00HOUSE BILL NO. 101                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to the adoption of the National Electrical Code and the                                                
02 National Electrical Safety Code."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 18.60.580 is repealed and reenacted to read:                                                        
05  Sec. 18.60.580.  MINIMUM ELECTRICAL STANDARDS.  Immediately after                                                     
06 the American National Standards Institute approves a new, published edition of the                                      
07 National Electrical Code or a new, published edition of the National Electrical Safety                                  
08 Code, the Department of Labor shall, by regulation, adopt the most recent codes to                                      
09 constitute the minimum electrical safety standards of the state.                                                        
10    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60.590(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
11  (a)  The department may by regulation adopt amendments to the [1990]                                                  
12 National Electrical Code as approved and issued by the American National Standards                                      
13 Institute.                                                                                                              
14    * Sec. 3.  Notwithstanding the amendment to AS 18.60.580 made by sec. 1 of this Act,                                 

01 until the Department of Labor adopts a regulation establishing an electrical code and an                                
02 electrical safety code for the state, the 1993 published edition of the National Electrical Code                        
03 (ANSI NFPA) approved by the American National Standards Institute on August 14, 1992,                                   
04 and the 1993 published edition of the National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C2-1993)                                    
05 approved by the American National Standards Institute on July 10, 1992, constitute the                                  
06 minimum electrical safety standards of the state.