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227.480 Authority to require permits -- Proof of licensure under KRS Chapter
227A -- Inspectors -- Inspection standards.
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A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local
government or the state shall, according to the Uniform State Building Code
as it pertains to the plan review and inspection responsibilities of local
governments or the state, require any person to obtain a permit before
commencing construction, alteration, or repairs of any electrical system.
(b) The city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local
government or the state shall require all inspections that are deemed necessary
by the department for the safety of life and property. The department shall
promulgate administrative regulations to describe the circumstances where
inspections are required.
A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government or
the state shall not issue a permit unless the applicant submits proof of being
licensed as an electrical contractor under KRS Chapter 227A or of acting on behalf
of a licensed electrical contractor. However, the provisions of this subsection shall
not apply to a homeowner or farmer who does construction, alteration, or repairs of
any electrical system on his or her own premises or any other person exempt from
licensing under KRS 227A.030 or 227A.150. This subsection shall not apply to
electrical work performed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a city, county,
urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government, or any subdivision
thereof.
A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government shall
appoint and may fix the compensation of city, county, urban-county, charter county,
or consolidated local government electrical inspectors, and may by ordinance fix
reasonable fees and establish other requirements for the conduct of electrical
inspections within its boundaries. All electrical inspectors must be certified under
KRS 227.489.
Reasonable standards for the construction, alteration, and repair of any electrical
system shall be those adopted in the Uniform State Building Code, as promulgated
by the Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and shall have as a minimum
standard the requirements of the National Electrical Code. These standards shall be
used by the electrical inspector in making his inspections.
Effective: June 24, 2015
History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 105, sec. 5, effective June 24, 2015. -- Amended
2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 404, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2006 Ky. Acts
ch. 83, sec. 2, effective July 12, 2006. -- Amended 2004 Ky. Acts ch. 81, sec. 1,
effective April 6, 2004. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 16, effective June
24, 2003. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended 1978
Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 44, effective July 1, 1978; and ch. 384, sec. 92, effective June
17, 1978. -- Created 1960 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 5, effective June 16, 1960.
Legislative Research Commission Note (7/12/2006). 2006 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 6,
provides that the Act, which included an amendment to this statute, shall be known
and may be cited as "Isaac's Act."
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