2024 -- S 2474 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS | |
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Introduced By: Senators Ciccone, Burke, Britto, Bissaillon, and F. Lombardi | |
Date Introduced: February 12, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Labor | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 28-26-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 28-26 entitled "Hoisting |
2 | Engineers" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 28-26-7. Application for license — Examination. |
4 | (a) Each person who desires to act as a steam, internal combustion engines, electric, or |
5 | compressed air hoisting engineer shall make application to the division for a license upon a form |
6 | furnished to him or her, submit a notarized list of work experience, have possessed for at least three |
7 | (3) years prior to filing of the application, a certificate of registration in full force and effect from |
8 | the department of labor and training specifying that person as a registered apprentice hoisting |
9 | engineer and the application of that applicant is accompanied with an affidavit or affidavits of their |
10 | employer or former employers or other reasonably satisfactory evidence showing that the applicant |
11 | has actually been engaged in hoisting work as an apprentice hoisting engineer in the State of Rhode |
12 | Island for six thousand (6,000) hours of on the job training during a three (3) year period, which |
13 | shall include the successful completion of one hundred twenty (120) hours of related instruction at |
14 | a training program recognized by the department of labor and training, and shall pass an |
15 | examination on the construction and operation of steam, electric, internal combustion engines, and |
16 | compressed air engines and machinery. Applications for examinations must be received fifteen (15) |
17 | working days prior to the examination date. |
18 | (b) Any person applying for a license who knowingly makes any misstatement as to his or |
19 | her work experience or other qualifications shall be subject to the penalties provided for in § 28- |
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1 | 26-11. |
2 | (c) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as |
3 | required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a full license, a hydraulic crane |
4 | license, or a lattice crane license shall also be required to include a valid medical health card with |
5 | their application. A separate notarized statement shall also be attached to the application, and shall |
6 | contain all work-related experience, including all equipment trained on and/or operated. |
7 | (d) In addition to the requirements for submitting an application for examination, as |
8 | required in subsection (a) of this section, any person applying for a construction forklift license or |
9 | a full license shall also be required to include a copy of their OSHA forklift certification with their |
10 | application. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO LABOR AND LABOR RELATIONS -- HOISTING ENGINEERS | |
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1 | This act would amend the examination requirements for a hoisting engineers license. The |
2 | new requirements would include a department of labor and training certificate of registration for at |
3 | least three (3) years prior, and an affidavit from former employers indicating the applicant worked |
4 | as an apprentice hoisting engineer in Rhode Island for six thousand (6,000) hours over the three (3) |
5 | years, which would include one hundred twenty (120) hours of instruction at a training program |
6 | recognized by the department of labor and training. |
7 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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