HRS § 448E-13 - Exemption of public utility and community antennae television company personnel

(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]