Revision: Jan. 11, 2010, midnight
CHAPTER 16
HB 307 – FINAL VERSION
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2007 SESSION
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HOUSE BILL 307
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill allows for computerized testing for licensure of electricians by the electricians’ board.
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Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
21Mar2007… 0519h
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STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seven
AN ACT relative to examinations of electricians by the electricians’ board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
16:1 Rulemaking; Examination. Amend RSA 319-C:6-a, III to read as follows:
III. How an applicant shall be examined, including the time and place of the examination, and procedures for computerized examinations;
16:2 Fees. Amend RSA 319-C:6-b to read as follows:
319-C:6-b Fees. The board, with the approval of the commissioner of safety, shall establish application fees for examination of applicants, fees for licensure, for renewal, and for late renewal of licenses to practice under this chapter, and for transcribing and transferring records and other services. The fee for examination shall not include fees charged by and paid to an examination entity approved by the board. The fees established by the board shall be sufficient to produce estimated revenues equal to 125 percent of the direct operating expenses of the board for the previous fiscal year. Fees collected shall be deposited in the fire standards and training and emergency medical services fund, established in RSA 21-P:12-d, and used for the purposes of operating expenses of the electricians’ board. Fees collected in excess of actual operating expenses shall be deposited in the general fund as unrestricted revenue.
16:3 Examinations. Amend RSA 319-C:8 to read as follows:
319-C:8 Examinations for License. Each applicant for licensure shall present to the board, on forms furnished by the board, a written application for examination and license, containing such information as the board may require, accompanied by the required application fee established by the board. Proctored examinations shall be written [or], written and oral, oral, or computerized as approved by the board, and shall be of a thorough and practical character. They shall include such provisions of the National Electrical Code as the board may deem appropriate. Any person failing to pass his or her first examination may be reexamined at any subsequent examination meeting of the board or by an examination entity approved by the board, and thereafter may be examined as often as he or she may desire upon submitting the written application for examination and license and payment of the required application fee as set forth in this chapter.
16:4 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
Approved: May 2, 2007
Effective Date: July 1, 2007