(1) Employees of public service
corporations, rural electrification associations, or municipal utilities generating,
distributing, or selling electrical energy for light, heat, or power or for operating
street railway systems, or telephone or telegraph systems, or their corporate
affiliates and their employees or employees of railroad corporations, or lawfully
permitted or franchised cable television companies and their employees shall not
be required to hold licenses while doing electrical work for those purposes.
(2) Nothing in this article 115 shall be construed to require any individual to
hold a license before doing electrical work on his or her own property or residence
if all such electrical work, except for maintenance or repair of existing facilities, is
inspected as provided in this article 115; if, however, the property or residence is
intended for sale or resale by a person engaged in the business of constructing or
remodeling the facilities or structures or is rental property that is occupied or is to
be occupied by tenants for lodging, either transient or permanent, or is generally
open to the public, the owner shall be responsible for, and the property shall be
subject to, all of the provisions of this article 115 pertaining to inspection and
licensing, unless specifically exempted therein.
(3) (a) Nothing in this article 115 requires a regular employee of a firm or
corporation to hold a license before doing any electrical work on the property of the
firm or corporation, whether or not the property is owned, leased, or rented if:
(I) The firm or corporation employing the employee performing the work has
all the electrical work installed in conformity with the minimum standards as set
forth in this article 115;
(II) The work is subject to inspection by the board or its inspectors by request
in writing in accordance with section 12-115-120; and
(III) The property of the firm or corporation is not generally open to the
public.
(b) Neither a license for the firm or corporation, nor an inspection by the
board or its inspectors, nor the payment of any fees thereon shall be required, with
the exception of inspection by the board or its inspectors when performed by
written request. Nothing contained in this article 115 requires a license, an
inspection by the board or its inspectors, or the payment of any fees for any
electrical work performed for the maintenance or repair of existing facilities that
are exempt as provided in this section.
(4) If the property of any person, firm, or corporation is: Rental property or is
developed for sale, lease, or rental; occupied or is to be occupied by tenants for
lodging, either transient or permanent; or generally open to the public, the property
is subject to all the provisions of this article 115 pertaining to inspection and
licensing; except that the maintenance or repair of existing property specified in
this subsection (4) is not subject to this article 115.
(5) Nothing in this article 115 shall be construed to cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of vertical transportation or passenger conveyors,
elevators, escalators, moving walks, dumbwaiters, stage lifts, man lifts, or
appurtenances thereto beyond the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore,
elevator contractors or constructors performing any installation, maintenance,
repair, or alteration under this exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered
by the licensing requirements of this article 115.
(6) (a) Nothing in this article 115 shall be construed to require an individual to
hold a license before doing any maintenance or repair of existing facilities on his or
her own property or residence, nor to require inspection by the board or its
inspectors, nor to pay any fees connected therewith.
(b) Nothing in this article 115 shall be construed to require any firm or
corporation or its regular employees to be required to hold a license before doing
maintenance or repair of existing facilities on the property of the firm or
corporation, whether or not the property is generally open to the public; nor shall
inspection by the board or its inspectors or the payment of any fees connected
therewith be required.
(c) For the purposes of this subsection (6), maintenance or repair of existing
facilities means to preserve or keep in good repair lawfully installed facilities by
repairing or replacing components with new components that serve the same
purpose.
(7) An individual, firm, copartnership, or corporation may engage in business
as an electrical contractor without an electrician's license if all electrical work
performed by the individual, firm, copartnership, or corporation is under the
direction and control of a licensed master electrician.
(8) Any person who plugs in any electrical appliance where an approved
electrical outlet is already installed shall not be considered an installer.
(9) No provision of this article 115 shall in any manner interfere with, hamper,
preclude, or prohibit any vendor of any electrical appliance from selling, delivering,
and connecting any electrical appliance, if the connection of the appliance does not
necessitate the installation of electrical wiring of the structure where the appliance
is connected.
(10) The provisions of this article 115 shall not be applicable to the
installation or laying of metal or plastic electrical conduits in bridge or highway
projects where the conduits must be laid according to specifications complying
with applicable electrical codes.
(11) Repealed.
(12) Inasmuch as electrical licensing and the examination of persons
performing electrical work is a matter of statewide concern, the examination,
certification, licensing, or registration of electrical contractors, master electricians,
journeymen electricians, residential wiremen, or apprentices who are licensed,
registered, or certified under this article 115 shall not be required by any city, town,
county, city and county, or qualified state institution of higher education; however,
any such local governmental authority or qualified state institution of higher
education may impose reasonable registration requirements on any electrical
contractor as a condition of performing services within the jurisdiction of the
authority or within buildings owned or leased or on land owned by the qualified
state institution of higher education. No fee shall be charged for the registration.
