ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
Any person, firm, limited liability company or corporation engaged in the business of installing or altering by contract electrical equipment and apparatus for utilization of electricity supplied for light, heat, or power, not including radio apparatus or equipment for wireless reception of sounds and signals and not including apparatus, conductors, and other equipment installed for or by public utilities including common carriers, which are under the jurisdiction of the Illinois Commerce Commission, for use in their operation as public utilities but the term "Electrical Contractor" does not include employees employed by such contractor to do or supervise such work.
[Ord. No. 2013-68]
A. 
All electrical work in the City shall be done by a licensed electrical contractor or his employees except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Before any person, firm, limited liability company or corporation shall engage in the business of electrical contracting in the City, said entity shall continue in said business of electrical contracting in the City, such person, firm, or corporation shall be required to have a license and pay a license fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees yearly, which license issued thereunder shall expire on the 31st day of December of the year in which it was issued. The City Clerk shall keep a suitable record of all registrations.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
B. 
Nothing in this Code shall prevent a builder-occupant of a single-family residence from installing or doing electrical work in such residence, including accessories, without an Electrical Contractor license; however, a builder-occupant is subject to all other provisions of this Code.
C. 
To qualify as an owner-occupant, the single-family residence to be worked on must be resided in by the owner-occupant for a period of at least one year from the date an occupancy certificate is issued or final inspection is completed.
[Ord. No. 2013-68]
A. 
Any person, firm, limited liability company or corporation desiring to engage in the business of electrical contracting shall apply for a license to the Economic & Community Development Department, stating the name and place of business of the applicant and the name of the representative of the applicant who will act as supervisor of the work to be done under the license. Such applicant shall be at least 18 years of age shall supply a satisfactory affidavit that the applicant has had at least four years of experience being employed full-time as an Electrician or Electrician Helper installing and altering electrical wiring and apparatus for a licensed electrical contractor, with at least two of those years of experience just prior to the time of application.
[Ord. No. 2017-96; 8-10-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-53]
B. 
Each applicant for a license under this section must have passed an examination within the past six years prior to the issuance of such license. Candidates for the Electrical Contractor License must pass the "Standard Master Electrician" examination administered by the International Code Council and/or its designated testing agent and submit proof of passing or provide proof of passing of a local exam through a standing municipal electrical commission equal to the Standard Master Electrician examination. In the event any applicant fails to pass said examination, he shall not present himself for reexamination before six months shall elapse from the date of his last examination.
[Ord. No. 2013-68; 10-12-2020 by Ord. No. 2020-67]
C. 
Any person, firm, limited liability company or corporation who shall have filed proper application, paid the fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, passed the examination referred to in Subsection B and placed on file with the City Clerk a certificate of liability insurance in an amount not less than $300,000 aggregate bodily injury, $100,000 aggregate property damage, shall be entitled to receive a license to do electrical work and to engage in the business of electrical contracting in the City.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
D. 
A license issued under this section can be suspended or revoked by the Building Board of Appeals, for repeated failure to perform work properly or for refusal to correct work that has been installed improperly when directed to do so by the Electrical Inspector.
[Ord. No. 2013-68]
E. 
The Building Board of Appeals may issue a limited license to a person, firm, limited liability company or corporation licensed as a heating contractor in the City of Bloomington. The Certificate would permit the holder to do branch circuit electrical power wiring to new heating or cooling equipment being installed in existing residential buildings. The work to be performed under this limited certificate shall include not more than the actual branch circuitry required to serve or connect four ton or less of air conditioning or five horse power of air conditioning and heating combined, or 7,000 watts of air conditioning and heating combined. This certificate shall not permit the installation of wiring for electric heating equipment which uses electricity as the primary source of fuel, and/or heat through the use of resistance type elements or other electricity-to-heat-converter systems. The examination for this license shall be the "Standard Maintenance Electrician" examination administered by the International Code Council or its designated testing agent. The application fee shall be in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees. The annual renewal fee shall be as set forth in the Schedule of Fees.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
A. 
No person, firm, limited liability company or corporation granted a license under provisions of this division shall install, repair or perform any wiring after the expiration of the license or after the license has been suspended or revoked by the Building Board of Appeals, as herein provided. Any person having secured an Electrical Contractor's license under the conditions above set forth shall be granted a renewal of such license, provided application is made to the Electrical Inspector by the holder of such license and upon payment of an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees with such renewal request.
B. 
All licenses shall expire on the 31st day of December of each year, and a renewal shall be obtained on or before January 31st of the following year.
C. 
Any licenses forfeited for nonpayment of the renewal fee may be reinstated upon the payment of the annual renewal fee as set forth in the Schedule of Fees, plus $25 for each month, or portion of a month that such delinquency has continued; provided, however, that after the same has been delinquent and not in force on March 1st of the following year, then the same shall be null and void and shall not be renewed.
D. 
A license will be automatically put in an inactive status after a period of 12 months consecutive inactivity and except as herein provided, the Building Board of Appeals is permitted to reissue the holder's license without reexamination. The Electrical Contractor's license inactive status can remain with payment of the annual renewal fee in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees. The twelve-month period will start at the end of the year during which the contractor was last active in Bloomington.
E. 
Such inactive license may be reinstated if the contractor furnishes satisfactory evidence that his qualifications meet the standards for issuance of a license, and places on file with the City Clerk, a current certificate of liability insurance in an amount not less than $300,000 aggregate bodily injury, $100,000 aggregate property damage.
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
[Ord. No. 2018-89]
Any person, firm, limited liability company or corporation who is licensed for the current year in any jurisdiction where the requirements of licensing are substantially equal to the requirements in force in this City and such jurisdiction extends a similar privilege to the persons licensed under this Electrical Code, shall not be required to take an examination, but shall pay a annual registration fee in an amount as set forth in the Schedule of Fees as provided in this chapter. Such reciprocal registration must include and place on file with the City Clerk a current certificate of liability insurance in an amount not less than $300,000 aggregate bodily injury, $100,000 aggregate property damage, to engage in electrical contracting for such year in this City, and shall file a current copy of his license with the Electrical Inspector.
[Ord. No. 2008-17]
Any person, firm, or corporation that shall do any electrical work, or that shall engage in the business of electrical contractor without obtaining a license as herein provided for or that shall re-violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 for each offense and a separate and distinct offense shall be regarded as committed every day on which such person, firm, or corporation shall continue to operate contrary to the provisions of this chapter.