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AL Code § 34-35-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 35 - Transient Merchants.|Section 34-35-7 - License Fee; Bond.

Section 34-35-7License fee; bond. (a) Each applicant for a transient merchant license must include a license fee of $250 with the application, to be deposited in the county treasury that issues the license. The license applicant must also execute a cash bond or a surety bond issued by a corporate surety authorized to do business in this state in an amount that is the lesser of $2,000 or five percent of the wholesale value of any merchandise or services to be offered for sale. The surety bond must be issued in favor of the state and must be conditioned that the applicant will pay all taxes due from the applicant to the state or to a political subdivision of the state, any fines assessed against the applicant or the applicant's agents or employees for a violation of this chapter, and any judgment rendered against the applicant or the applicant's agents or employees in a cause of action commenced by a purchaser of merchandise or services not later than one year after the date the merchandise or services are sold by the applicant. (b) The transient merchant must maintain the bond during the period that the merchant conducts business in the county and for a one-year period after the termination of the business. After the transient merchant furnishes satisfactory proof to the probate judge that the merchant has satisfied all claims of purchasers of merchandise from or services offered by the merchant, and that all state and local sales taxes and other applicable taxes have been paid, the bond shall be released. (Acts 1985, No. 85-693, p. 1114, §7.)
AL Code § 34-35-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 35 - Transient Merchants.|Section 34-35-8 - Issuance of License; Not Transferable; Validity; Expiration; Renewal.

Section 34-35-8Issuance of license; not transferable; validity; expiration; renewal. (a) The probate judge shall issue a transient merchant license under this chapter only if all requirements of this chapter have been met. The license is not transferable, and is valid only within the territorial limits of the issuing county. A license expires 90 days after the day of issuance. (b) A license may be renewed on payment of a $25 renewal fee and filing for renewal with the probate judge before the expiration of the current license. (Acts 1985, No. 85-693, p. 1114, §8.)
AL Code § 34-35-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 35 - Transient Merchants.|Section 34-35-9 - Violations of Chapter.

Section 34-35-9Violations of chapter. Any person who knowingly or intentionally operates a transient business without a valid license as provided by this chapter, or who knowingly or intentionally advertises, offers for sale, or sells any merchandise or services in violation of this chapter, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (Acts 1985, No. 85-693, p. 1114, §9.)
AL Code § 34-36-1 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-1 - Short Title.

Section 34-36-1Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Alabama Electrical Contractors Act" and shall be construed and implemented to promote the purposes and policies set forth in this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §1; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-2 - Declaration of Purpose.

Section 34-36-2Declaration of purpose. The "Alabama Electrical Contractors Act" is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding homeowners and other property owners and tenants against faulty, inadequate, inefficient, or unsafe electrical installations and to protect the life, health, and property of homeowners and other property owners and tenants in the State of Alabama. Electrical contracting is hereby declared to be affected with the public interest, and this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the foregoing purpose. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §2.)
AL Code § 34-36-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-3 - Definitions.

Section 34-36-3Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them used in this chapter, for the purposes of this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: (1) BOARD. The Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors. (2) DIRECTOR. The Executive Director of the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors. (3) ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING. Any job or project in the State of Alabama wherein the electrical contractor proposes to bid, install, maintain, alter, or repair any electric wiring devices or equipment. (4) ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR. Any person, firm, or corporation who is engaged in the business of soliciting and installing electrical power or control systems; maintaining, altering, or repairing electrical power or control systems, any electrical wiring devices, equipment, or any other electrical apparatus. A person who possesses the necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to plan, lay out, and supervise the installation of electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment for lighting, heating, power, or controls and who possesses any of the following qualifications: a. Four years of practical experience as a journeyman electrician in charge of jobs. b. Four years of experience in the design and construction of electrical systems. (5) JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN. A person who possesses necessary qualifications, training, and technical knowledge to install electrical wiring, apparatus, or equipment lighting, heating, or power or control covered by this chapter. He or she shall work under a master or state certified electrical contractor and shall be capable of doing work according to plans and specifications furnished to him or her and in accordance with standard rules and regulations governing such work. (6) LICENSE. A valid and current certificate of registration issued by the director on behalf of the board which shall give the named person to whom it is issued authority to engage in the activity prescribed thereon. (7) LICENSEE. Any person holding a license. (8) PERSON. A human person, not a legal entity. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §3; Acts 1988, No. 88-129, p. 184, §1; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-5 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-5 - Compensation of Board Members.

Section 34-36-5Compensation of board members. The members of the board shall receive up to three hundred dollars ($300) per day with a limit of 15 days per year while performing their official duties, in addition to the same per diem and mileage as provided to state employees. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921 p. 201 §5; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-7 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-7 - Examinations; Reciprocity With Other States; Issuance of License; Qualification Requirements.

