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Current through June, 2024
Appendix I
Title 26: Chapter 15: Electricians and Electrical
				  Installations.
§ Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires
				  otherwise:
(1) "Board" means the
				electricians' licensing board created under this chapter.
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of
				public safety.
(3) "Complex
				structure" shall have the same meaning as the term "public building" as defined
				in subdivision
				2900(8)
				of Title 20.
(4) "Electrical
				inspector" means a state electrical inspector employed pursuant to section 915
				of this title.
(5) "Electrical
				installation" means wires, fixtures or apparatus installed in a complex
				structure or at the construction site of such structure for the transmission
				and use of commercially supplied or privately generated electrical
				energy.
(6) "Electrician's helper"
				means a person assisting in the construction, installation or repair of an
				electrical installation under the direct supervision of a master or journeyman
				electrician who is present at the work site.
(7) "Legislative body" means the board of
				selectmen of a town, the board of aldermen or city council of a city, or the
				board of trustees of an incorporated village.
(8) "Municipal inspector" means an electrical
				inspector authorized to conduct municipal inspections pursuant to section 898
				of this title.
(9) "Registered
				apprentice" means an apprentice registered with the apprenticeship division of
				the state department of labor for electrical training.
(10) "Work notice" means the notice required
				to be filed under this chapter by an electrician prior to commencement of
				electrical work.
§ Exceptions.
This chapter does not apply to:
(1) The construction, installation,
				operation, repair or maintenance of electrical installations which are used by
				a public utility in rendering its authorized service; nor to the installation,
				operation, repair and wiring associated with telecommunication services and
				equipment used for the transmission of information by electricity regardless of
				the location of such electrical installations, equipment or
				facilities.
(2) Electrical
				installations in ships, pipeline systems, railway rolling stock, automotive
				equipment, or portable sound equipment.
(3) The manufacture, testing or repair of
				electrical equipment in the plant of the manufacturer of the
				equipment.
(4) The construction,
				repairs or maintenance of buildings used exclusively for agricultural purposes
				on owner-occupied farms.
§ Rules Adopted by Board.
The electricians' licensing board created under section
				  901
				  of this title may adopt, amend, revise and repeal rules providing reasonable
				  standards and requirements applicable to any electrical installation as defined
				  in section 881 of this title, except as provided in sections 882 and 892 of
				  this title. The board, if it finds it practicable to do so, may adopt the
				  provisions of a nationally recognized electrical code under authority of this
				  section.
§ Work in Progress.
Rules adopted under section 891 of this title are not
				  applicable to the construction, repair or replacement of any electrical
				  installation if the work is commenced within 30 days following their adoption,
				  or to electrical installations in any structure standing or in the process of
				  construction at the time of their adoption.
§ Commencement of Work; Fees; Work Notice; Inspection of
				  Work; Certificate of Completion.
(a)
				Electrical work in a complex structure shall not commence until a work notice
				accompanied by the required fee is submitted to the department and the work
				notice is validated by the department. There shall be a base fee of $ 40.00 for
				each work notice, except for electrical work done in one and two family
				residential dwellings. In addition to the base fee, the following fees shall be
				charged:
(1) Services
(A) Temporary-$ 30.00.
(B) Permanent-1 phase and 3 phase through 400
				amp-$ 35.00.
(C) Permanent-401 to
				800 amp-$ 50.00.
(D) Permanent-801
				amp and larger-$ 100.00.