IEC Legislative Issues
IEC Legislative Agenda 2010
Statewide Electrical License
- Establish a statewide electrical licensing board and license
- License Portability – remove the old portability language and replace with new license.
Apprenticeship Program Financing
- Support legislation that makes our A&T program eligible for State educational scholarships, grants, and loans.
Prevailing Wage
- Oppose any expansion of the law beyond current statute beyond the fixes made in 2007.
Historic Preservation Tax Credits
- Support maintaining funding for economic development tax credits.
- Oppose any expansion of PW laws to cover TIF projects.
Tax Increment Financing (TIF)
- Support the use of TIFs as an economic development tool to increase construction jobs.
- Oppose any expansion of PW laws to cover TIF projects.
Worker Safety
- Support legislation that establishes reasonable standards for workplace safety.
- Oppose efforts in St. Louis City to impose standards which are meant to exclude our members and their employees