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AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, 1976 REVISION, BY AMENDING CHAPTER 13,
ARTICLE III, ELECI'RTreT., DIVISION 1. LICENSING.
BY AMENDING SECTION 13-61 SO AS TO INCREASE MEM-
BERSHIP ON THE ELECTRICAL ADVISORY BOARD TO NINE,
TWO OF WHICH SHALL BE ENGINEERING MEMBERS, ONE A
REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN TEXAS, AND
THE OTHER AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER'I'NG GRADUATE WITH
AT LEAST FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE; FURTHER ArffiIDING
SECTION 13 -61 TO PROVIDE FOR TENURE OF TWO YEARS
FOR EACH BOARD MEMBER; AMENDING SECTION 13 -73(d)
SO AS TO SUBSTITUTE TECHNICAL SCHOOLING OR COLLEGE
EDUCATION FOR PART OF THE REQUIRED EXPERIENCE FOR
LICENSING FOR MASTER ELECTRICIAN; FURTHER AMENDING
SECTION 13 -73 BY ADDING SUBSECTION (d), PROVIDING
FOR LICENSING OF MASTER ELECTRICIAN - SIGN OR
ELEVATOR, AND BY ADDING SUBSECTION (e), PROVIDING
FOR LICENSING OF MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIANS; REPEAL-
ING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERANCE; PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS
CHRISTI, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The Code of Ordinances, City of Corpus Christi,
1976 Revision, adopted by Ordinance No. 13121 on April 7, 1976, is hereby
amended by amending Division 1 of Article III of Chapter 13 thereof as
follows:
A. Amend Section 13 -61 by amending paragraph (a) to hereafter
read as follows:
"(a) Creation; Appointment: There is hereby created the
Electrical Advisory Board (hereinafter called 'Board')
consisting of nine (9) persons who shall be appointed
by the City Council. This board shall have the guidance
and assistance of the Building Official and the Chief
Electrical Inspector."
B. Amend Section 13-61 by amending subparagraph (3) of para-
graph (b) thereof to hereafter read as follows:
"(3) Two (2) Engineering Members: One shall be a registered
professional engineer in Texas, and the other shall have
a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering and a
mini,m,m of five (5) years experience in electrical
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engineering."
C. Amend Section 13 -61 by amending paragraph (c) thereof to
hereafter read as follows:
"(c) Tenure of office: All terms shall be for two years.
The term of each member shall continue until his successor
is appointed. Any member of the board may be removed by
the City Council for cause. Vacancies within the board
shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired term."
D. Amend Section 13 -73 by amending paragraph (c) thereof by
adding the following:
"Applicants shall be examined as provided in Sections 13 -60 through
13 -82. A certificate of graduation from, or successful com-
pletion of a recognized technical school or college shall be credited
year of education for year of experience not exceeding three
(3) years as part of the required five (5) years experience."
E. Amend Section 13 -73 by amending paragraph (d) thereof to
hereafter read as follows:
"(d) Master electrician - sign or elevator: If the applicant
desires to do work in electrical elevator or electrical sign
installation, repair and /or maintenance, he shall pass a
special examination on the same basis as that given to a master
electrician, but with diagrams and a set of questions appli-
cable to his particular classification. Such applicant shall
file with the application an affidavit setting forth that
such applicant is not less than twenty -one years of age and
has had not less than five years experience in the installation,
alteration, and repair of electrical elevators or signs, or
equally qualifying experience for at least five years.
Applicant shall be examined as provided in Sections 13 -60
through 13 -82. A certificate of graduation or successful
completion of a recognized technical school or college shall
be credited year of education for year of experience not
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exceeding three years as part of the required five years
experience."
F. Amend Section 13 -73 by amending paragraph (g) thereof to
hereafter read as follows:
"(g) Maintenance Electrician. An applicant for registration
as maintenance electrician shall file with the application an
affidavit setting forth that he is not less than twenty -one
(21) years of age and has had not less than two (2) years of
experience in building electrical maintenance under a person
who was a licensed electrician; or has held at least a
Journeyman electrician's license for a continuous period of
not less than twelve (12) months. Applicant shall file with
his application a letter bearing the signature of the person
by whom he is regularly employed and the address of the
place of employment, or shall state that he intends to do
work under this classification and will furnish the Chief
Electrical Inspector with the letter described above when so
employed and will notify the Chief Electrical Inspector of
each such change of employment during the life of his license.
