HB444: AN ACT relating to electricians.

Legislative Summary

Amends KRS 227A.060 to modify experience and education requirements for an electrician or master electrician license, to require an electrician applicant or master electrician applicant to have 8,000 hours or 16,000 hours of verifiable experience, respectively, which may be reduced by designated education or teaching, to authorize a master electrician or electrician applicant to qualify for licensure through teaching or attending an associate’s degree or diploma program at a college within the Kentucky Community and Technical College System or at another accredited college or university, to enable a military veteran to meet master electrician or electrician experience requirements through applicable supervised military occupational specialty experience, to direct the department of Housing, Buildings and Construction to promulgate administrative regulations to establish an application form to allow submission of military experience, and to accept either a DD-214 form or a signed statement from the applicant’s commanding officer to verify relevant military experience; and amends KRS 227A.100 to renew electrician licenses once every two years, to allow the department to establish a system to issue electronic licenses instead of physical licenses, and to increase a $500,000 general liability insurance requirement to $1 million.