(a) All licenses issued under this Chapter after the effective date of this legislation shall be valid for two (2) years from the date of issuance and may be renewed upon application to the Director. Applicants for licenses and renewals thereof shall pay to the County a fee for a business license, master electrician’s license, master electrician’s limited license and journeyman electrician’s license as provided for by regulations adopted under method (3) of Section 2A-15 of this Code by the County Executive.
(b) No person, firm, company, corporation, partnership, owner, lessee or agent shall be denied the privilege of continuing a contracting business or maintenance or repair work in the event of death, illness or other physical disability of the master electrician or master electrician limited who qualified the person, firm, company, corporation or partnership for such license, for a period not exceeding one hundred twenty (120) days following the date of such death, illness or physical disability, provided said business, maintenance or repair work is conducted under such qualified supervision as the board deems adequate; and provided that all requirements concerning bonds and business insurance are first complied with and the department is notified promptly by the licensee upon such death, illness or physical disability.
(c) A person, firm, company, corporation or partnership shall be allowed to continue a business or to perform maintenance and repair work for a period not exceeding ninety (90) days should the master electrician or master electrician limited who qualified the person, firm, company, corporation or partnership for such license terminate his services therefrom, provided such business, maintenance or repair work is conducted under such qualified supervision as the Board deems adequate and provided that both of the following requirements are met:
(1) Insurance requirements are complied with;
(2) The master electrician or master electrician limited who qualified the person, firm, company, corporation or partnership shall notify the Board in writing within five (5) days after terminating his services therewith; and the person, firm, company, corporation or partnership also shall notify the Board in writing within five (5) days after the master electrician or master electrician limited has terminated his services.
(d) No license issued under this Chapter shall be assigned or transferred.
(e) No license shall be renewed for any person, firm, company, corporation or partnership until all of the requirements of this Chapter have been complied with.
(f) Subject to provisions in Section 17-28 of this Chapter, the Department may renew licenses under this Chapter to any applicant who at the effective date of this Chapter held an existing County electrical contractor’s license or electrical contractor’s limited license.
(g) Late renewals for all classes of electrical licenses must be accepted without late filing fee for 10 days after the expiration date. If the County receives an application for renewal within 6 months after a license expires, the license must be renewed upon payment of a late filing fee set by the Director of Permitting Services. A renewal application received more than 6 months after an expiration date must not be accepted. (1974 L.M.C., ch. 15, § 1; 1978 L.M.C., ch. 18, § 10; 1982 L.M.C., ch. 55, § 1; 1984 L.M.C., ch. 24, § 19; 1996 L.M.C., ch. 20, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 12, § 1; , § 1; , § 2.)
