36-16-13. License required--Examination--Application--Fees.
Any person, partnership, company, corporation, or association that for a fixed sum, price, fee, percentage, or other consideration, undertakes or offers to undertake with another to plan, lay out, supervise, install, make additions, make alterations, or make repairs, in the installation of wiring, apparatus, or equipment for electric lights, heat, or power, shall be licensed by the State Electrical Commission. The commission shall issue a license to a qualified person under this section in the class defined under § 36-16-2 for which the person applies after successful completion of the examination required by the commission.
The commission shall promulgate rules, pursuant to chapter 1-26, establishing fees for the examination and the application required under this section. The commission may charge, or may authorize a third party that administers the examination to charge, each person an examination fee not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars per examination or reexamination. The application fee may not exceed one hundred dollars per occurrence.
Source: SL 1963, ch 216, § 6 (1); SL 1967, ch 128, § 3; SL 1978, ch 272, § 1; SL 1986, ch 302, § 23; SL 2009, ch 184, § 1; SL 2011, ch 179, § 3; SL 2019, ch 169, § 1; SL 2021, ch 178, § 1.
36-16-13.2. Issuance of license to public entities.
The State Electrical Commission may issue a maintenance electrician's license to a public entity, firm, partnership or corporation. The maintenance electrician license shall be limited to electrical maintenance work, as defined by electrical commission rules, performed at the public entity, firm, partnership or corporation property. The license shall be issued according to rules adopted by the State Electrical Commission.
Source: SL 1986, ch 315, § 6.
36-16-13.3. Inactive license--Performance of job requiring license prohibited--Exemption--Change of inactive license.
The State Electrical Commission may issue an inactive Class B electrician license, inactive electrical contractor license, an inactive 501(d) electrician license, and an inactive journeyman electrician license. No person holding an inactive license may perform any job requiring a Class B electrician or electrical contractor's license. The person holding any inactive license is exempt from the requirements of § 36-16-20. The commission may promulgate rules to determine the requirements a person holding an inactive license shall meet if the person applies to change his inactive license to a license allowing him to perform work for which a license is required.
Source: SL 1987, ch 279, § 1; SL 1991, ch 308, § 2; SL 2009, ch 183, § 3.