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Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 32 MRSA §1101, sub-§7, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 119, §1, is repealed.
Sec. 2. 32 MRSA §1101, sub-§8, as enacted by PL 1999, c. 386, Pt. F, §1, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
 
8.  Utility corporation.    "Utility corporation" means a utility that is not a public utility, as defined in Title 35-A, section 102, or a person, firm or corporation subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Communications Commission.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 (page 1, lines 33 to 38 and page 2, lines 1 to 3 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2.  32 MRSA §1102, sub-§1-B  is enacted to read:
 
1-B.  Aboveground electric lines.    Electrical work in connection with the construction, installation, operation, repair or maintenance of any aboveground electric line capable of operating at one kilovolt or more.’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 3 (page 2, lines 4 to 9 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 3.  32 MRSA §1102, sub-§1-C  is enacted to read:
 
1-C.  Contractor.    An entity, including all employees of such an entity, to the extent the entity has contracted with a public utility, as described in this section, to perform services for the public utility, but only to the extent the public utility would be exempt from this chapter if it were performing the services directly through its employees; or’
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 6 (page 2, lines 19 to 24 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 6.  32 MRSA §1102-B, sub-§5, ¶B-1  is enacted to read:
 
B-1. The electrical work and equipment employed in connection with an aboveground electric line described in section 1102, subsection 1-B;’
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
 
SUMMARY
This amendment makes the following changes to the bill:
1. It strikes the generator exception in the bill and replaces it with an exception for electrical work on aboveground electric lines of one kilovolt or more;
2. It removes the references to "generator" in the exception for contractors in the bill; and
3. It repeals the definition of "public service corporation" since it is no longer used in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 32.