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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0429 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001359 |
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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 LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, F. Lombardi, de la Cruz, Rogers, Burke, and Tikoian |
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| 17 | 17 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Referred To: Senate Labor |
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| 21 | 21 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. Section 28-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-26 entitled "Hoisting 1 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Engineers" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 24 | 24 | | 28-26-7. Application for license — Examination. 3 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (a) Each person who desires to act as a steam, internal combustion engines, electric, or 4 |
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| 26 | 26 | | compressed air hoisting engineer shall make application to the division for a license upon a form 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | furnished to him or her, submit a notarized list of work experience, have possessed for at least three 6 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) years prior to filing of the application, a certificate of registration in full force and effect from 7 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the department of labor and training specifying that person as a registered apprentice hoisting 8 |
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| 30 | 30 | | engineer and the application of that applicant is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of his 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | or her employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the 10 |
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| 32 | 32 | | applicant has actually been engaged in hoisting work as an apprentice hoisting engineer in the State 11 |
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| 33 | 33 | | of Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours of on the job training during a three (3) year period, 12 |
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| 34 | 34 | | which shall include the successful completion of one hundred twenty (120) hours of related 13 |
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| 35 | 35 | | instruction at a training program recognized by the department of labor and training, and shall pass 14 |
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| 36 | 36 | | an examination on the construction and operation of steam, electric, internal combustion engines, 15 |
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| 37 | 37 | | and compressed air engines and machinery. Applications for examinations must be received fifteen 16 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (15) working days prior to the examination date. 17 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) Any person applying for a license who knowingly makes any misstatement as to his or 18 |
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| 40 | 40 | | her work experience or other qualifications shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 28-19 |
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| 44 | 44 | | 26-11. 1 |
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| 45 | 45 | | (c) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as 2 |
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| 46 | 46 | | required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a full license, a hydraulic crane 3 |
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| 47 | 47 | | license, or a lattice crane license shall also be required to include a valid medical health card with 4 |
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| 48 | 48 | | their application. A separate notarized statement shall also be attached to the application, and shall 5 |
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| 49 | 49 | | contain all work-related experience, including all equipment trained on and/or operated. 6 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (d) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as 7 |
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| 51 | 51 | | required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a construction forklift license or 8 |
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| 52 | 52 | | a full license shall also be required to include a copy of their OSHA forklift certification with their 9 |
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| 53 | 53 | | application. 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 11 |
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| 61 | 61 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 62 | 62 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 63 | 63 | | OF |
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| 64 | 64 | | A N A C T |
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| 65 | 65 | | RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS |
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| 66 | 66 | | *** |
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| 67 | 67 | | This act would amend the examination requirements for a hoisting engineers license. The 1 |
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| 68 | 68 | | new requirements would include a department of labor and training certificate of registration for at 2 |
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| 69 | 69 | | least three (3) years prior, and an affidavit from former employers indicating the applicant worked 3 |
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| 70 | 70 | | as an apprentice hoisting engineer in Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours over the three (3) 4 |
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| 71 | 71 | | years, which would include one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction at a training program 5 |
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| 72 | 72 | | recognized by the department of labor and training. 6 |
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| 73 | 73 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 7 |
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