71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1420
 
                         Senate Bill 478
 
Sponsored by Senator GEORGE
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Creates exemption from electrician license requirement for
prewiring of cable television and telephone systems. Creates
exemption from electrician license requirement for installation
and other work on low voltage weighing, measuring or counting
devices and electrical wiring for those devices.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to electrical installations; amending ORS 479.940.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 479.940 is amended to read:
  479.940. (1) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945
do not apply to the following activity on Class II and III
systems in one and two family dwellings:
    { - (a) Prewiring of cable television and telephone systems
owned by the owner of the residence; - }
    { - (b) - }  { +  (a) + } Garage door openers;
    { - (c) - }  { +  (b) + } Vacuum systems;
    { - (d) - }  { +  (c) + } Audio and stereo systems; and
    { - (e) - }  { +  (d) + } HVAC.
  (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section apply only
to persons or businesses licensed and in good standing with the
Construction Contractors Board.
  (3)(a) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 do
not apply to restricted energy electric activity involving
landscape irrigation control wiring and outdoor landscape
lighting installed by a business licensed under ORS 671.510 to
671.710.
  (b) A business exempt from licensing under this
 { - section - }  { +  subsection + } shall issue an
identification card to its landscape irrigation control wiring or
outdoor landscape lighting installer.  The form for the
identification card shall be provided by the State Landscape
Contractors Board. The identification card shall include the name
of the installer, the name and State Landscape Contractors Board
identification number of the landscaping business and the date of
issue of the identification card. The card shall be carried by
the installer at the job site when performing the allowed
electric installations.
   { +  (4) The licensure provisions of ORS 479.510 to 479.945 do
not apply to:
  (a) The prewiring of cable television or telephone systems; or
  (b) The prewiring, installation, alteration, replacement,
maintenance, replacement or repair of electrical products that do
not exceed 300 volt-amperes and that are subject to regulation
under ORS chapter 618, or electrical wiring for those electrical
products. + }
    { - (4) - }  { +  (5) + } All nonlicensure requirements of
ORS 479.510 to 479.945, including permits for and compliance with
the electrical specialty code { + , + } apply to activities
conducted under subsections (1) to   { - (3) - }   { + (4) + } of
this section. If any person or business repeatedly violates the
permit or code compliance requirements, in addition to any other
remedy, the board may suspend, condition or revoke a person's or
business's right to use this provision.
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