Comments on: What a Difference Five Minutes Makes

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:50:24 +0000

The amendment would take out the handyman exemption and would allow any non licensed, bonded, or insured handyman to do plumbing or electrical work beyond the current limited scope.

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:47:50 +0000

My colleague was trying to amend the handyman exemption portion of the bill, around lines 330. The apprenticeship portion is not controversial, but the other aspect has been debated back and forth for several years. It basically comes down to who should be allowed to perform plumbing and electrical functions: a fully licensed, bonded, and insured plumber/electrician or a handyman who may or may not have the necessary expertise and is not licensed or insured? There are exemptions to the licensing requirement outlined in the bill for owners or their employees, those performing the service without compensation, and others. The ‘advocate’ was not a lobbyist, but a constituent who had an interest in the bill and had helped in the drafting. Good questions!

By: Rae Johnson

Rae Johnson — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:18:45 +0000

Would you share what part of the bill this representative was trying to negate? Is the word ‘advocate’ and ‘lobbyist’ interchangeable? The bill looks pretty straight forward to me. What would the proposed amendment do or change? I thank you for keeping this citizen informed!

By: Cynthia Peterson

Cynthia Peterson — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:01:38 +0000

Good Luck! I feel confident with you leading our district to make sagacious votes and comments.