SECOND REGULAR SESSION
92ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ANGST.
Pre-filed December 11, 2003, and copies ordered printed.
STEPHEN S. DAVIS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 71, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the licensing of electricians and plumbers in certain municipalities.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 71, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 71.215, to read as follows:
71.215. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 77.505, RSMo, any municipality in any county of the third classification may provide, by ordinance, for the licensing of persons who perform electrical work or plumbing work for compensation or holds himself or herself out as a qualified electrician or plumber within such municipality, regardless of whether such person is licensed to perform similar work in another jurisdiction.
2. Any municipality authorized to license persons who perform electrical work by this section may require a person to pass an electrical work examination that is approved by such municipality in order to receive such license.
3. Any municipality authorized to license persons who perform electrical work or plumbing work by this section may require the payment of a fee in order for a person to receive such license. Such fee shall be calculated so that the total of all fees collected shall not exceed the costs of administering this section.
4. Those persons performing electrical work as part of their employment by any utility, including, but not limited to, any such utility that is created or regulated pursuant to chapter 91, RSMo, chapter 393, RSMo, or chapter 394, RSMo, or as part of their employment by a railroad corporation, as defined in section 388.010, RSMo, shall not be subject to licensure pursuant to this section.
5. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to be licensed pursuant to this section, if such person is employed on a full-time basis by an employer to do electrical or plumbing installation or maintenance for such employer solely on such employer's own property. For the purposes of this subsection, "employer" includes both public and private entities.