Sponsored by:
Senator ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT
District 31 (Hudson)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Greenstein
SYNOPSIS
Revises licensing requirements and out-of-State reciprocity for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's licenses.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Commerce Committee on December 12, 2024, with amendments.
An Act concerning reciprocity 1and licensure requirements1 for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's licenses and amending 1and supplementing1 P.L.2012, c.71.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. Section 8 of P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14H-8) is amended to read as follows:
8. The board 1[may] shall1 in its discretion grant licenses without examination to applicants so licensed by other states; provided that [equal reciprocity is provided for New Jersey licensed mechanics by the law of the applicant's domiciliary state and provided further that] the 1applicant’s1 domiciliary state's standards are equal to or comparable to those of this State 1or the applicant’s domiciliary state’s apprenticeship program is registered by the United States Department of Labor pursuant to 29 C.F.R. s.29.51.
(cf: P.L.2012, c.71, s.8)
12. Section 9 of P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14H-9) is amended to read as follows:
9. Notwithstanding any other provision of [this act] P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14H-1 et seq.) to the contrary, the board shall, upon application to it and submission of satisfactory proof and the payment of the prescribed fee within 12 months following the date sections 5, 10, and 12 of [this act] P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14H-5, 14H:10, and 14H-12) become operative, issue an elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic license without examination to any person, provided proof of one of the following subsections is provided:
a. Proof of acceptable work experience in the elevator, escalator, and moving walkway industry in the installation, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, service, or testing, or any combination thereof, as verified through previous and current employers and copies of filed income tax returns or W-2 or 1099 forms, and proof of successful passage of an examination for elevator mechanics offered by a nationally recognized training program for the elevator, escalator, and moving walkway industry, such as the National Elevator Industry Educational Program; a certificate of successful completion from the National Association of Elevator Contractors Certified Elevator Technician (NAEC CET) Program; or a certificate of successful completion of the joint apprentice and training committee of the elevator industry of Local 3, IBEW, EE division training program or an apprenticeship program for elevator mechanics, having standards substantially similar to those of these programs, and registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, the U.S. Department of Labor, or an equivalent program; or
b. Proof of acceptable work experience by the applicant in the elevator, escalator, and moving walkway industry in the installation, construction, alteration, repair, maintenance, service, or testing, or any combination thereof, without direct and immediate supervision, within the State for at least three years, as verified by previous and current employers or through building permits reflecting the applicant's name, or a company for which the applicant was an agent, or through proof of insurance or bonds issued covering the applicant, or letters of reference from construction code officials who have examined the applicant's work.1
(cf: P.L.2012, c.71, s.9)
13. (New section) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, rule, or regulation to the contrary, an individual who obtained a license in the State pursuant to section 1 of P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) and seeks renewal of a license in accordance with section 7 of P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14G-7) shall satisfy the continuing education requirement established by the board pursuant to subsection f. of section 3 of P.L.2012, c.71 (C.45:14H-3).1
1[2.] 4.1 This act shall take effect immediately.