Applicant shall pass an examination equivalent to and on the
same basis of a journeyman electrician as provided herein."
SECTION 2. That all ordinances or parts of ordinances in
conflict be and the same are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict.
SECTION 3. If for any reason any section, paragraph, sub-
division, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance shall be
held invalid or unconstitutional by final judgment of a court of competent
jurisdiction it shall not affect any other section, paragraph, sub-
division, clause, phrase, word, or provision of this ordinance, for it
is the definite intent of this City Council that every section, paragraph,
subdivision, clause, phrase, word, or provision hereof be given full
force and effect for its purpose.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect from and after
its passage and publication one time in the official publication of the City
of Corpus Christi, which publication shall contain the caption stating in
summary the purpose of the ordinance and the penalty for violation thereof.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FO TN FIRST TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS SECOND READING ON THIS THE AY OF 1971 BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LueY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GALLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDIRANC1. WAS READ Fqq T E SECOND TIME AND PASSED
TO ITS THIRD READ INO ON THIS THEDAY OF , 19717 BY THE
FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LUBY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASEB
RUTH GILL
BOB GALLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE
THAT THE FOR GO NG ORDINANC WA READ FOR THE THIRD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THEDAY OF , 1977, BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
JASON LueY
DR. BILL TIPTON
EDUARDO DE ASES
RUTH GILL
BOB GALLEY
GABE LOZANO, SR.
EDWARD L. SAMPLE /�.P/
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE /G "'DAY OF `•,ilk 197I
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY MAY R W -lem
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
AP ROVED:
DAY OF 1921
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PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEAS, I 8s:
County of Nueces.
Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came.......- _._.__
who being first duly sworn, according to law, says that he is the
. ............. of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi Times.
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
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Eugenia S. Cortez
Notary PU�b-;'iR:uue--ces County, Texas
NOTICE OF~
PASSAGE OF
ORDINANCE
NO. 13611
,AMENDING THE CODE OFI
,ORDINANCES, CITY OF,
CORP US CHRISTI, 1916 REV I-
51ON, BY AMENDING CHAR
TER 13, ARTICLE 111, ELEC-
TRICAL, DIVISION I.
I LICENSING -BY AMENDING
SECTION 13-61 SO AS TO IN-
CREASE MEMBERSHIP ON
THE ELECTRICAL ADVISO-
IRY BOARD TO NINE TWO
OF WHICH SHALL BE ENGI-
NEERING MEMBERS. ONE
�A REGISTERED PROFES-
SIONAL ENGINEER IN
(TEXAS, AND THE OTHER
'AN ELECTRICAL ENGI-
NEERING GRADUATE WITH
AT LEAST FIVE YEARS EX-
PERIENCE; FURTHER
AMENDING SECTION 13-61
TO PROVIDE FOR TENURE
OF TWO YEARS FOR EACH
j BOARD MEMBER; AMEND-
IN G SECTION 333! (c) SO AS
TO SUBSTITUTE TECHNI-
CA4 SCHOOLING OR COL -
iLEGE EDUCATION FOR
PART OF THE REQUIRED
EXPERIENCE FOR LICENS-
ING FOR MASTER ELEC-
TRICIAN;- FURTNE R'
AMENDING SECTION l3-Td
BY ADDING SUBSECTION
(tl), PROVIDING FOR LI-
CEN51NG OF MASTER
ELECTRICIAN - SIGN OR
ELEVATOR, AND BY ADD-
ING SUBSECTION (e), PRO-
VIDING FOR LICENSING OF
MAINTENANCE ELEC,
TRICIANS; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT;
PROVIDING FOR SEVER-
ANCE; PROVIDING FOR
PUBLICATION
I WAS ED by fhe Cih/ Call af�he
�Clty of Corpus Ctvbti, Telms,
'tluring Poe Regular Council
'Meeting SIC a!�F_ebnWry 14
;,,n, at 2:g0 P.m. and pr wm
that it snail lake effect irorh and
[6"er Its passage and pub -
t)catbn One time In the oMfc*l
i CtaaTon of the he Clty d Cae
ISSU ED UNDERMYHANC
AND SEAL at the Ory of Car
pus Chris" Terms, th18 Rle 1711
day of February, 1911.
s -BID G. Rear
City Secretary
City N Corpus Clristb Tex i