Georgia Code, Title 43, Chapter 14 - Electrical Contractors, Plumbers, Conditioned Air Contractors, Low-Voltage Contractors, and Utility Contractors
- § 43-14-1 - Declaration of Purpose
This chapter is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding homeowners, other property owners, tenants, and the general public against faulty, inadequate, inefficient, or unsafe...
- § 43-14-2 - Definitions
As used in this chapter, the term: (.1) "Alarm system" means any device or combination of devices used to detect a situation, causing an...
- § 43-14-3 - Creation of Board; Members
(a) There is created within the executive branch of state government the State Construction Industry Licensing Board. The board shall be assigned to the...
- § 43-14-4 - Chairperson; Meetings; Organization of Divisions; Meetings of Divisions; Quorums Within Divisions
(a) The office of chairperson shall be rotated among the five divisions enumerated in Code Section 43-14-3 unless the board, through its rules and...
- § 43-14-5 - General Powers of Board
The board shall have the power to: (1) Request from the various state departments and other agencies and authorities of the state and its...
- § 43-14-6 - Powers and Duties of Divisions
(a) The Division of Electrical Contractors, with respect to applicants for a license to engage in or licensees engaging in the business of electrical...
- § 43-14-7 - Powers and Duties of Division Director
(a) All orders and processes of the board and the divisions of the board shall be signed and attested by the division director; and...
- § 43-14-8 - Licensing Required for Electrical, Plumbing, or Conditioned Air Contracting; Businesses Conducted by Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations; Applications; Review Courses
(a) No person shall engage in the electrical contracting business as an electrical contractor unless such person has a valid license from the Division...
- § 43-14-8.1 - License Requirement for Low-Voltage Electrical Contracting; Businesses Conducted by Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations; Applications
(a) For purposes of this Code section only, "division" means the "Division of Low-voltage Contractors."(b) No person shall engage in alarm system, general system,...
- § 43-14-8.2 - Utility Contractor License; Utility Manager; Business Entities; Severance of Connection With Utility Manager; Unlawful Contracts
(a) For purposes of this Code section only, "division" means the "Division of Utility Contractors."(b) (1) After June 30, 1994, no sole proprietorship, partnership,...
- § 43-14-8.3 - Utility Manager Certificate
(a) After June 30, 1994, no person may be employed as a utility manager unless that person holds a current utility manager certificate issued...
- § 43-14-8.4 - Utility Foreman Certificate; Presence of Certified Utility Manager or Certified Utility Foreman Required
(a) After June 30, 1994, no person may be employed as a utility foreman unless that person holds a current utility foreman certificate issued...
- § 43-14-9 - Display of License and Registration Number
(a) Every person holding a license issued by a division of the board shall display it in a conspicuous manner at his place of...
- § 43-14-10 - Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
This chapter shall be administered in accordance with Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
- § 43-14-11 - Injunction for Violation of Chapter
Whenever it shall appear to a division of the board or to the executive director or to a county or municipal inspection authority that...
- § 43-14-12 - Suspension Of, or Refusal to Restore, Licenses and Certificates by Municipal or County Inspection Authority; Appeals; Adoption and Enforcement of Codes At Local Level; Bonds; Fees or Taxes
(a) Any municipal or county inspection authority which meets the standards established by the board shall be authorized, after notice and hearing, to suspend...
- § 43-14-12.1 - Evidence of Violation; Cease and Desist Orders; Fines; Other Penalties for Violations
(a) If a person is in violation of paragraph (1) or (2) of subsection (c) of Code Section 43-14-8, it shall not be necessary...
- § 43-14-12.2 - Proof of Unlawful Practice of Utility Contracting by Unlicensed Individual; Cease and Desist Orders; Penalty for Violations
(a) If a person is in violation of Code Section 43-14-8.2, 43-14-8.3, or 43-14-8.4, it shall not be necessary for an investigator to observe...
- § 43-14-13 - Applicability of Chapter
(a) This chapter shall apply to all installations, alterations, and repairs of plumbing, air-conditioning and heating, or electrical or low-voltage wiring or utility systems...
- § 43-14-14 - Penalty
Any person violating this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000.00 or imprisoned...
- § 43-14-15 - Certain Military Certifications Entitle Persons to Obtain Certain Professional Licenses
(a) As used in this Code section, the term: (1) "Discharge" means an honorable discharge or a general discharge from active military service. Such...
- § 43-14-16 - Limited Reciprocal Licensing of Military Spouses
(a) As used in this Code section, the term "military" means the armed forces of the United States or a reserve component of the...
- Section 43-14-17. - Redesignated
- § 43-14-18 - Termination
Repealed by Ga. L. 1992, p. 3137, ยง 13, effective July 1, 1992.
Last modified: October 14, 2016