Chapter 14. ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS, PLUMBERS, CONDITIONED AIR CONTRACTORS, LOW-VOLTAGE CONTRACTORS, AND UTILITY CONTRACTORS  


§ 43-14-1. Declaration of purpose
§ 43-14-2. Definitions
§ 43-14-3. Creation of board; members
§ 43-14-4. Chairperson; meetings; organization of divisions; meetings of divisions; quorums within divisions
§ 43-14-5. General powers of board
§ 43-14-6. Powers and duties of divisions
§ 43-14-7. Powers and duties of division director
§ 43-14-8. Licensing required for electrical, plumbing, or conditioned air contracting; businesses conducted by partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations; applications; review courses
§ 43-14-8.1. License requirement for low-voltage electrical contracting; businesses conducted by partnerships, limited liability companies, and corporations; applications
§ 43-14-8.2. Utility contractor license; utility manager; business entities; severance of connection with utility manager; unlawful contracts
§ 43-14-8.3. Utility manager certificate
§ 43-14-8.4. Utility foreman certificate; presence of certified utility manager or certified utility foreman required
§ 43-14-9. Display of license and registration number
§ 43-14-10. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the "Georgia Administrative Procedure Act."
§ 43-14-11. Injunction for violation of chapter
§ 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
§ 43-14-12.1. Evidence of violation; cease and desist orders; fines; other penalties for violations
§ 43-14-12.2. Proof of unlawful practice of utility contracting by unlicensed individual; cease and desist orders; penalty for violations
§ 43-14-13. Applicability of chapter
§ 43-14-14. Penalty
§ 43-14-15. Certain military certifications entitle persons to obtain certain professional licenses
§ 43-14-16. Limited reciprocal licensing of military spouses
§ 43-14-17. Redesignated
§ 43-14-18. Termination

REFS & ANNOS

TITLE 43 Chapter 14 NOTE

CROSS REFERENCES. --Provision of energy conservation assistance to residential customers by electric and gas utilities, T. 46, C. 4A.
 
ADMINISTRATIVE RULES AND REGULATIONS. --Organization, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Chapter 121-1.
 
JUDICIAL DECISIONS
 
CITED in Johnson Cent. Serv. of Ga., Inc. v. Emory Univ., 170 Ga. App. 493, 317 S.E.2d 303 (1984).
 
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
 
EDITOR'S NOTES. --Some of the opinions noted hereunder were rendered prior to the reenactment and amendment of this chapter by Ga. L. 1983, p. 424, § 1, effective March 14, 1983.
 
LEGISLATURE INTENDED TO PREEMPT LOCAL JURISDICTIONS from establishing and maintaining local licensing schemes by enacting this chapter. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U80-31 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 43).
 
ISSUANCE OF LIMITED LICENSE WITHOUT REQUIRING EXAMINATION FOR LICENSURE. --An electrical contractor, master plumber, or journeyman plumber, legally practicing trade pursuant to a valid state-wide, county, or municipal qualifications license on the effective date of this chapter (July 1, 1980), may be issued a limited license by the respective Construction Industry Division to practice in the same capacity and within the same geographic area as that individual is currently licensed to practice without the necessity of taking an examination for licensure under this chapter. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 80-75 (see O.C.G.A. Ch. 14, T. 43).
 
RESEARCH REFERENCES
 
AM. JUR. 2D. --2 Am. Jur. 2d, Administrative Law, § 24 et seq. 15A Am. Jur. 2d, Commerce, §§ 1 et seq., 89 et seq. 16A Am. Jur. 2d, Constitutional Law, §§ 266, 284 et seq., 332, 339 et seq. 51 Am. Jur. 2d, Licenses and Permits, § 1 et seq. 58 Am. Jur. 2d, Occupations, Trades and Professions, § 1 et seq. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Employees, § 14 et seq. 72 Am. Jur. 2d, States, Territories and Dependencies, §§ 42, 61 et seq. 73 Am. Jur. 2d, Statutes, §§ 18 et seq., 60 et seq.
 
C.J.S. --15 C.J.S., Commerce, §§ 9 et seq., 83 et seq., 111 et seq. 16 C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 266 et seq. 16A C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 398, 614, 615. 16B C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1063. 16C C.J.S., Constitutional Law, § 1351 et seq. 16D C.J.S., Constitutional Law, §§ 2085, 2086. 53 C.J.S., Licenses, § 6 et seq. 67 C.J.S., Officers and Public Employees, § 15 et seq. 73 C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 49 et seq. 73A C.J.S., Public Administrative Law and Procedure, § 115 et seq. 81A C.J.S., States, §§ 79 et seq., 120 et seq. 82 C.J.S., Statutes, §§ 203, 281.
 
ALR. --Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 ALR 834; 42 ALR 1226; 118 ALR 646.
   Validity of statutory or municipal regulation of heating contractors, 33 ALR 146.
   Municipal regulation of electricians and the installation of electrical work, 96 ALR 1506.
   Application of res ipsa loquitur rule in case of injury or damages from heating unit, electrical appliance, etc., installed by defendant, 3 ALR2d 1448.
   Validity of regulations as to plumbers and plumbing, 22 ALR2d 816.