§ 6-107. Contractors' requirements; exceptions.

No person, firm or corporation shall engage in the business of electrical contracting, fire alarm contracting or sign contracting unless such person, firm or corporation shall have received from the state or the appropriate municipality the appropriate contractor's license, nor shall any person other than a master electrician, except a person duly licensed and employed by and working under the direction of a holder of an electrical contractor's license, fire alarm contractor's license or sign contractor's license, in any manner undertake to execute any electrical wiring; except, no license shall be required by the board to perform the work indicated in subsections (7) and (9) through (14) of this section, nor shall a license or permit be required to execute the work covered by subsections (1) through (6) and (8) of this section:

(1)

Minor repair work, as defined.

(2)

The installation, alteration, repairing, rebuilding or remodeling of elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators or man lifts performed under a permit issued by an elevator inspection agency of the state or political subdivision of the state.

(3)

The installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment and its associated wiring installed on the premises of consumers or subscribers by or for electrical energy supply or communication agencies for use by such agencies in the generation, transmission, distribution or metering of electrical energy, or the operation of signals or transmission of intelligence, not including fire alarm systems.

(4)

The installation, alteration or repair of electric wiring for the generation and primary distribution of electric current, or the secondary distribution system, up to and including the meters, where such work is an integral part of the system owned and operated by an electric light and power utility in rendering its duly authorized service.

(5)

Any work involved in the manufacture of electric equipment, including the testing and repairing of such manufactured equipment.

(6)

The installation, alteration or repair of equipment and its associated wiring for the generation or distribution of electric energy for the operation of signals or transmission of intelligence where such work is in connection with a communication system owned or operated, by a telephone or telegraph company, in rendering its duly authorized service as a telephone or telegraph company.

(7)

Any installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment by a homeowner in a single-family home and accompany outbuildings owned and occupied or to be occupied by the person performing the installation, alteration or repair of electrical equipment.

(8)

Any work involved in the use, maintenance, operation, dismantling or reassembling of motion picture and theatrical equipment used in any building with approved facilities for entertainment or educational use and which has the necessary permanent wiring, floor and wall receptacle outlets designed for the proper and safe use of such theatrical equipment, but not including any permanent wiring.

(9)

Work performed by mechanical contractors licensed in classifications listed in section 6(3)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f) of the Forbes Mechanical Contractor Act (MCL 338.976(3)(a), (b), (d), (e) and (f)), plumbing contractors licensed under Public Act No. 266 of 1929 (MCL 338.901 et seq.) and employees of persons licensed under such Acts while performing maintenance, service, repair, replacement, alteration, modification, reconstruction or upgrading of control wiring circuits and electrical component parts within existing mechanical systems defined in the mechanical and plumbing codes provided for in the State Construction Code Act of 1972, including, but not limited to, energy management systems, relays and controls on boilers, water heaters, furnaces, air conditioning compressors and condensers, fan controls, thermostats and sensors, and all manufacturer prewired system wiring associated with the mechanical systems in buildings which are on the load side of the unit disconnect, which is located on or immediately adjacent to the equipment, except for life safety systems wiring.

(10)

Electrical wiring associated with the installation, removal, alteration or repair of a water well pump on a single-family dwelling to the first point of attachment in the house from the well, by a registered pump installer under part 127 of the Public Health Code (MCL 333.12701 et seq.).

(11)

The installation, maintenance or servicing of burglar alarm systems within a building or structure.

(12)

The installation, maintenance or servicing of residential lawn sprinkling equipment.

(13)

The installation, alteration, maintenance or repair of electric signs and related wiring by an unlicensed individual under the direct supervision of a licensed sign specialist, except that the ratio of unlicensed individuals engaged in this activity shall not exceed two unlicensed individuals to one licensed sign specialist. An enforcing agency shall enforce this ratio on a jobsite basis.

(14)

The construction, installation, maintenance, repair and renovation of telecommunications equipment and related systems by a person, firm or corporation primarily engaged in the telecommunications and related information systems industry. This exemption does not include the construction, installation, maintenance, repair and renovation of a fire alarm system.

(Code 1977, § 6-37; Ord. No. 198, § 6, 10-11-1993; Ord. No. 279, 6-11-2001)