(A) The city shall permit electrical contractors lawfully licensed by other municipalities of the state or by the state to install, alter or repair electrical wiring, equipment, apparatus or fixtures for light, heat or power purposes within the city upon payment of $15 registration fee; provided that, such municipalities reciprocate in recognizing electrical contractors who are duly licensed under the provisions of this chapter by granting them the same privilege and charging the same uniform license and registration fees; and, provided further that, the licensing ordinances are substantially equal to the requirements of this chapter.
(B) Journeyman electricians, duly licensed by any municipality cooperating in the reciprocal arrangement shall be permitted to work in the city without the payment of a registration fee.
(C) No electrical contractor’s licenses shall be recognized, for the purposes of registration, by the city of applicants who maintain their principal place of business in a municipality which fails to approve, by affirmative action of its legislative body, the reciprocal and mutually interchangeable licensing arrangements covered by this chapter.
(D) No license shall be recognized by the city unless it is issued by a cooperating municipality which has an examining board or by the state.
(Prior Code, § 9-137) (Ord. 597, passed 11-7-1977; Ord. 770, passed 8-27-1984; Ord. 892, passed 7-23-1990)