No person shall engage in the business of installing, repairing
or removing electrical wiring and equipment without first securing
from the electrical inspector a master electrician's license or an
electrical sign manufacturer's license.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-41)
Any person desiring a master electrician's license or an electrical
sign manufacturer's license shall make application in writing to the
electrical inspector requesting an examination covering such license.
The application shall be accompanied by the fees as set by the city
council and on file in the office of the city secretary.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-42)
A written examination shall be given each applicant for a license
under this article within fifteen (15) days after the application
is filed or as soon thereafter as possible. A grade of seventy-five
(75) percent shall be the lowest passing grade. Examination papers
shall be reviewed and graded by the examining board and the applicant
shall be notified of the results of same within forty-five (45) days
after taking the examination. Applicants failing in the first examination
shall not be given another until the expiration of three (3) months.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-43)
(a) In instances
where a master, electrician or electrical sign manufacturer from another
municipality wishes to engage in business in the City of Hillsboro,
he may secure a license from the City of Hillsboro without an examination
by presenting the following documents:
(1) A current
master electrician's certificate from his own community and copies
of at least ten (10) permits from that community issued in the past
twelve (12) months;
(2) Proof
of required insurance and bond; and
(3) A letter
from the electrical inspector in the municipality where he holds his
license stating that the license of a master electrician from Hillsboro
will be honored under the same circumstances.
(b) In instances
where a master electrician or electrical sign manufacturer from another
municipality wishes to enter into a specific contract to perform electrical
work for a project in the City of Hillsboro, he may secure a permit
from the City of Hillsboro by presenting the following documents:
(1) A current
master electrician's certificate from his own community and copies
of at least ten (10) permits from that community issued in the past
twelve (12) months;
(2) Proof
of required insurance and bond; and
(3) A letter
from the electrical inspector in the municipality where he holds his
license stating that the license of a master electrician from the
City of Hillsboro will be honored under the same circumstances.
(c) A fee as set by the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary will be charged under subsection
(b) in addition to the inspection fees charged as a normal cost of the permit per Section 3.576 of this code. In the event such master electrician or electrical sign manufacturer wishes to conduct continuing electrical business in the City of Hillsboro and to apply for a license, the fee set by the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary will be applied toward that license.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-44)
The examination fee for a master electrician's certificate shall
be set by the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary
and the registration fee shall also be set by the city council and
on file in the office of the city secretary. In the event the applicant
fails to pass, the registration fee as set by the city council shall
be returned to him. The examination be for an electrical sign manufacturer's
certificate shall be set by the city council and on file in the office
of the city secretary and the registration fee shall also be set by
the city council and on file in the office of the city secretary.
In the event the applicant fails to pass, the registration fee as
set by the city council shall be returned to him.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-45)
Each person holding a master electrician's or electrical sign
manufacturer's license under this article shall file a bond in the
amount of two thousand dollars ($2,000.00), payable to the city, which
bond shall guarantee that all electrical work installed by the master
electrician or electrical sign manufacturer will be done in accordance
with the rules and regulations as set forth in this article, will
comply in all respects with the provisions of the building and electrical
codes of the city for the current year and shall guarantee payment
of any and all fees that may become due and owed by the master electrician
or electrical sign manufacturer. Such bond shall indemnify and protect
any person with whom the master electrician or electrical sign manufacturer
contracts to do work for from damages sustained on account of the
failure of the master electrician or electrical sign manufacturer
to perform the work so contracted for, and shall indemnify and protect
the city against all costs and expense which may in any way accrue
against the city in consequence of the operation covered by any certificate
issued by the electrical inspector. Such bond shall guarantee the
payment of all damages for personal injuries to anyone on account
of any excavation made in or any obstruction placed upon any sheet
or sidewalk in the city by anyone while engaged in and about the performance
of such work and all damages for injury in or encroachment upon the
property of abutting lot owners or other persons in constructing the
improvements or doing the work herein mentioned. Such bond shall further
guarantee the defense of all suits and hold the city harmless from
any and all loss or damage on account of either personal injuries
or injuries to property.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-46)
Every master electrician and electrical sign manufacturer shall
renew his license on or before January thirty-first of each year.
The yearly renewal fee for such license shall be set by the city council
and on file in the office of the city secretary. All master electricians
and electrical sign manufacturers failing to renew their licenses
by January thirty-first of any year shall be required to pay an additional
sum as set by the city council as a penalty for failure to renew the
license by such date. Any master electrician or electrical sign manufacturer
who fails to renew his license by the thirtieth day of December next
following its expiration on January thirty-first shall thereafter
be required to comply with all provisions of this article before a
new license will be issued.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-47)
Any license granted under this article may be revoked, upon
recommendation of the electrical examining and appeal board if the
holder thereof violates any provision of this article or other ordinance
or law relating to electrical wiring or is guilty of electrical construction
which is hazardous to life and property, or transfers or allows, directly
or indirectly, other persons to operate or obtain permits to do work
under his license. When a license is revoked a new license will not
be granted to the same person for a period of at least one year unless
otherwise provided by the board.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-48)
An electrical sign manufacturer's license shall entitle the
holder thereof to engage in the business of and secure permits for
the installation and alteration of any electrical sign display or
outline lighting on what is known as the secondary or high voltage
side of transformers. Nothing herein shall change or affect the right
of master electricians to secure permits for and hang electric signs
and do all wiring necessary therefor.
(1974 Code of Ordinances, Chapter 10, Section 10-49)