Ord 2068 2/10/1964 ORDINANCE NO. A
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 2022 (THE 1963
ELECTRICAL CODE OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS) , WHICH
AMENDMENTS CONCERN THE EXAMINATION AND DUTIES OF
MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article III, Section 3 of Ordinance No. 2022 is
hereby amended by deleting such Section 3 and substituting therefor
the following:
"Section 3 . Apprentices, trainees or helpers : Shall
be supervised in the presence of a Master Electrician,
Journeyman Electrician or a Maintenance Electrician at all
times. Nothing shall justify an apprentice electrician in
performing any phase of electrical installations unless a
Maintenance Electrician, Journeyman Electrician or Master
Electrician is actually present during such 'installation."
SECTION 2 . Article III, Section 4 of Ordinance No. 2022 is
hereby amended by deleting all of said Section 4, and substituting
therefor the following:
"Section 4. Maintenance Electrician: A :person desiring
to. be employed as a Maintenance Electrician shall register
with the Secretary of the Board of Electrical Examiners
setting forth the name; address and type of business of
his employer, the record of his experience, of not less
than two (2) years actual experience in the electrical
field, The applicant shall submit himself to a written
and oral examination by the Board. In order for a person
to pass a Maintenance Electrician' s examination, he must
have a grade of seventy (70) or more and meet such other
requirements as are stated in this ordinance. Falsification
of the report shall be justification for the Board' s refusal
to register a Maintenance Electrician. The Maintenance
Electrician shall perform the duties of a Maintenance
Electrician on the premises only of the owner by whom he
is employed. Any violation of this requirement shall result
in such penalty as provided fot in Article VII . He shall
not perform the duties of a Journeyman Electrician, or of
an Electrical Contractor, as long as he is a registered
Maintenance Electrician. All registration for Maintenance
Electricians shall expire at midnight on December 31st of
each year. There shall be a charge of five dollars ($5.00)
for the original registration and two dollars ($2 .00) for
each renewal.
Nothing in this ordinance shall prevent an Electrical
Contractor ,or a Journeyman Electrician from performing
electrical maintenance on any premises. Maintenance
work shall consist of the repair and or replacement of
existing electrical installations and apparatus; installa-
tion of light fixtures, base plugs,' and wall switches in
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limited remodeling, providing that the present City
Electrical Code has been complied with and such work has
been inspected by the electrical inspector. This elec-
trical work shall be limited to 115 volts. Limited
remodeling to be determined by the enforcing authority. "
PASSED AND APPROVED this the / 0 day of February, , 1964.
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A T T E S T :
City Clerk