Georgia House of Representatives - 1995/1996 Sessions

HB 1709 - Conditioned air contractors; licensing

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1. Holland  157th


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              2/14/96  Read 1st Time                                                                
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              2/26/96  Favorably Reported                                                           
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Notice of Motion to Engross                                                                         
Ordered Engrossed                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Code Sections amended: 43-14-8                                                                      


HB 1709                                            LC 21 3907






                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                               AN ACT


  1- 1  To amend Code Section 43-14-8 of the Official Code of
  1- 2  Georgia Annotated, relating to licenses required of
  1- 3  electrical, plumbing, and conditioned air contractors, so as
  1- 4  to provide a period for applying for an unrestricted license
  1- 5  by certain persons; to repeal conflicting laws; and for
  1- 6  other purposes.

  1- 7       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

                         SECTION 1.

  1- 8  Code Section 43-14-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
  1- 9  Annotated, relating to licenses required of electrical,
  1-10  plumbing, and conditioned air contractors, is amended by
  1-11  striking in its entirety subsection (d) and inserting in
  1-12  lieu thereof the following:

  1-13      "(d)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this
  1-14      chapter, prior to and including September 30, 1983, the
  1-15      following persons, desiring to qualify under the
  1-16      provisions stated in this subsection, shall be issued a
  1-17      state-wide license without restriction by the
  1-18      appropriate division of the State Construction Industry
  1-19      Licensing Board, provided that such individual submits
  1-20      proper application and pays or has paid the required
  1-21      fees and is not otherwise in violation of this chapter:

  1-22        (1)(A) Any individual holding a license issued by the
  1-23        State Construction Industry Licensing Board, prior to
  1-24        the effective date of this chapter;

  1-25        (2)(B) Any individual holding a license issued by the
  1-26        State Board of Electrical Contractors, the State Board
  1-27        of Examiners of Plumbing Contractors, or the State
  1-28        Board of Warm Air Heating Contractors;

  1-29        (3)(C) Any individual holding a license to engage in
  1-30        such vocation issued to him or her by any governing
  1-31        authority of any political subdivision; and




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                                                  LC 21 3907

  2- 1        (4)(D) Any individual who has successfully and
  2- 2        efficiently engaged in such vocation in a local
  2- 3        jurisdiction, which did not issue local licenses, for
  2- 4        a period of at least two consecutive years immediately
  2- 5        prior to the time of application.  To prove that he or
  2- 6        she has successfully engaged in said vocation, the
  2- 7        individual shall only be required to give evidence of
  2- 8        three successful jobs completed over such period.
  2- 9        Such applicant shall swear before a notary public that
  2-10        such evidence is true and accurate prior to its
  2-11        submission to the division."

  2-12      (2) Any person who was qualified to receive a license on
  2-13      or before September 30, 1983, as provided in paragraph
  2-14      (1) of this subsection and who failed to do so but who
  2-15      from that date has been continuously employed by a
  2-16      business or corporation in a position requiring skill
  2-17      and knowledge in the maintenance and repair of
  2-18      conditioned air equipment, notwithstanding any absence
  2-19      from work caused by a job related injury, shall be
  2-20      entitled to receive such a license by complying with the
  2-21      requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection prior
  2-22      to September 30, 1996."

                         SECTION 2.

  2-23  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are
  2-24  repealed.






















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