(A) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business, trade, or vocation of electrical contractor, journeyman electrician, or appliance electrician without a certificate of registration as such secured from the Electric Inspector. The initial fee for an electrical contractor’s registration certificate, and any renewal, to be paid to the Town Clerk-Treasurer, shall be as set by the Town Board. A registration certificate must be renewed within 90 days following expiration of the certificate. After the expiration, an application for a new certificate must be requested and the initial fee paid again. All such certificates shall expire each year. This certificate is not transferrable to any other individual or company.
(B) Every person receiving a certificate as a electrical contractor or appliance electrician shall file with the Town Clerk-Treasurer a bond in such sum as set by the Town Board executed with a surety company authorized to do business in the state. The bond shall be conditioned that the principal will install all electrical wiring, fixtures, appliances, and equipment in accordance with the law and the ordinances and other regulations of the town relating to electrical installations and in a workmanlike manner; that the principal shall, without further cost to the person for whom the work was done, remedy any defective or faulty work caused by poor workmanship or inferior or non-standard material; and that the town may be fully indemnified and held harmless from any and all costs, expenses, or damage resulting from the performance of his, her, or their work as an electrical contractor or appliance electrician, as the case may be.
(C) The bond must be approved by the Electrical Inspector. No certificate shall be issued to any such person until the bond shall have been filed and approved. Any such certificate issued shall be valid only while the bond is in effect.
(D) No person may be registered by the town unless he, she, or they possesses the appropriate current and valid state license issued by the state’s Department of Health.
(E) For the installing of bell, telephone or signal systems not using over 12 volts, no certificate or bond will be required. The installation of same must comply with all other requirements of the ordinances of the town.
(F) After adequate opportunity for a hearing and for just cause, the Town Board may revoke the certificate of an electrical contractor an appliance electrician, or a journeyman electrician.
(Prior Code, § 5-310) Penalty, see § 150.999