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ELECTRICAL CODE ORDINANCE - AMENDMENT
ORDINANCE NO. 94-3011
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PLAINVIEW, TEXAS,
AMENDING THE ELECTRICAL CODE, CHAPTER 4,
SECTION 4.1 TO INCLUDE RECIPROCATION AS
FOLLOWS: A MASTER ELECTRICIAN, MASTER SIGN
ELECTRICIAN, JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN, OR
JOURNEYMAN SIGN ELECTRICIAN LICENSED TO
PERFORM ELECTRICAL WORK IN OTHER CITIES;
CUMULATIVENESS CLAUSE; CONFLICTS CLAUSE;
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 84-2550, known as the City of Plainview
£1ectrical Code sets forth standards governing electrical work; requiring a
person to be licensed before performing such work and providing exceptions;
and
WHEREAS, there currently exist a need to include reciprocation with
other cities; and
WHEREAS, it was determined by the City Council that it would be in the
best public interest to amend the City of Plainview Electrical Code in the manner
hereinafter set forth in the body of this Ordinance;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City
of Plainview, Texas that:
SECTION I
A master electrician, master sign electrician, journeyman electrician, or
journeyman sign electrician licensed to perform electrical work in other cities
preceding application to the City of Plainview may apply for and receive a
license similar or equivalent to his current license without taking the required
examination under the following conditions:
He shall submit evidence satisfactory to the electrical inspector that
his current license was issued by a city operating under the
"National Electrical Code," currently adopted edition, or later edition
of said code.
He shall submit evidence satisfactory to the electrical inspector that
his current license was issued under conditions not less restrictive
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than required by this code for issuance-of such a license, with
proof of a Block & Associates score of 70% or above.
He shall submit evidence satisfactory to the electrical inspector that
an electrician licensed by the board would be permitted to apply for
and receive a similar or equivalent license under reciprocal
conditions from the city'issuing applicant's current licenses.
He shall submit a signed, notorized letter, addressed to the
electrical inspector, from the electrical inspector of the city in which
he is licensed, indicating that the electrician is licensed, the date of
said licensing, and that he-is in good standing With that licensing
city.
He shall furnish all necessary certificates of insurance, pay all
license fees and comply with all other requirements of this code.
A license issued under this section may be revoked or suspended
for any of the reasons set forth in Chapter 7 of the Electrical Code
of the City of Plainview.
SECTION II
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent,
alter, or diminish the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances
restricting, regulating or governing the subject matter herein.
SECTION III
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas in
conflict herewith, are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
SECTION IV
Should any section, subsection, or any portion hereof be deemed invalid for any
reason, such holding shall not render or invalidate any other section, sub-
section, sentence, provision, clause, phrase, or word severable therefrom and
the same shall be deemed severable for this purpose.
SECTION V
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This ordinance shall be of full force and effect upon its passage and publication
as required by law.
PASSED AND APPROVED this the 23rd day of August, 1994
Lloyd Woods, Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen McBeth, City Secetary
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Muff L/-/o~dor~, Director
of Community Development
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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