Section 90A of the Electric Code is amended to include:
“No person, firm or corporation shall be issued an electrical permit, operate a place of business, or engage in the business of contracting to do installation, repairing or altering of electric wiring or nonportable electric fixtures or apparatus within the town unless the person or the agent or employee performing electrical work for the firm or corporation first is registered with the town and pays the tax thereon, as prescribed;”
(A) The applicant for electrical registration must hold a license issued by the Oklahoma Construction Industries Board 158:40-1-3 pursuant to the Electrical License Act, being O.S. §§ 1680 et seq.
(B) The provisions of this section shall apply to a maintenance electrician in the employ of the owner of the building or buildings in which the electrical work is to be performed.
(C) The provisions of this section shall not apply: the owner and occupant of a single-family residential dwelling making necessary repairs, additions or alterations to the electrical wiring of the dwelling.
(D) Registration required in this section shall be subject hereto. The registration shall be renewed annually in accordance herewith and shall remain in effect so long as the state license is current or until revoked by the town.
(1) Annual registration; fee. Any person, firm or corporation, before engaging in the business of electrical work or being an electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or apprentice, shall pay to the Town Clerk a registration fee in such sum as set by the Town Board by motion or resolution. The town shall issue certificates for such registration which shall expire annually as specified in the certificate.
(2) Bond. All electrical contractors shall, prior to the commencement of any electrical work, furnish a current Oklahoma state electrical license as a bond guarantee and condition that:
(a) The installation of electrical work shall be in accordance with the requirements of this code;
(b) The contractor shall, without additional cost to the person for whom the work has been done, remedy any defective or faulty work caused by incompetent workers, inferior or nonstandard material; and
(c) Such bond as is furnished shall be liable for the correction or any additional cost arising from the above-mentioned cause.
(Ord. 381, passed 8-12-2021)