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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- H 5414 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000990 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Representatives Fellela, Messier, Casey, Potter, and Edwards |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 08, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: House Corporations |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Sections 5-6-2 and 5-6-8 of the General Laws in Chapter 5-6 entitled 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | "Electricians" are hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 5-6-2. Work for which license required. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a)(1) No person, firm, or corporation shall enter into, engage in, solicit, advertise, bid for, 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | or work at the business of installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing wires, conduits, apparatus, 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | which includes support systems specifically for electrical equipment and devices, fixtures, 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | electrical signs, lightning-protection equipment as defined in § 5-6-1, lighting, control of electrical 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | devices, handling and removal for installation or re-installation of all electrical equipment, devices, 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | apparatus, and similar items provided in this subsection within the confines of the jobsite, and other 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | appliances for carrying or using or generating electricity for light, heat, fire alarms, as defined in 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | chapter 28.25 of title 23, entitled “Fire Alarm Systems,” or power purposes, exclusive of low-11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | voltage wiring for heating/refrigeration equipment, or work at the business of removing and 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | reattaching existing electrical meters, unless that person, firm, or corporation shall have received a 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | license and a certificate for the business, issued by the state board of examiners of electricians of 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the division of professional regulation of the department of labor and training in accordance with 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | the provisions set forth in this chapter. 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) That person shall carry this license on his or her person at all times while so engaged, 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | and shall affix his or her contractor’s license number to any advertisement and/or contract he or she 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | executes and/or to any bid he or she files with any consumer for his or her professional services 19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | and to any applicable permit required for the performance of those services. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (b) Any person, firm, or corporation that is required to apply for a permit from a local 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | building official for any work required to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | of this chapter shall cause the work to be performed by a person licensed under the provisions of 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | this chapter; provided, that the provisions of this section, except the provision regarding removing 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | and reattaching existing electrical meters, shall not apply to owner-occupied, single-family homes. 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | 5-6-8. Contractor’s certificates/licenses. 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (a) Electrical contractor’s license. A Certificate A shall be issued to any person, firm, or 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | corporation, qualified under this chapter, engaging in, or about to engage in, the business of 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | installing, maintaining, servicing, and testing electrical wires, conduits, apparatus, which includes 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | support systems specifically for electrical equipment and devices, fixtures, fire alarm and safety 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | communication systems, and other electrical appliances, lighting, control of electrical devices, 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | handling and removal for installation or re-installation of all electrical equipment, devices, 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | apparatus, and similar items provided in this subsection within the confines of the jobsite, excluding 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | low-voltage wiring for heating, ventilating, and air conditioning equipment. The certificate shall 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | specify the name of the person, firm, or corporation applying for it and the name of the person, who 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | in the case of a firm is one of its members, and in the case of a corporation, is one of its officers, 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | passing the examination by which he or she or it is authorized to enter upon, or engage in, business 18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | as prescribed in the certificate. The holding of a Certificate A does not entitle the holder 19 |
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| 63 | 63 | | individually to engage in or perform the actual work of installing, maintaining, servicing, and 20 |
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| 64 | 64 | | testing electric wires, conduits, or appliances as previously described in this chapter, but entitles 21 |
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| 65 | 65 | | him or her to conduct business as an electrical contractor. 22 |
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| 66 | 66 | | (b) Burner contractor’s license. A Certificate E shall be issued to any person, firm, or 23 |
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| 67 | 67 | | corporation qualified under this chapter and engaged in, or about to engage in, the business of a 24 |
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| 68 | 68 | | burner contractor as defined in § 5-6-1. The certificate shall specify the name of the person, firm, 25 |
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| 69 | 69 | | or corporation applying for it and the name of the person who, in the case of a firm is one of its 26 |
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| 70 | 70 | | members, and in the case of a corporation is one of its officers, passing the examination, by which 27 |
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| 71 | 71 | | he or she or it is authorized to enter upon, or engage in, business as prescribed in the certificate. 28 |
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| 72 | 72 | | The holding of a Certificate E does not entitle the holder individually to engage in or perform any 29 |
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| 73 | 73 | | work on, or in connection with, electric wires, conduits, and appliances as previously described in 30 |
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| 74 | 74 | | this chapter, but entitles the holder to contract to do that work, to the extent permitted in this chapter, 31 |
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| 75 | 75 | | through the employment of burnerpersons holding a Certificate F. A burner contractor who is the 32 |
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| 76 | 76 | | holder of a Certificate A is not required to obtain a Certificate E. 33 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (c) Fire alarm contractor’s license. A Certificate AF shall be issued to any person, firm, or 34 |
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| 81 | 81 | | corporation qualified under this chapter and engaged in, or about to engage in, the business of a 1 |
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| 82 | 82 | | fire alarm contractor as defined in § 5-6-1. The certificate shall specify the name of the person, 2 |
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| 83 | 83 | | firm, or corporation applying for it and the person who, in the case of a firm is one of its members, 3 |
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| 84 | 84 | | and in the case of a corporation is one of its officers, passing the examination by which he or she 4 |
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| 85 | 85 | | or it is authorized to enter upon, or engage in, business as prescribed in the certificate. The holding 5 |
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| 86 | 86 | | of a Certificate AF does not entitle the holder individually to engage in, or perform and work on, 6 |
