SECTION 5. AMENDATORY 59 O.S. 2021, Section 1699, is
amended to read as follows:
Section 1699. One student electrical intern apprentice is
allowed to work per physical job site wi th direct supervision under
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a single journeyman or electrical contractor; provided, however,
that no such student electrical intern apprentice shall be counted
against the maximum number of apprentices who are allowed by law or
regulation to work under the supervision of a single journeyman or
contractor. A student electrical intern apprentice is not allowed
to work on high voltage systems defined by the National Electrical
Code.
SECTION 6. This act shall become effective November 1, 2024.
COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND COMMERCE, dated
04/03/2024 - DO PASS, As Amended.