(A) Forfeiture of license. Any electrician who shall be guilty of violation of any of the rules and regulations adopted by the City Council shall forfeit his or her license, such violations shall be determined by the City Council at a hearing to be held at any regular or special meeting. A forfeiture of the license of any electrician shall operate as a suspension of the license held by the co-partner in the same business, or by any person in his, her or their employ.
(1976 Code, § 10-403)
(B) Quality of work. All electrical work shall be skillfully done and in the manner required by the City Council and shall be subject to inspection and approval; the quality and pattern of all appurtenances shall, in like manner, be subject to approval.
(1976 Code, § 10-404)
(C) License required. No person shall install any electric apparatus within the corporate limits without first having obtained a license to do so as hereinafter provided. In addition, no licensed electrical contractor, master electrician or journeyman electrician may lend his or her license to any person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another. The Electrical Inspector shall recommend and the Examining Board shall issue licenses to those persons who have been issued a valid and unexpired electrician’s license by the state; provided, said persons shall have complied with the other terms and conditions precedent to the issuance of licenses as required in this subchapter. In the event that the applicant holds a license issued by the state, the license required herein shall be in the form of an occupation tax certificate. Application for a license shall be made to the Utilities Superintendent in writing showing the name and residence of the applicant, the business location of the applicant and such other information as may be required.
(1976 Code, § 10-405)
(D) Examination.
(1) In the event that the applicant is not a holder of a valid and unexpired license issued by the state, or holds a current license which is of a classification less than the classification needed to do the work proposed, the applicant shall submit to an examination to determine his or her fitness and competency for executing the work covered by the license for which application is made, which examination shall be given by the Examining Board for Electricians. Upon payment of the required fees, such applicant shall receive such license, after having shown himself or herself to be fit, competent and qualified to the satisfaction of the Examining Board by said examination to receive such license. Any person who fails to pass the required examination shall not be eligible to take the examination again until six months have elapsed, but, within six months, he or she may take an examination for a lesser grade of license.
(2) The examination shall consist of two parts:
(a) Written examination, which shall count as 50%; and
(b) Personal interview and past experience, which shall count as 50%.
(3) The examination shall be passed to the satisfaction of the Examining Board. A grade of 75% shall be considered as passing. An examination fee set by resolution of the governing body shall be paid to the Utilities Superintendent upon application for a license.
(1976 Code, § 10-406)
(E) Expiration and renewal of certificate of registration. Registration certificates shall expire on December 31 of the year in which they are issued and shall not be assignable. Certificates of registration, at the time of their expiration, may be renewed upon recommendation of the Examining Board, without an examination, upon payment of the required registration fee. Any person registered as a master electrician who does not renew his or her certificate of registration by July 1 after the expiration of same, shall pay any registration fee required by this chapter for a master electrician, and shall again prove his or her qualification to the Examining Board before such person can again be registered hereunder.
(1976 Code, § 10-407)
(Ord. 703, passed 8-5-1982; Ord. 704, passed 8-5-1982; Ord. 705, passed 8-5-1982) Penalty, see § 150.999
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see Neb. RS 81-566, 81-579, 81-586, 81-592, 81-5,100