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1995 SESSION


SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 321
Requesting that the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation study the feasibility of including carpenters and masons in the Tradesmen Certification Program.

Agreed to by the Senate, February 23, 1995
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, February 22, 1995

WHEREAS, the Tradesmen Certification Program was created by Chapter 895 of the 1994 Acts of Assembly (House Bill 472); and

WHEREAS, the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR) administers the Tradesmen Certification Program pursuant to § 54.1-1128 et seq. of the Code of Virginia; and

WHEREAS, a "tradesman" is defined as a person who works in the electrical, plumbing and heating, ventilation and air-conditioning trades; and

WHEREAS, carpenters and masons were not included in the Tradesmen Certification Program as the legislation worked its way through the legislative process in 1994; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation be requested to study the feasibility of including carpenters and masons in the Tradesmen Certification Program.

The Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation shall complete its work in time to submit its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the 1996 Session of the General Assembly as provided in the procedures of the Division of Legislative Automated Systems for the processing of legislative documents.