Bill Text: CT HB05335 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Criminal History Records Checks For Residential Security Systems Installers, Servicers And Repairers.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-06 - Public Hearing 03/11 [HB05335 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05335-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 5335
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1710
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Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)

AN ACT CONCERNING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORDS CHECKS FOR RESIDENTIAL SECURITY SYSTEMS INSTALLERS, SERVICERS AND REPAIRERS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (i) of section 20-334a of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2015):

(i) The Electrical Work Board shall authorize any person to install, service and repair residential security systems limited to twenty-five volts and five amperes in one to three-family residential dwellings, provided the person is in the employ of an electrical contractor holding an E-1 unlimited contractor license or an L-5 contractor license issued pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section and the person has successfully completed an apprenticeship and training program established and approved by the Labor Department with the advice of the Connecticut State Apprenticeship Council. On and after January 1, 2015, the Department of Consumer Protection shall require any person seeking an initial authorization under this subsection to submit to a request for state and national criminal history records checks conducted in accordance with section 29-17a before such initial authorization is issued. No initial authorization may be issued under this subsection on or after January 1, 2015, unless the department has received the results of such criminal history records checks. Any person authorized to work under this subsection shall not perform telecommunications electrical work, as defined in section 20-340b, with the exception of work involving interface wiring from a residential security system to an existing telephone connection for monitoring purposes. Any person who is authorized to work under this subsection shall, no later than fifteen months after being issued said authorization, secure an L-6 limited electrical journeyperson's license pursuant to subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	January 1, 2015	20-334a(i)

Statement of Purpose:

To require state and national criminal history records checks for certain residential security system installers, servicers and repairers.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]