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| 87 | 87 | | or in connection with, electric wires, fire alarm wires, conduits, and appliances as previously 7 |
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| 88 | 88 | | described in this chapter, but entitles the holder to contract to do that work to the extent permitted 8 |
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| 89 | 89 | | in this chapter through the employment of fire alarm installers holding a Certificate BF. A 9 |
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| 90 | 90 | | contractor who is the holder of a Certificate A is not required to obtain a Certificate BF. 10 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (d) Electrical sign contractor’s license. A Certificate SCF shall be issued to any person, 11 |
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| 92 | 92 | | firm, or corporation qualified under this chapter and engaged in or about to engage in the business 12 |
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| 93 | 93 | | of electrical sign installations, as defined in § 5-6-1. 13 |
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| 94 | 94 | | (e) Lightning-protection contractor. A Certificate LPC shall be issued to any person, firm, 14 |
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| 95 | 95 | | or corporation qualified under this chapter and engaged in, or about to engage in, the business of 15 |
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| 96 | 96 | | lightning-protection contractor as defined in § 5-6-1. The Certificate LPC shall specify the name 16 |
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| 97 | 97 | | of the person, firm, or corporation applying for it and the person, who in the case of a firm, is one 17 |
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| 98 | 98 | | of its members, and in the case of a corporation, is one of its officers, passing the examination by 18 |
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| 99 | 99 | | which he or she or it is authorized to enter upon or engage in business as prescribed in the certificate. 19 |
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| 100 | 100 | | The holding of a Certificate LPC does not entitle the holder individually to engage in, or perform 20 |
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| 101 | 101 | | and work on, or in connection with, the installation of lightning-protection equipment as defined in 21 |
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| 102 | 102 | | § 5-6-1, unless that individual also holds a Certificate LPI, but entitles the holder to contract to do 22 |
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| 103 | 103 | | that work to the extent permitted in this chapter through the employment of lightning-protection 23 |
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| 104 | 104 | | installers holding a Certificate LPI. 24 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (f) Sign renovation electrical license. A certificate SRL shall be issued to any person, firm, 25 |
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| 106 | 106 | | or corporation qualified under this chapter and engaged in, or about to engage in, the business of 26 |
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| 107 | 107 | | sign renovation or installation of signs when such renovation or installation requires the removal 27 |
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| 108 | 108 | | or installation of no more than three (3) wires. 28 |
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| 109 | 109 | | (g) Renewable energy professional. A Certificate REP shall be issued to any person, firm, 29 |
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| 110 | 110 | | or corporation, qualified under this chapter, engaged in or about to engage in the business of 30 |
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| 111 | 111 | | installing eligible renewable energy technologies as defined in § 39-26-5. All renewable energy 31 |
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| 112 | 112 | | electrical work, including installing, connecting, maintaining, servicing, and testing all electrical 32 |
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| 113 | 113 | | wires, conduits, and apparatus; mounting the modules to the mounting racks; mounting the 33 |
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| 114 | 114 | | inverters; and tying the inverters into the main electrical panels, shall be done by a licensed 34 |
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| 118 | 118 | | electrician. Ancillary non-electrical, renewable energy work, such as advertising services; 1 |
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| 119 | 119 | | distribution of palletized materials to final location area of installation including photovoltaic 2 |
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| 120 | 120 | | modules to the mounting racks; and installing the ground and rooftop support brackets and ballast 3 |
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| 121 | 121 | | for rack systems, may be done by any person, firm, or corporation holding a Certificate REP. The 4 |
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| 122 | 122 | | Certificate REP shall specify the name of the person, firm, or corporation applying for it and the 5 |
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| 123 | 123 | | name of the person, who in the case of a firm is one of its members, and in the case of a corporation, 6 |
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| 124 | 124 | | is one of its officers, meeting the requisite education and experience as established in § 5-6-11, by 7 |
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| 125 | 125 | | which he or she or it is authorized to enter upon, or engage in, business as prescribed in the 8 |
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| 126 | 126 | | certificate. The holding of a Certificate REP entitles the holder to contract to do that work to the 9 |
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| 127 | 127 | | extent permitted in this chapter. 10 |
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| 128 | 128 | | The installation, mechanical fastening, and conjoining of listed solar sheathing systems 11 |
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| 129 | 129 | | that are ten kilowatts (10 kw) or less on residential structures as defined by the Rhode Island one- 12 |
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| 130 | 130 | | and two-family dwelling code may be performed by a registered contractor who or that has been 13 |
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| 131 | 131 | | issued a renewable energy professional certificate (Certificate REP) as defined in § 5-6-11(e) and 14 |
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| 132 | 132 | | above referenced. However, said residential solar sheathing system shall be connected to the 15 |
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| 133 | 133 | | electrical system from the roof edge and energized by a Rhode Island licensed electrician working 16 |
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| 134 | 134 | | in compliance with this chapter. Additionally, the residential solar sheathing systems noted must 17 |
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| 135 | 135 | | be listed and labeled by UL or other recognized electrical device certification organization, 18 |
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| 136 | 136 | | identified and acceptable by the authority having jurisdiction. 19 |
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| 137 | 137 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 20 |
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| 144 | 144 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 145 | 145 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 146 | 146 | | OF |
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| 147 | 147 | | A N A C T |
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| 148 | 148 | | RELATING TO BUSINESSES AND PROFESSIONS -- ELECTRICIANS |
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| 149 | 149 | | *** |
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| 150 | 150 | | This act would include, under the types of electrical work required to be performed by 1 |
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| 151 | 151 | | persons or firms that have an electrical contractor's license, the installation, maintenance, securing 2 |
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| 152 | 152 | | and testing of wires, conduits and apparatus, which includes support systems specifically for 3 |
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| 153 | 153 | | electrical equipment and devices and for lighting, control of electrical devices, and the handling 4 |
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| 154 | 154 | | and removal for installation or re-installation of all electrical equipment, devices and apparatus. 5 |
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| 155 | 155 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 6 |
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