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Session of 2000
          SENATE BILL No. 479           By Committee on Commerce           1-25          

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10             AN  ACT concerning electricians; relating to licensure thereof; amending
11             K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 12-1525 and repealing the existing section.
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13       Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Kansas:
14             Section  1. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 12-1525 is hereby amended to read as
15       follows: 12-1525. (a) Standard examinations for the determination of com-
16       petency of electrical contractors, master and journeyman electricians and
17       residential electricians, based upon codes and standards effective on July
18       1, 1993, prepared and published and available upon such date from Block
19       and Associates, Florida Farm Bureau Building, 5700 S.W. 34th St. #1303,
20       Gainesville, Florida 32608, are hereby designated as the standard exam-
21       inations for determining the qualification of persons seeking licensure as
22       electrical contractors, master and journeyman electricians and residential
23       electricians for the purposes of this act.
24             (b) A person shall not qualify for licensure as a journeyman electrician
25       or a residential electrician unless such person shall have proof of comple-
26       tion of four years on-the-job training working with a licensed journeyman
27       electrician. The board of county commissioners of any county and the
28       governing body of any city requiring licensure of electricians shall adopt
29       rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this
30       subsection. 
31       Sec.  2. K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 12-1525 is hereby repealed.
32        Sec.  3. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
33       publication in the statute book.