227.480 Authority to require permits -- Proof of licensure under KRS Chapter
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227A -- Exemptions -- Inspectors -- Inspection standards.
(a)A city, county, urban-county government, 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 government, 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.
(2)A city, county, urban-county government, 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)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;
(b)Electrical work performed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky, a city, county,
urban-county government, charter county, or consolidated local government,
or any subdivision thereof;
(c)A company with a recently deceased licensed electrical contractor, which shall
be granted an interim period of up to one hundred eighty
(180)continuous
calendar days by the city, county, urban-county government, charter county,
consolidated local government, or state to allow the company to utilize the
license of the deceased electrical contractor if:
1. The company effectuates and documents all necessary bonding and
insurance policies required by KRS Chapter 227A; and
2. Ensures that the bonding and insurance policies remain in effect for the
entirety of the interim period of time extended; or
(d)A disaster response business as defined in KRS 141.010.
(3)A city, county, urban-county government, charter county, or consolidated local
government shall appoint and may fix the compensation of city, county, urban-
county government, 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 shall be certified under KRS 227.489.
(4)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 department, and shall have as a minimum standard the requirements of the
National Electrical Code, which may include Kentucky amendments. These standards shall be used by the electrical inspector in making his inspections.