2009 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 227 FIRE PREVENTION AND PROTECTION 227.480 Authority to require permits -- Proof of licensure under KRS 227A.010 to 227A.140 -- Inspectors -- Inspection standards.
227.480 Authority to require permits -- Proof of licensure under KRS 227A.010 to
227A.140 -- Inspectors -- Inspection standards.
(1) A city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government
shall, according to the Uniform State Building Code as it pertains to the plan review <br>and inspection responsibilities of local governments, require any person to obtain <br>permits before commencing construction, alteration, or repairs of any electrical <br>wiring. The city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local <br>government shall require all inspections that are deemed necessary by the <br>department for the safety of life and property. The department shall promulgate <br>administrative regulations to describe the circumstances where inspections are <br>required.
(2) 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 <br>licensed as an electrical contractor under KRS Chapter 227A or of acting on behalf <br>of a licensed electrical contractor. However, the provisions of this subsection shall <br>not apply to a homeowner or farmer who does construction, alteration, or repairs of <br>any electrical wiring on his or her own premises or any other person exempt from <br>licensing under KRS 227A.030. This subsection shall not apply to electrical work <br>performed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a city, county, urban-county, charter <br>county, or consolidated local government, or any subdivision thereof.
(3) 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, <br>or consolidated local government electrical inspectors, and may by ordinance fix <br>reasonable fees and establish other requirements for the conduct of electrical <br>inspections within its boundaries. All electrical inspectors must be certified under <br>KRS 227.489.
(4) Reasonable standards for the construction, alteration, and repair of any electrical
wiring shall be those adopted in the Uniform State Building Code, as promulgated <br>by the Board of Housing, Buildings and Construction, and shall have as a minimum <br>standard the requirements of the National Electric Code. These standards shall be <br>used by the electrical inspector in making his inspections.
Effective: July 15, 2010 <br>History: 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 <br>ch. 81, sec. 1, effective April 6, 2004. -- Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 119, sec. 16, <br>effective June 24, 2003. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 14, sec. 3, effective July 13, <br>1990. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts ch. 218, sec. 1, effective July 15, 1982. -- Amended <br>1978 Ky. Acts ch. 117, sec. 44, effective July 1, 1978; and ch. 384, sec. 92, effective <br>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 <br>and may be cited as "Isaac's Act."
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