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ORDINANCE NO. JAa.
AN ORDINAN CE PROVIDING FOR THE LICENS.ING OF MAS-
TER ELECTRICIANS AND CONTRACTING ELECTRICIANS
WITHIN rrHE CITY OF VilEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS;
PROVLDING THE PROCEDURE WITH REFER~CE THERETO;
PROVIDING REGULATIONS FOR SUCH MASTER ELECTRI-
CIANS AND CONCTRACTING ELECTRICIANS AND FORSUGH
WORK; PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION OF THIS
ORDINANCE OR ANY OTHER ORDINANCE, RULE OR REGU-
LATION OF THE CITY. OF WEST m~IVERSITY PLACE WITH
REFERENCE THERETO; PROVIDING THAT ALL ORDINAN,CES-'
OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH ARE
REPEALED AND FOR THE SPECIFIC REPE..L\.L OF ORDINANCE
NO. ~5; PROVIDING TF~T IF PART OF TrlIS ORDINANCE-'
IS DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL OR INVALID IT SHALL
NOT AFFECT OTHER PARTS THEREOF; ANDj PR~~IDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL TAKE EFFECrl' AND BE IN
FO RC E IMBED 1A TEL Y FRO IvI AND AFTER ITS P AS SA GE,
APJIDVAL AND PUBLICATION AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
WEST m~IVERSITY PLACE, TEXAS:
Section L.
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It shall be unlawful for any master eleettD~ian or con-
tracting electrician to engage in his said busin~ss or trade
w~thin the corporate limits of the City of west University
Place unless he has been duly licensed by the City and ~as
complied with the provisions o~ this ordinance.
Section 2. I
It shall be~laWful for any person', firm or"corpora-
tion holding a license hereunder to transfer the 'same or
allow the use of same, directly or indirectly, by any other
person, fi~m or corporation for the purpose of obtaining a
permi t to do any electrical work or for the"purpose of doing
any electrical work vdthinthe City of West University Place
Section 3.
It shall be unlawful for any master electrician or con-
tracting electrician to do, or cause or permit to be done,
any electric wiring, and the construction, installation, re-
pair or alteration of electric wiring, work,' apparatus, and
fixtures, without having at least one journeyman electrician
on the job. However, if the master electrician is working
on the job himself, the journeyman electrician is not re- I~l
quired thereon. U '
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Section 4.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporatiom
to do, or cause or permit to be done, any interior or exterior
wiring, repairing, or remodeling of any electric wiring, or to
insta~l or replace any electric fixture within the city of
vVest University Place intending to carry a voltage of twenty-
five (25) volts or more, for light, heat or power, unless he
be a duly licensed master electrician or a duly licensed con-
tracting electrician. However, a helper may do electric wiring
under the direct personal supervision of a journeyman elec-
trician employed by a duly licensed ID2.ster electrician or con-
tracting electrician. The supervision of a master electrician ?
who is duly licensed by the City. Nothing herein shall excuse
the obta~ing of a permit for such work.
Section R.
The installation of electric wiring, apparatus, devices,
appliances, fixtures and electrical equipment shall be in strict
conformity with the ordinances, rules and regulations of the
City of West University Place., Any person, firm or corporation
violating any such ordinance, rule or regulation shall be deemed
guilty of an offense under this ordinance and shall be punished
as hereinafter provided.
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The City Secretary of the City of West University Place
shall keep a substantially bound book in which shall be kept a
register of the names and places of business of all persons,
firms and corporations to whom master or contracting elec-
tricians' licenses are issued by the City, and no license shall
be issued for a longer period than one year, but may be re-
newed from year to year upon Droper application. Each appli-
cant for a master electrician1s license or a contracting elec-
tricians license shall make application therefor to the Gity
Secretary of the City of West University Place and before such
license is granted shall pay to the City the sum of $35.00 for
the first year vmich shall commence with January 1st and ter~
minate on December 31st. Each such license may be renewed
each year thereafter upon application and upon payment to the
City of the sum of *15.00 per year. Each master electrician
or contracting electrician prior to the issuance of the license
herein provided for, or any renewal thereof, shall deposit with
the City Secretary, to be approved by him, a bond in the sum
of $3000.00, signed by such master electrician or contracting
electrician, as the case may be, as principal, with some ~od
surety comp~y authorized to do business in the Stat~ of ~exas,
as surety, payable to the order of the Mayor of the Gity of
~Jest University Place and his successors in office, conditioned
for the faithful performance of all work entered upon or con-
tracted to be done, for the strict compliance with ~ll ordi-
nances, rules and requirements of the City of vVest University
Place relating to the installation of eiliectric wiring, appa-
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+' H rd Any master electrician or contracting electrician who
g ~ @ shall fail, neglect or refuse to comply with. this ordinance
'~ or any ?ther. ordinance,. rule or regulation o~ the Ci ~ o'f
f(~, 'b yVes t Unl verSl ty .Place Wl th reference to the lns talla tlon of
~f;'J electric wiring, apparatus, devices, appliances, fixtures
~~\~~ and electrical equipment, shall forfeit his or its right to
\sf' follow such business. ,or trade within the City of}vest Un~versity
Place, and the City J:!jlectrical lnspector of the lIlty of West
University Place shall have the right and it is hereby made his
duty to cancel SUC4 license, first giving such master electrician
or contracting electrician five (5) days' notice of his intention
so to do if he does not show good cause why it should not be cari-
celled./"Should said master electrician or contracting electrician
desire a hearing before said inspector he or it shall so advise
such inspector in writing within five (5) days from cancella-
tion of license of said desire, and it shall be obligatory on the
inspector to grant such hearing within five (5) days of receipt
of said notice. Such ~lectrical Inspector iR case of such hear-
ing shall have the right to swear and examine witnesses and to
hear their testimony; and, if after such hearing, he finds that
such person is guilty of any act authorizing the forfeiture of
such license, it shall be so forfeited, and the City Secretary:.
