BILL NUMBER: AB 1346	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Atkins

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to amend Section 3099 of the Labor Code, relating to
employment.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1346, as introduced, Atkins. Division of Apprenticeship
Standards: certification of electricians.
   Existing law requires the Division of Apprenticeship Standards in
the Department of Industrial Relations to establish standards for
certification of electricians, as defined, and requires the division
to establish an advisory committee and panels as necessary. Existing
law also requires the division to establish an electrical
certification curriculum committee. The committee must establish
standards for enrollees of specified training programs. If an
educational provider's curriculum meets those standards, the
committee must designate that curriculum as approved. The approved
curriculum is subject to the committee's review, and the committee
may withdraw its approval if the educational provider does not
continue to meet those standards. The committee must require a
designated provider to submit an annual notice stating whether the
provider continues to offer the approved curriculum and whether
material changes have been made to the curriculum since its approval.

   Existing law forbids discrimination for or against any person
based on membership or nonmembership in a union.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 3099 of the Labor Code is amended to read:
   3099.  (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards shall do all
of the following:
   (1) On or before July 1, 2001, establish and validate minimum
standards for the competency and training of electricians through a
system of testing and certification.
   (2) On or before March 1, 2000, establish an advisory committee
and panels as necessary to carry out the functions under this
section. There shall be contractor representation from both joint
apprenticeship programs and unilateral nonunion programs in the
electrical contracting industry.
   (3) On or before July 1, 2001, establish fees necessary to
implement this section.
   (4) On or before July 1, 2001, establish and adopt regulations to
enforce this section.
   (5) Issue certification cards to electricians who have been
certified pursuant to this section. Fees collected pursuant to
paragraph (3) are continuously appropriated in an amount sufficient
to pay the costs of issuing certification cards, and that amount may
be expended for that purpose by the division.
   (6) On or before July 1, 2003, establish an electrical
certification curriculum committee comprised of representatives of
the State Department of Education, the California Community Colleges,
and the division. The  following shall apply to the 
electrical certification curriculum committee  shall do all
of the following  :
   (A)  Establish   The committee shall
establish  written educational curriculum standards for
enrollees in training programs established pursuant to Section
3099.4.
   (B) If an educational provider's curriculum meets the written
educational curriculum standards established in accordance with
subparagraph (A),  the committee shall  designate that
curriculum as an approved curriculum of classroom instruction.
   (C)  At the committee's discretion,   The
  committee may  review the approved curriculum of
classroom instruction of any designated educational provider. The
committee may withdraw its approval of the curriculum if the
educational provider does not continue to meet the established
written educational curriculum standards.
   (D)  Require   The committee shall require
 each designated educational provider to submit an annual notice
to the committee stating whether the educational provider is
continuing to offer the approved curriculum of classroom instruction
and whether any material changes have been made to the curriculum
since its approval.
   (b) There shall be no discrimination for or against any person
based on membership or nonmembership in a union.
   (c) As used in this section, "electricians" includes all persons
who engage in the connection of electrical devices for electrical
contractors licensed pursuant to Section 7058 of the Business and
Professions Code, specifically, contractors classified as electrical
contractors in the Contractors' State License Board Rules and
Regulations. This section does not apply to electrical connections
under 100 volt-amperes. This section does not apply to persons
performing work to which Section 7042.5 of the Business and
Professions Code is applicable, or to electrical work ordinarily and
customarily performed by stationary engineers. This section does not
apply to electrical work in connection with the installation,
operation, or maintenance of temporary or portable electrical
equipment performed by technicians in the theatrical, motion picture
production, television, hotel, exhibition, or trade show industries.