{"data":{"id":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-14-1","jurisdiction":"us-ga","citation":"O.C.G.A. § 43-14-1","heading":"Declaration of purpose.","body":"This chapter is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding homeowners, other property owners, tenants, and the general public against faulty, inadequate, inefficient, or unsafe electrical, plumbing, low-voltage wiring, utility contracting, or conditioned air installations. The practice of electrical contracting, plumbing contracting, installing, or repairing, low-voltage contracting, utility contracting, and conditioned air contracting are declared to be businesses or professions affecting the public interest; and this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the purposes stated in this Code section.","path":["TITLE 43 Professions And Businesses","CHAPTER 14 Electrical Contractors, Plumbers, Conditioned Air Contractors, Low-voltage Contractors, and Utility Contractors"],"source_url":"https://archive.org/download/gov.ga.ocga.2018/release86.2022.11/gov.ga.ocga.title.43.odt","current_through":"Release 86 (2022-11)","vintage":"Public.Resource.Org bulk O.C.G.A., Release 86 (2022-11), retrieved 2026-09-17","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T19:34:57Z","sha256":"7dcf4d1e06a339ed02b6c9ea2458e17afd2a3111bce211a4b6f88e17e22539be","source_id":"us-ga","stale":false,"prev":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-13-11","next":"us-ga/o.c.g.a.-43-14-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}