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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance - 9861-1995 - Amending Section 6-153 Electrical Licenses And Registration. - 11/16/1995[!'! i I i F~rst Reading Ncivember 16, 1995 rdem /131 Second Reading December 7, 1995 Item 116 ORDINANCE NO. 9861 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6-153 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WITH REGARD TO RECIPROCATION WITH OTHER CITIES UPON ELECTRICAL LICENSES AND REGISTRATION; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas, deems it to be in the best .interest of the citizens of the City of Lubbock to amend Section 6-153 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, in order to simplify and streamline City of Lubbock procedures with regard to reciprocation with other cities on electrical licenses; NOW THEREFORE: BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: SECTION I. THAT Subsection 6-153 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows: Sec. 6-153. License, Permit or Registration from other cities. (a) A master electrician, master sign electrician, journeyman electrician, or journeyman sign electrician, or equivalent, who has been licensed, permitted or registered to perform electrical work in another city may apply for and receive a reciprocal license from the City of Lubbock that is similar or equivalent to his current license from the other . city without taking the required examination by presentation to the City of Lubbock building official of a valid, current copy of his license from a city which has been approved for reciprocation by the City of Lubbock Board of Electrical Examiners. In addition, a signed and notarized letter, on city letterhead, indicating the status of the electrician applying for the reciprocal license, the license class of the electrician, the date of examination and the license expiration date shall be presented. (b) The Board of Electrical examiners may approve a city for reciprocation under the following circumstances: (1) Both cities shall use as their Code standards the ''National Electrical Code". (2) Licensing requirements shall be essentially the same in both cities. (3) Electricians from both cities shall be permitted to apply for and receive a similar or equivalent license by reciprocity. (c) Reciprocation approval for a city may be reviewed by the Board of Electrical Examiners periodically after the initial approval for reciprocation is granted by the Board to ensure there have been no material changes in conditions. {d) A license issued under this section may be revoked or suspended for any reasons set forth in Section 2-456 of this Code. SECTION 2. THAT this Ordinance shall be effective from and after the date of its final passage by the City Council of the City of Lubbock. SECTION 3. THAT should any paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase or word of this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid for any reason, the remainder of this Ordinance shall not be affected thereby. SECTION 4. THAT the City Secretary is hereby authorized and directed to cause publication of the descriptive caption of this Ordinance as an alternative method publication provided by law. AND IT IS SO ORDERED. Passed by the City Council on first reading Passed by the City Council on second readi I ArrEST: .. ·1 ~·~~ APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: ;m~IZ=cial Doiiald G. Vandiver, First Assistant C1ty Attorney ddordle<:docs/recip2.ord rev. July 27, 1995 2 Before m N ary Public in and for Lubbock County, Texas on this day personally appear of the Southwestern Newspa- pers Corporation, publishers of the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal -Morning, and Sunday, who being by me duly sworn did depose and say that said newspfl:er ha.._s been published continuously for more than fifty-two weeks pri- or to the first insertion of this _\._r.""C~~a"'\.1-I_.~ .... JJ"""'Cl""':-::a.:H~c-:'e.~:-=------------------ . -No. :tf:l-~Y:J.5 at Lubbock County, Texas and the attached print- ed copy of th; let«'l.J ~ oi:' e.e.. }s true co y of the o_riginal and was printed in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal~n t e followm dates;_· __ l.JI:.CC.f_~~~)e..I:..J~..C~~------------- LUBBOCK AVALANCHE-JOURNAL Morris Communication Corporation NOTARY PUBLIC in and for the State of Texas My Commission Expires .................. __ _ Subscribed and sworn to before me thi.o:~..s __ .ui;J __ _uday of ~r FORM58·1D --aw~-.:.·-· ,~------------~~WiiAi~~~~ o~c;OW.:fast: