Bills · 2009-2010 Regular Session
issuance of elevator mechanic's licenses.
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Senate, not reached
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Unfamiliar terms? Glossary
What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under current law, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) regulates
elevators, escalators, and similar conveyances that move people or things. Under
current law, contractors and mechanics constructing, altering, replacing, repairing,
or otherwise working with these conveyances, and inspectors of these conveyances,
must be licensed by Commerce. With certain exceptions, to be licensed as an elevator
mechanic, an individual must apply to Commerce and either must complete an
apprenticeship program approved by the U.S. Department of Labor or by the
Department of Workforce Development or must have sufficient work history during
the three years preceding the application in working with these conveyances and
have passed an elevator mechanic's examination that is administered by Commerce
or that is administered by a nationally recognized training program that is approved
by Commerce.
This bill creates alternative requirements that may be met in order to be issued
an elevator mechanic's license. Under the bill, an individual is eligible for a license
if he or she verifies to Commerce that he or she has successfully completed a
four-year training program established by the National Elevator Industry
Education Program or an equivalent four-year training program that is approved by
Commerce and that he or she has had a certain level of experience working with
elevators and other conveyances. This experience requirement may be met by being
employed during each of the five years immediately preceding the date of the license
application for at least 1,000 hours as an elevator mechanic, or in another capacity
that has allowed him or her to remain familiar with elevator equipment, technology,
and industry practices. The experience requirement may alternatively be met by
meeting the 1,000-hour requirement in any five years preceding the date of the
license application if the applicant verifies that this alternative is due to the
applicant's work being disrupted by high unemployment in the elevator industry,
military service, illness, disability, or another factor beyond the applicant's control.