COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE

FOR

Senate Bill No. 378

(By Senators Snyder, Blair, Miller, Kessler, Kirkendoll and Gaunch)

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[Originating in the Committee on Government Organization;

reported February 11, 2015.]

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A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-3B-6, relating to permitting licensing of any electrician who did not renew his or her electrician’s license issued earlier by State Fire Marshal; and renewing license without retesting if earlier license was not revoked and renewal fee is paid for each year lapsed.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

            That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated §29-3B-6, to read as follows:

ARTICLE 3B. SUPERVISION OF ELECTRICIANS.

§29-3B-6. Relicensing without retesting after nonrenewal under certain circumstances.

            An electrician previously licensed by the State Fire Marshal who did not renew his or her electrician’s license may renew the license without retesting within three years of the date of the last renewal: Provided, That the electrician’s license had not been revoked and that the applicant pays double the current fee if his or her license has been lapsed for two renewal periods, or triple the current fee if his or her license has been lapsed for three renewal periods.

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            (NOTE: §29-3B-6 is new; therefore, strike-throughs and underscoring have been omitted.)