Section 34-36-7Examinations; reciprocity with other states; issuance of license; qualification requirements. (a) All applicants for licensure must submit a completed application, application fee, and supportive documentation of qualifications before taking an examination approved by the board. The board shall examine applicants at least once every three months according to the method deemed by it to be the most appropriate to test the qualifications of applicants. Any national standardized or written examination proctored by an independent third party which the board shall approve as substantially similar to the examination required to be licensed under this chapter may be administered to all applicants in lieu of or in conjunction with any other examination which the board shall give to test the qualifications of applicants. The board shall also have the right to establish such norms of achievement as shall be required for a passing grade. The board may, by rule, adopt the National Electrical Code for the purpose of examinations. (b) The board may recognize a license issued by any other state that, in the opinion of the board, has standards of practice or licensure equal to or higher than those required by this state. The board shall actively seek to reciprocate with those states meeting such standards. The board shall actively seek to maintain those states currently under agreement. (c) No license shall be issued except in compliance with this chapter and none shall be issued except to a person or a person in a firm, partnership, association, or corporation. A firm, partnership, association, or corporation, as such, shall not be licensed. A licensee shall be a citizen of the United States or, if not a citizen of the United States, a person who is legally present in the United States with appropriate documentation from the federal government. (d) An individual who has successfully passed, on or before January 1, 2010, with a minimum score of 70 percent, or an individual who has successfully passed after January 1, 2010, with a minimum score of 75 percent, a nationally standardized proctored electrical examination administered in the State of Alabama, by Block and Associates, International Code Council, Experior, Promissor, Thomson Prometric, PROV, or any other exam approved by the board, shall be deemed to be in compliance with the testing requirement set forth by the board for licensure as an electrical contractor. Individuals meeting this qualification shall also be required to complete all other qualifications set forth by this chapter and the board prior to issuance of an electrical contractor license. Electrical contractor applicants affected by this provision shall have until July 1, 2011, to apply for licensure without any further examination requirements. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §7; Act 2003-482, p. 1485, §1; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1; Act 2012-102, p. 175, §3.)
AL Code § 34-36-8 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-8 - Expiration and Renewal of Licenses; Continuing Education; Inactive Status.

Section 34-36-8Expiration and renewal of licenses; continuing education; inactive status. (a) All licenses shall expire annually or at other times designated by the board. All applications for renewal of licenses shall be filed with the director prior to the expiration date, accompanied by the annual renewal fee prescribed by the board. (b) The board is authorized to establish or adopt, or both, education requirements and may approve the program or programs providing education to fulfill the requirements. The board shall set the minimum standards of education. All persons holding an electrical contractor license shall be required to complete 14 hours of continuing education every two years. (c) The board may promulgate rules regarding the approval of continuing education courses and the accounting for continuing education hours. (d) Any person licensed by the board may elect an inactive status certificate by notifying the board in writing. The fee for the issuance and renewal of an inactive status certificate shall be established by the board. The board shall provide by rule those activities which an inactive status certificate holder may engage in and for a procedure for the reinstatement as an active status certificate holder. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §8; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-9 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-9 - Failure to Renew License; Restoration Fee; New License.

Section 34-36-9Failure to renew license; restoration fee; new license. An expired license for an electrical contractor which has expired for failure to renew may only be restored within five years from the date of expiration after application and payment of the prescribed restoration fee and satisfaction of all continuing education requirements. The restoration fee shall be established by the board and shall be due upon application for restoration. The restoration fee shall be in addition to all accrued renewal fees. Any license which has not been restored within five years following its expiration may not be renewed, restored, or reissued thereafter. The holder of such a cancelled license may apply for and obtain a valid license only upon compliance with all relevant requirements as prescribed by this chapter or by rule for issuance of a new license. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §9; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-10 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-10 - Expiration of Suspended Licenses.

Section 34-36-10Expiration of suspended licenses. A suspended license is subject to expiration and must be renewed or restored as provided in this chapter during the term of suspension. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §10.)
AL Code § 34-36-11 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-11 - Fees.

Section 34-36-11Fees. The board is empowered to establish and charge reasonable fees for the administration of examinations, issuance of all active and inactive licenses, and supplying information to applicants, licensees, and the general public. Such fees shall be commensurate with the cost of fulfilling the duties of the board as defined in this chapter. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §11.)
AL Code § 34-36-12 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-12 - Display of Licenses.

Section 34-36-12Display of licenses. Every person holding a license issued by the board shall display it in a conspicuous manner at his or her principal place of business. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §12.)
AL Code § 34-36-14 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-14 - Electrical Appeals and Advisory Board; Appointment, Qualifications, Terms and Compensation of Members; Rules for Appeals.

Section 34-36-14Electrical Appeals and Advisory Board; appointment, qualifications, terms and compensation of members; rules for appeals. Repealed by Act 2010-540, p. 932, §3, effective July 1, 2010. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §14.)
AL Code § 34-36-15 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-15 - Injunctive Power.

Section 34-36-15Injunctive power. Electrical contracting involves activities affecting the public interest and the health, safety, and welfare of the public. Such activities, when engaged in by a person who is not licensed, are a public nuisance and harmful to the public health, safety, and welfare. The board or the district attorney of the circuit where such nuisance exists may bring a petition to restrain and enjoin such unlicensed practice in the district court of the county where such unlicensed person resides. It shall not be necessary in order to obtain the equitable relief provided herein to allege or prove that there is no adequate remedy at law. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §15; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-16 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-16 - Violations; Penalties.

