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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - HOISTING ENGINEERS

     Introduced By: Representatives Edwards, Diaz, Winfield, Guthrie, and Blazejewski

     Date Introduced: April 23, 2013

     Referred To: House Labor

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 28-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-26 entitled "Hoisting

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Engineers" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     28-26-7. Application for license -- Examination. -- (a) Each person who desires to act

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as a steam, internal combustion engines, electric, or compressed air hoisting engineer shall make

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application to the division for a license upon a form furnished to him or her, submit a notarized

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list of work experience, and shall pass an examination on the construction and operation of steam,

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electric, internal combustion engines, and compressed air engines and machinery. Applications

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for examinations must be received fifteen (15) working days prior to the examination date.

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      (b) Any person applying for a license and who knowingly makes any misstatement as to

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his or her work experience or other qualifications shall be subject to the penalties provided for in

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section 28-26-11.

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      (c) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as

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required in subsection (a) above, any person applying for a full license, a hydraulic crane license,

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or a lattice crane license shall also be required to include a valid medical health card with their

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application. A separate notarized statement shall also be attached to the application, and shall

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contain all work related experience, including all equipment trained on and/or operated.

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Beginning on January 1, 2014, any new applicant for a new full license, a hydraulic crane license,

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or a lattice crane license, as defined in Rule 2 of the department of labor and training's rules and

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regulations, shall also be required to have possessed for at least three (3) years prior to the filing

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of the application, a certificate of registration in full force and effect from the Rhode Island

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department of labor and training specifying that person as a registered apprentice hoisting

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engineer and the application of that applicant is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of his

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or her employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the

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applicant has been actually engaged in hoisting work as an apprentice hoisting engineer in the

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state of Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours of on the job training during a three (3) year

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period, which shall include the successful completion of four hundred thirty-two (432) hours of

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related instruction at a training program recognized by the department of labor and training. Any

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existing persons/licensees holding a full license, a hydraulic crane license, or a lattice crane

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license shall be exempt from this requirement.

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      (d) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as

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required in subsection (a) above, any person applying for a construction forklift license or a full

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license shall also be required to include a copy of their OSHA forklift certification with their

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application.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N A C T

RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS - HOISTING ENGINEERS

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     This act would require participation in an apprentice program and other requirements to

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obtain a new full license, a hydraulic crane license, or a lattice crane license.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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