KRS 227.480: Authority to require permits -- Proof of licensure under KRS Chapter

227A -- Exemptions -- Inspectors -- Inspection standards.

(1) (a) A city, county, urban -county government, charter county, or consolidated

local government or the state sh all, 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 p romulgate 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 subm its 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, alter ation, 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, co unty, 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.