Section 34-36-16Violations; penalties. (a) Except as provided in Section 13A-9-111.1, it shall be unlawful for any person to violate any provision of this chapter regulating electrical contracting, and any person convicted of such violation shall be punished as prescribed for a Class A misdemeanor. (b) It shall be unlawful, except as otherwise provided, on or after December 31, 2011, for a person not licensed as an electrical contractor to solicit, represent, seek to perform, or perform those tasks and functions that can only be performed by a licensed electrical contractor in accordance with this chapter. (c) Subsection (b) shall not apply to an electrical contractor who has taken an examination offered by the board within the preceding 12 months, who holds a license or permit issued by a county or municipal government to perform the tasks and functions that can only be performed by a licensed electrical contractor, and who performs those tasks and functions within the boundaries of the county or municipality that issued the license or permit. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §16; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1; Act 2021-272, §2.)
AL Code § 34-36-17 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-17 - Funding.

Section 34-36-17Funding. There is hereby established a separate fund in the State Treasury to be known as the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors Fund. All money derived under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in this fund and used only to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such fund shall be paid out only by warrant of the Comptroller upon the Treasurer, upon itemized vouchers, approved by the director of the board; provided, that no funds shall be withdrawn or expended except as budgeted and allotted according to the provisions of Sections 41-4-80 through 41-4-96 and Sections 41-19-1 through 41-19-12, and only in amounts as stipulated in the general appropriation or other appropriation bills. Any funds unspent and unencumbered at the end of any state fiscal year in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be transferred into the State General Fund on or before January 15 of the succeeding year. In addition, there is hereby appropriated from the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors Fund to the Alabama Board of Electrical Contractors the amount necessary to repay the State General Fund for any and all amounts expended therefrom and such repayment to the State General Fund shall be made as soon as funds are available. (Acts 1985, 2nd Ex. Sess., No. 85-921, p. 201, §17; Act 2010-540, p. 932, §1.)
AL Code § 34-36-18 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 36 - Electrical Contractors.|Section 34-36-18 - Construction of Chapter.

Section 34-36-18Construction of chapter. This chapter shall not be construed as authorizing the employment of statewide electrical inspectors. (Act 2010-540, p. 932, §2.)
AL Code § 34-37-2 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 37 - Plumbers and Gas Fitters.|Section 34-37-2 - Board Renamed; Authority Expanded.

Section 34-37-2Board renamed; authority expanded. (a) The Plumbers Examining Board as created by Act No. 529 of the 1949 Regular Session of the Legislature (Acts 1949, p. 827), as amended, is renamed the State of Alabama Plumbers and Gas Fitters Examining Board and the authority of the board is expanded to allow the board to examine, certify, and regulate plumbers, gas fitters, and medical gas piping fitters on a statewide basis. The board may make and enforce rules adopted in accordance with Chapter 22 of Title 41, the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act. (b) The board is authorized to expend funds for purposes of public awareness of the board and its rules and regulations to include advertising, promotional materials, event exhibiting, and other means approved by the board. (Acts 1987, No. 87-812, p. 1616, §2; Acts 1989, No. 89-406, p. 858, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-795, p. 1496, §1; Act 2015-496, §1.)
AL Code § 34-37-3 (2021)
2021 Code of Alabama|Title 34 - Professions and Businesses.|Chapter 37 - Plumbers and Gas Fitters.|Section 34-37-3 - Appointments to Board; Composition.

Section 34-37-3Appointments to board; composition. The board members serving on January 1, 2011, shall continue to serve on the board until successor board members are appointed and qualified. Appointments shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate. Commencing on March 26, 2012, as the term of office of a member serving on the board expires, the member shall continue to serve on the board until a successor board member is appointed and qualified. The Governor shall designate the length of term for each of his or her appointees not to exceed four years. The board shall always be composed of the following members: One member appointed by the Governor shall be a master plumber as defined by this chapter; one member appointed by the Governor shall be a journeyman plumber as defined by this chapter; one member appointed by the Governor shall be a registered professional engineer licensed as such by the State Board of Registration of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors as provided in Article 2 of Chapter 11 of this title, or any subsequent act relating to the licensing of professional engineers; one member appointed by the Governor shall be a municipal or county building official; one member appointed by the Governor shall be a master gas fitter as defined in this chapter; one member appointed by the Governor shall be a journeyman gas fitter as defined in this chapter; and one member appointed by the Governor shall be appointed from the public at large. The member representing the public at large shall not be engaged or otherwise connected to the plumbing or gas industry or the installation of plumbing or gas work nor connected with any person, firm, or corporation handling or dealing in material, fixtures, or appliances connected with plumbing or gas work. Each member of the board shall be a citizen of this state and the membership of the board shall be inclusive and reflect the racial, gender, geographic, urban/rural, and economic diversity of the state. (Acts 1987, No. 87-812, p. 1616, §3; Acts 1989, No. 89-406, p. 858, §3; Acts 1996, No. 96-797, p. 1502, §3; Act 2000-230, p. 365, §3; Act 2008-148, p. 240, §3; Act 2010-147, p. 213, §3; Act 2012-101, p. 173, §3.)