Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 3158 (State of New Jersey, December 12, 2024)

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Senate Commerce Committee statement to Senate, No. 3158 with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated December 12, 2024. The committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3158, which as amended revises the licensure requirements for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic’s licenses, including out-of-State reciprocity. The statement says the bill removes the requirement of equal reciprocity, so the board may grant licenses without examination to applicants with comparable licenses in other states. It says an individual who obtains a license through reciprocity is to complete the continuing education requirements in New Jersey to qualify for renewal.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                    STATEMENT TO

                  SENATE, No. 3158
                   with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                   DATED: DECEMBER 12, 2024

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 3158.
   As amended, this bill revises the requirements concerning
licensure for elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's
licenses, including provisions regarding out-of-State reciprocity.
   Current law provides that the Elevator, Escalator, and Moving
Walkway Mechanics Licensing Board may 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 that the domiciliary state's standards are equal to or comparable
to those of New Jersey.
   This bill removes the requirement of equal reciprocity, thereby
allowing the board to grant licenses without examination to
applicants with comparable licenses in other states, provided that
the domiciliary state's standards are equal to or comparable to those
of this State, even if the domiciliary state does not provide
reciprocity to New Jersey licensees, or that the domiciliary state’s
apprenticeship program is registered by the United States Department
of Labor. The bill further stipulates that an individual who obtains a
license through reciprocity and seeks renewal of the license is to
complete the continuing education requirements in New Jersey to
qualify for renewal. Additionally, the bill expands the types of
certification that may be completed to qualify an individual to obtain a
license through the board.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS
    The committee amended the bill to:
    (1) provide that applicants with comparable licenses in other
states can obtain a New Jersey license without examination if an
apprenticeship program in the applicant’s domiciliary state is
registered by the United States Department of Labor;
    (2) expand the type of certification that may be completed to
qualify for licensure through the board to include certification by the
National Association of Elevator Contractors Certified Elevator
Technician Program; or the joint apprentice and training committee of
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the elevator industry of Local 3, IBEW, EE division training program
or an apprenticeship program for elevator mechanics; and
    (3) stipulate that an out-of-State individual who obtains an
elevator, escalator, and moving walkway mechanic's license without
examination is to complete the continuing education requirements in
New Jersey to qualify for renewal of the license.


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