§448E-13 Exemption of public utility and community antennae television company personnel. [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2023. L 2013, c 65, §4; L 2018, c 60, §2.] (a) The following persons shall be exempt from this chapter:
(1) All employees of a public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State which is regulated by the public utilities commission and community antennae television company, while so employed; and
(2) Employees of an electrical contractor duly licensed under chapter 444; provided that:
(A) Such contractor is retained by a public utility within the State under a franchise or charter granted by the State which is regulated by the public utilities commission to perform high voltage (six hundred volts or higher) electrical work for the public utility; and
(B) Such employees are deemed qualified by the public utility to perform such high voltage electrical work;
provided further that in no circumstance shall such persons be less qualified than the public utility's own employees that perform such high voltage electrical work.
(b) Persons retained by a public utility pursuant to [subsection] (a)(2) shall be exempt from the provisions of section 444-9.5. [L 1971, c 183, §3; am L 1972, c 196, §6; am L 2013, c 65, §2]