(A) It is unlawful for any person to engage in the business, trade or vocation of electrical contractor, journeyman electrician or apprentice electrician without a certificate of registration as such secured from the town. The initial fee for a registration certificate, and any renewal, to be paid to the Town Clerk, shall be as set by the Town Board of Trustees. 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. No person may be registered with the town as contractor, journeyman or apprentice unless he or she possesses a valid and current state license issued by the state and pays the registration fee in such sum as set by the Town Board of Trustees by motion or resolution. This certificate is not transferable to any other individual or company.
(B) Every person receiving a certificate as a electrical contractor shall file with the Town Clerk a bond in such sum as set by the Town Board of Trustees, 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 or her work as an electrical contractor or apprentice electrician, as the case may be.
(C) For the installing of bell, telephone or signal systems not using over 12 volts, no registration or bond will be required. The installation of same must comply with all other requirements of the ordinances of the town.
(D) After adequate opportunity for a hearing, the Town Board may revoke the certificate of an electrical contractor an apprentice electrician, or a journeyman electrician.
(Prior Code, § 5-307)