| Vote Recommendation | Economic Freedom | Property Rights | Personal Responsibility | Limited Government | Individual Liberty |
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| Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral | Neutral |
HB 3043 seeks to clarify the scope of duties for electrical journeyman lineman to include the installation of equipment associated with the transmission and distribution of electricity from the electricity ’s original source to a substation and from a substation to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on a customer ’s premises for further distribution.
The executive director or commission would adopt the revised National Electrical Safety Code after the publication of the National Electrical Safety Code by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers every five years.
HB 3043 would also develop a journeyman lineman examination that tests an applicant ’s knowledge of: materials and methods used in the installation, maintenance, and operation of equipment associated with the transmission and distribution of electricity from the electricity ’s original source to a substation and from a substation to the point where the electricity enters a building or structure on a customer ’s premises for further distribution and the standards prescribed by the National Electrical Safety Code as adopted by the commission.
The provisions of HB 3043 applies only to an examination for a journeyman lineman license administered on or after June 1, 2016.
5/25 Update:
No changes have been made to this bill in House committee. We continue to remain neutral. The second chamber sponsor is Sen. Garcia.
First chamber recommendation below:
While this bill would clarify and somewhat expand the scope of duties for journeyman lineman, it goes on to establish test and regulatory requirements not already in the code. On balance this neither supports nor opposes our liberty principles. We remain neutral.