SB 607, as amended, Bates. Certified electricians: skilled journeyperson.
Existing law requires the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to maintain minimum standards for the competency and training of electricians through a system of testing and certification.
Existing law also sets forth requirements for the use of a skilled and trained workforce of all workers that are either skilled journeypersons or registered apprentices to perform specified work on state agency design-build projects, local agency design-build projects, and at certain stationary sources posing a regulated substances accident risk.
This bill would deembegin delete anend deletebegin insert a generalend insert electrician certified pursuant to those
standards a skilled journeyperson for purposes of any law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 108.6 is added to the Labor Code, to
2read:
Notwithstanding any other law,begin delete anend deletebegin insert a generalend insert electrician
2certified pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed a skilled
3journeyperson for purposes of any law.
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