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Electrical safety standards, administration, and installation
Chapter 296-46B, WAC
All updates for this rule:
296-46B
The purpose of this rule filing is to review the electrical rule for additions and revisions. The electrical rules are reviewed on a regular basis to: ensure the rules are consistent with the national consensus standards, industry practice, clarify the rules, and make fee changes. This rule filing is also to consider a fee increase of 5.20%, which is the Office of Financial Management’s maximum allowable fiscal growth rate factor for fiscal year 2010. We evaluated the program’s budget and projected revenue. The fee increase is necessary to help cover the cost of ongoing services of the electrical program. The changes were adopted 9/29/2009 and became effective on 10/31/2009.
10/31/2009 9/29/2009 8/26/2009 Public Hearing
8/26/2009 Comments Due
7/21/2009 4/21/2009
296-46B-955 and 296-46B-970
The purpose of the rulemaking is to amend language in WAC 296-46B-995, regarding appeals. The amendment will move the burden of proof from the appellant to the department for appeals heard before the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) or directly by the Electrical Board. An emergency rule was filed on December 4, 2007 to protect the general welfare of the public. This will make the emergency change permanent. Additional changes will be made to continuing education courses, to better accommodate electrical administrators, master electricians, electricians, and L&I. Renewing electrical administrators, master electricians, and electricians must now show that they have taken a NEC code update class on the currently adopted code. The change will allow a 7 month overlap period for taking either the 2005 or 2008 NEC code change update class required for renewal of an electrician or electrical administrator certificate. WAC 296-46B-955 is Effective 4/1/2008 and WAC 296-46B-970 is effective May 2, 2008. The changes were adopted 4/1/2008 and became effective on 5/2/2008.
5/2/2008 4/1/2008 3/12/2008 Comments Due
3/12/2008 Public Hearing
2/5/2008 12/4/2007
296-46B-995
The purpose of the emergency rule is to correct language in WAC 296-46B-995, regarding appeals. The emergency language will amend the burden of proof from the appellant to the department for appeals heard before the Office of Administrative Hearings (OAH) or directly by the Electrical Board. If there is an appeal from an OAH decision, the party aggrieved is responsible for the burden of proof.
12/4/2007
296-046B
The purpose of this rulemaking is to review the electrical rule for additions and revisions. The electrical rules are reviewed on a regular basis to: ensure the rules are consistent with the national consensus standards, industry practice, clarify the rules, and make fee changes. The changes were adopted 11/25/2008 and became effective on 12/31/2008.
12/31/2008 11/25/2008 9/29/2008 Public Hearing
9/29/2008 Comments Due
9/24/2008 Public Hearing
9/23/2008 Public Hearing
8/19/2008 11/6/2007
The rulemaking will extend the temporary inspection fee decrease until December 31, 2008
9/18/2007 8/20/2007 Comments Due
6/19/2007
The rulemaking will review the need for the “establishment of a new specialty electrician, a new specialty electrical contractor administrator, and a new specialty electrical contractor in order to do all necessary electrical work to install, service, repair or replace all heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and systems commonly done in the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry.”
5/22/2007
