[Adopted 5-28-1992, effective 7-1-1992]
As used in this article, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Any person who holds himself or herself out to the public
as a "journeyman electrician," who has completed his/her apprenticeship
to the satisfaction of a duly authorized union or agency and who must
be employed to perform his/her duties under the supervision of a firm
or individual who is licensed by the City of Buffalo as a master electrician.
A.
No person shall perform any electrical work as a journeyman electrician
in the City of Buffalo without being licensed as hereinafter provided.
B.
Any violation of this section shall be deemed to be the commission
of an unclassified misdemeanor and shall be punishable by a fine or
penalty of not more than $1,000 or by imprisonment for not more than
60 days, or by both such fine and imprisonment, for each such offense.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
Said license shall be in printed form, containing the words:
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City of Buffalo
Journeyman Electrician's License
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Date: _________________
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License No. __________ Fee __________ is hereby granted to ________________________
to perform electrical work as a journeyman electrician in the City
of Buffalo, pursuant to applicable codes of said City, and the rules
and regulations governing the installation of electrical work in said
City.
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Expires December 31, 20 _____
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Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services
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[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
A card containing the wording on the aforesaid license, with
blank spaces filled in, shall, at the time of issuance of said license
by the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services, be issued to
said applicant, who shall carry the same upon his person while in
the performance of the electrical work, and said card shall be exhibited,
upon demand, to any policeman or inspector of electrical work of said
City or to any owner or agent on any premises upon which said electrician
is doing work.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
Any person desiring to obtain a license to perform any electrical
work as a journeyman electrician in the City of Buffalo shall first
make application to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services
of said City, upon forms provided by said Commissioner, giving such
details as are required by the Commissioner. The application shall
contain:
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
Upon receipt of the aforesaid application, the Commissioner
of Permit and Inspection Services shall thereafter refer the same
to the Examining Board of Electricians of said City, as now or hereafter
constituted, for examination as to the qualifications of the applicant
to do electrical work. The Examining Board of Electricians shall return
to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services said application,
together with a statement of the Board's actions thereon.
In order to ascertain the qualifications of any applicant for
a license as journeyman electrician, as herein provided, said Examining
Board of Electricians, before registering said electrician, shall
require the applicant to pass a test or examination as to his/her
qualifications to do electrical work in said City. Said examination
or test shall be conducted by the Board itself or by a firm or agency
which has been selected by the Board pursuant to determination (by
the Board) that said firm or agency is qualified to prepare and/or
administer said examination on behalf of the Board.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
A.
Every applicant for a license as a journeyman electrician aforesaid,
after taking said examination and satisfactorily passing the same,
shall be entitled to register his/her name and address with said Board
under rules established by said Board. Upon so registering, said applicant
shall receive a certificate of registration from said Board, which
he/she shall present to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection
Services before receiving a license from said Commissioner. Upon receiving
said certificate of registration, the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection
Services may issue a license to said applicant to perform electrical
work as a journeyman electrician in the City of Buffalo.
B.
The Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services shall not issue
any license, as herein provided, to any applicant therefor unless
and until there has been filed in his office said application, together
with a statement of the action of the Examining Board of Electricians
and a certificate of registration in the name of the applicant, signed
by the Examining Board of Electricians.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
The Commissioner of Permit and Inspection Services may revoke
any license issued to any person under the provisions of this article
for cause after a hearing upon three days' notice to said person.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
City of Buffalo Electrical Inspectors shall report, in writing,
to the City of Buffalo Chief Electrical Inspector in the Department
of Inspections and Community Revitalization, or in whatever City agency
the Chief Electrical Inspector may be employed at the time, the name
of any journeyman electrician found installing any electrical work
in the City of Buffalo without a certificate of registration or a
license, as herein required, and said Chief Electrical Inspector shall
then refer the matter to the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection
Services for said Commissioner's action. The Commissioner of
Permit and Inspection Services shall thereafter inform, in writing,
said Chief Electrical Inspector of the result of any action taken
by him/her as aforesaid against any such unlicensed journeyman electrician.
[Amended 5-22-1995, effective 6-2-1995]
The fee for a journeyman electrician's license and the fee for each renewal of said license shall be as provided in Chapter 175, Fees. Each said license shall expire on the 31st day of the second December following the issuance of said license and shall be renewable thereafter biennially on the 31st day of December. The Examining Board of Electricians shall charge a fee as provided in Chapter 175, Fees, for each examination prepared and administered by said Board or shall direct examination candidates to make payment of a fee, in an amount approved by said Board, directly to an outside firm duly selected by said Board for the purpose of preparing and administering said examination on behalf of the Board.
[Amended 12-9-2003, effective 12-19-2003]
Every holder of a valid license hereunder shall, prior to December
31 of each year, make application to the Commissioner of Permit and
Inspection Services for a renewal of the same. No renewal of said
license shall be granted by the Commissioner of Permit and Inspection
Services unless the applicant presents with his/her application for
a renewal of license a certificate of registration obtained from the
Examining Board of Electricians of said City. The renewal of said
license shall be in the discretion of the Commissioner of Permit and
Inspection Services who may for a reasonable length of time stay the
renewal thereof pending investigation of any complaints or charges
made against the applicant. No rebate of any portion of said annual
renewal, however, shall be allowed pending such stay of license.
A.
In order to establish a record of his/her beginning an apprenticeship,
every electrical apprentice or learner, regardless of age, who contemplates
filing an application for a journeyman electrician license shall,
within 60 days after the beginning of such apprenticeship, register
with the Examining Board of Electricians on a blank furnished by said
Board, setting forth the date on which the apprenticeship was begun,
by whom employed or the trade school which he/she has attended and
such other information as the Board may require, and which registration
shall constitute a record of his/her apprenticeship and of his/her
right to file an application for examination and license subject to
the provisions of the application, sworn statement and the ordinances
covering journeyman electrician licenses.
B.
An apprentice cannot be placed in charge of work of installing electrical
work and do such work along, neither can such apprentice install electrical
work under the supervision of a master electrician when such master
electrician is not also physically present and taking an active part
in the installation.
