Governor Rell signed off today on the implementer bill which included language submitted by Connecticut Speaker of the House Jim Amann.  The language, as previously reported consists of the following:

Sec. 48. Section 20-334d of the general statutes is amended by adding
subsection (d) as follows (Effective from passage):
(NEW) (d) Any plumber who has served an apprenticeship that included at
least seven hundred hours of related classroom instruction shall be exempt
from any continuing education requirement established pursuant to subsection
(c) of this section.
Sec. 49. Section 29-6b of the general statutes is repealed and the following
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2005):

This is an explanation of the language in the legislative research report.
§ 48 - CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PLUMBERS
This bill exempts plumbers who have served apprenticeships that included at
least 700 hours of related classroom instruction from continuing education
requirements. By law, the Department of Consumer Protection commissioner
must adopt regulations to establish requirements for accredited continuing
professional education for plumbers. They require plumbers to take at least
three and as much as nine hours of continuing education per year, depending
on the type of license the plumber holds.
EFFECTIVE DATE: Upon passage

 

I expect The Department of Consumer will have input to the above.

 

Jim Amann went out of his way to insert this language for some reason.

 

Please take the time to thank elected officials who tried their best to overturn the original legislation.

 

Special thanks are in order to Senator Tom Colapietro a man of his word

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Regards from New London

Murray "The Eye"