§448E-13  Exemption of public utility and community antennae television company personnel.  [Repeal and reenactment on June 30, 2018.  L 2013, c 65, §4.]  (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]