shall note in said register of licenses granted, opposite the
place where granted, a cancellation of such license. However, if
any such license is forfeited, such person may appeal to the Board
of Commissioners of the City within five (5) days after such for-
feiture and such appeal may be considered as perfected upon the
delivery of a letter to the City Secretary of the lIity, or to an
assistant, declaring his desiret6 appeal. ~vhereupon, the Doard
of Commissioners shall set a date for such hearing and notify
such master electrician or contracting electrician thereof.
At such hearing the Board shall have the right to swear wit-
nesses and examine them and hear their 'testimony; and, if
ratus, devices, appliances, fixtures and electrical equip-
ment, that such principal, his agents, servants, re~resenta-
tives and employees shall protect the City of West niversity
Place from all damage and liability, and conditioned fUrther.
that said bond may be sued upon by any person, firm or cor-
poration aggrieved or injured by such principal in the pro-
secution and completion of such work or by anw agent, servant,
employee or representative of any such principal, and that
same shall/give a new bond whenever there is a recovery of
as much as 25% of the old bond, or whenever the City may re-
quire it. However, when the material furnished or work done
or service performed shall have been inspected by the proper
officer of the City of VVest University Place and a written or
printed certificate of approval issued by such officer, then
such master electrician or contracting electrician shall be
considered as having fulfilled the requiremm ts of thi s or-
dinance, and his responsibilities shall cease under such bond
for the material furnished and work or service performed for
that particular job.
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after such hearing, it finds that such master electrician
or contracting electrician, as the case may be, is guilty of
suc h offense it shall declare the license forf'ei ted, and this
action s hall be final. If such master electrician or con-
tracting electrician fails to appear at ssuch hearing before
the Electrical Inspector or before the Board of Commissioners
the hearing may proceed in his absence. In addi tion to the
i'orfeiture of such license such master electrician or contract-
ing electrician shall be subject to the other penalties pro-
vided in said ordinm ce.
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'l'he V\Ords IImaster electricianll wherever used in this
ordinance, shall be heid and cons trued to mean a qualified
journeyman electrician exceeding ~lenty-one years of age, con-
tracting for himself', or for a contracting slectrician, or an
individual having had at least four years experience in elec-
trical contracting or su~erintending electric work. The words
"contracting electrician , wherever used in this ordinance,
shall be held and contrued to mean any Rerson, f'irm or corpora-
tion, (not com.ing under the meaning of master electricianll),
conducting the business of wiring and the construction, install-
ation, repair, alteration and maintenance of electric wiring,
work, apparatus and fixtures. The words II journeyman electricianll,
wherever used in this ordinance, shall be held and construed to
mean an electrician, exceeding twenty-one years of age, who
shall have had at least four years practical experience at'his
trade.
S~ctio:n Q.
Each master electrician and contracting electric~an who
now has a licnnse, or is authorized by the ordinance of the
City of West University Place to do business therein shall
not be required to procure a new license under this ordinance -
until the expiration of such present license, and at such ex-
piration date a new license shall be issued upon application
and upon paymen t of the fee required by Section 6, of this
ordinance for a renewal license.
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Section 10.
Any person, firm or copporation, or any agent, employee
or representative of such person, f'irm or corporation, vio-
lating any of the provisions of this ordinance shall be deemed
guilty of an offense l3l?-d upon conviction shall be fined in
any sum not to exceed $100.00. Each and every day that such
viola tion shall be permitted to continue or shall con tiriue
shall constitute a separate offense.
Section 11.
If any section, sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase
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of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional,
such unconstitutionality shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this ordinance. The Board of Commiss-
ioners of the City of West University Place hereby declares
that it would have pa~sed this ordinance and each section,
sub-section, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective
of the fact that anyone or more sections, sub-sections, sen-
tences, clauses, or phrases be decla~ed unconstitutional.
, Section 12.
All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are hereby repealed; and, ordinance No. 95 is specifically de-
clared to be repealed.
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_ This ordinance shall take effeet and be in force imraed-
iately from and after the date of its passage, approval and
publication as required by law.
1938.
Passed and approved this the
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