Bill Text - HB298 (2018)

(Second New Title) relative to the mechanical licensing board.


Revision: Jan. 4, 2018, 8:38 a.m.

HB 298 - AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

3Jan2018... 2399h

2017 SESSION

17-0242

10/04

 

HOUSE BILL 298

 

AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for apprentice plumbers.

 

SPONSORS: Rep. McGuire, Merr. 29

 

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

 

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

 

This bill modifies requirements for mechanical licensing board rules pertaining to apprentice plumbers.

 

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

3Jan2018... 2399h 17-0242

10/04

 

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

 

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Seventeen

 

AN ACT relative to licensing requirements for apprentice plumbers.

 

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

 

1  Mechanical Licensing Board; Rulemaking; Education and Experience.  Amend RSA 153:28, I(a)(9) to read as follows:

(9)  Apprentice plumber; provided that the standards adopted in rules shall contain provisions permitting a year-one apprentice to test out of subject matter, and eliminating the requirement of direct supervision of a journeyman and/or master plumber, for limited duties as permitted in rules of the board, for an apprentice who has at least 2,000 hours of field experience and demonstrates successful completion of year 2 curriculum in a course approved and administered by the board.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.