(13) The provisions of this article 115 shall not be applicable to any surface or
subsurface operation or property used in, around, or in conjunction with any mine
that is inspected pursuant to the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act
of 1977, Pub.L. 95-164, as amended, except permanent state highway tunnel
facilities, which shall conform to standards based on the national electrical code.
Nothing contained in this subsection (13) shall prohibit the department of
transportation from adopting more stringent standards or requirements than those
provided by the minimum standards specified in the national electrical code, and
the department of transportation shall furnish a copy of the more stringent
standards to the board.
(14) (a) The permit and inspection provisions of this article 115 do not apply
to:
(I) Installations under the exclusive control of electric utilities for the
purpose of communication or metering or for the generation, control,
transformation, transmission, or distribution of electric energy, whether the
installations are located in buildings used exclusively for utilities for those
purposes or located outdoors on property owned or leased by the utility or on public
highways, streets, or roads or outdoors by virtue of established rights on private
property; or
(II) Load control devices for electrical hot water heaters that are owned,
leased, or otherwise under the control of, and are operated by, an electric utility,
and are on the load side of the single-family residential meter, if the equipment was
installed by a registered electrical contractor. The contractor will notify
appropriate local authorities that the work has been completed in order that an
inspection may be made at the expense of the utility company.
(b) This subsection (14) does not exempt any premises wiring on buildings,
structures, or other premises not owned by or under the exclusive control of the
utility nor wiring in buildings used by the utility for purposes other than those listed
in this subsection (14), such as office buildings, garages, warehouses, machine
shops, and recreation buildings. This subsection (14) exempts all of the facilities,
buildings, and the like inside the security fence of a generating station, substation,
control center, or communication facility.
(15) Nothing in this article 115 shall be construed to:
(a) Cover the installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of security
systems of fifty volts or less, lawn sprinkler systems, environmental controls, or
remote radio-controlled systems beyond the terminals of the controllers.
Furthermore, the contractors performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or
alteration under this exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered by the
licensing requirements of this article 115.
(b) Cover the installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of electronic
computer data processing equipment and systems beyond the terminals of the
controllers. Furthermore, the contractors performing any installation, maintenance,
repair, or alteration under this exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered
by the licensing requirements of this article 115.
(c) (I) Except to the extent that a communication system's cables and
systems utilized for conveying power are hard-wired into a building's electrical
system but subject to subsection (16)(a) of this section, cover the installation,
maintenance, repair, or alteration of communications systems, including:
(A) Telephone and telegraph systems not exempted as utilities in subsection
(1) of this section;
(B) Radio and television receiving and transmitting equipment and stations;
and
(C) Antenna systems other than community antenna television systems
beyond the terminals of the controllers.
(II) The contractors performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or
alteration under the exemption specified in this subsection (15)(c) and their
employees are not covered by the licensing requirements of this article 115.
(d) Cover the installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of electric signs,
cranes, hoists, electroplating, industrial machinery, and irrigation machinery beyond
the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore, the contractors performing any
installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this exemption, or their
employees, shall not be covered by the licensing requirements of this article 115.
(e) Cover the installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of equipment and
wiring for sound recording and reproduction systems, centralized distribution of
sound systems, public address and speech-input systems, or electronic organs
beyond the terminals of the controllers. Furthermore, the contractors performing
any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under this exemption, or their
employees, shall not be covered by the licensing requirements of this article 115.
(f) Require either that employees of the federal government who perform
electrical work on federal property shall be required to be licensed before doing
electrical work on the property or that the electrical work performed on the
property shall be regulated pursuant to this article 115;
(g) Require licensing that covers the installation, maintenance, repair, or
alteration of fire alarm systems operating at fifty volts or less. Furthermore, the
contractors performing any installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration under
this exemption, or their employees, shall not be covered by the licensing
requirements of this article 115 but shall be subject to all provisions of this article
115 pertaining to inspections and permitting.
(16) Nothing in this article 115 applies to:
(a) (I) The installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of class 2 and class
3 remote-control, signaling, and power-limited circuits, as defined by the national
electrical code; or
(II) Contractors or their employees performing any installation, maintenance,
repair, or alteration of the circuits specified in subsection (16)(a)(I) of this section; or
(b) The installation, maintenance, repair, or alteration of traffic signals or
requires licensure for that work.