[Ord. No. A-549,2020]
A. 
No person shall work or engage in business as an electrical contractor in the City without an electrical contractor's license issued by the City. Such a license shall be issued only to a qualified person.
B. 
In this Section "qualified person" means:
1. 
An individual who holds a valid journeyman electrician's certificate issued by the City; or
2. 
A person who employs an individual who holds a valid journeyman electrician's certificate issued by the City.
C. 
An electrical contractor's license shall be suspended if its holder ceased to be a qualified person. The license shall be reinstated upon its holder again becoming a qualified person.
D. 
Before any person is granted a license under this Article, such person shall file a certificate of insurance with the City certifying public liability insurance in an amount as provided by the Missouri State Statutes; and such person shall also be required to file a certificate of insurance for workers' compensation coverage or an affidavit, the form of which shall be developed by the Division of Labor and Industrial Relations for the State of Missouri, signed by the applicant attesting that the contractor is exempt from such requirement and no business license shall be issued to any electrical contractor applicant failing to provide such certificate of insurance or affidavit.
E. 
A fee of one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) shall be paid to the City prior to the original issuance of a contractor's license. A fee of one hundred dollars ($100.00) shall be paid to the City upon the renewal of the license.
F. 
Electrical contractor's licenses expire at the end of the calendar year for which they are issued.
G. 
Notwithstanding Subsection (B), a non-resident electrical contractor may be issued a temporary license if he/she or one (1) of his/her employees holds a valid journeyman electrician's license issued by another municipality. Notwithstanding Subsection (F), is valid until the job on which the contractor is working is completed. No portion of the annual license fee shall be refunded upon expiration of the license.
[Ord. No. A-549,2020]
An electrical contractor shall have a permanent place of business.
[Ord. No. A-549,2020]
A. 
No person shall work as a journeyman electrician in the City unless he/she holds a journeyman electrician's certificate issued by the City.
B. 
Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no person shall be issued such a certificate unless he or she provides a copy of the of Block, Experior, or Thompson Prometric test scores. The Electrical Inspector may grant a license without examination, upon the payment of the stated fees, to a holder of a substantially equivalent license from another jurisdiction upon satisfying himself/herself that the standards and qualifications are required by the other jurisdiction are substantially equivalent to those required by him/her. No examination is required to obtain a renewal license.
C. 
No journeyman electrician shall be permitted to use his/her certificate in order to qualify more than one (1) electrical contractor's license at any time.
D. 
Certificates expire at the end of the calendar year for which they are issued. Certificates may be renewed in January of each year without examination upon payment to the City of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
E. 
Any electrical worker who prior to the effective date of this Code was engaged in the trade as a journeyman electrician who furnishes satisfactory proof of his/her qualifications to the City staff shall be issued a certificate without examination upon payment of a fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
F. 
In the event that the holder of a certificate abandons his/her profession for a period of two (2) years or more, even though he/she may apply for registration each year, he/she shall be required to be examined in order to renew his/her registration. Upon passing the examination no further examination is required unless such person again abandons his/her profession.
G. 
A certificate may be revoked by the Board if the holder of such certificate willfully or persistently violates the provisions of this Chapter.
H. 
The Electrical Inspector may revoke a certificate if he/she finds that the holder of the certificate is incompetent or has willfully or persistently violated this Chapter. Prior to doing so the inspector shall give the certificate holder five (5) days' written notice of a hearing at which the inspector shall decide the matter. Such revocation shall be for a period of not less than thirty (30) days or more than two (2) years.
I. 
The Electrical Inspector may issue temporary certificates to journeymen electricians without examination, provided the applicant for the certificate produces satisfactory evidence that he/she is a qualified journeyman electrician. A fee of ten dollars ($10.00) shall be paid to the City for such certificate. Such a certificate shall expire ninety (90) days after issuance and may not be renewed. Prior to expiration of the certificate the holder must pass the certification examination.
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Each journeyman electrician shall register his/her place of employment with the Electrical Inspector. Whenever a journeyman electrician leaves or is discharged from the employ of an electrical contractor who is required to have a journeyman in his/her employ, both the contractor and the journeyman shall give immediate notice of such fact to the Electrical Inspector.
[Ord. No. A-549,2020]
A. 
All apprentice electrical workers and apprentice electricians shall register with the Electrical Inspector. Such registration shall show the name of the applicant, his/her age, address, name of present employer and past employment record as a means of determining the actual date of the beginning of the apprenticeship. No apprentice electrician shall undertake any electrical work without first procuring a certificate of apprenticeship from the Electrical Inspector.
B. 
No apprenticeship shall do electrical work within the City except under the direct supervision of a journeyman electrician.