BALTIMORE COUNTY                                2023

Inspector. The term "inspector" shall mean an employee of the elec-
trical inspection division who is charged with the making of inspections
of electrical installations and facilities.

Electrical Inspection Division. The term "electrical inspection divi-
sion" shall mean and refer to the section of the Department of Permits and
Licenses which is charged with making of inspections of electrical instal-
lations and facilities.

Sec. 10-2. Supervision of electrical business.

The county is hereby authorized and empowered to have and exercise
within the county general supervision and control over the conduct of the
electrical business, including, but not limited to, the business of installing,
erecting or repairing, or contracting to install, erect or repair electric
wires or conductors, to be used for the transmission of electric current for
electric light, heat or power purposes, or mouldings, ducts, raceways or
conduits for the reception or protection of such wires or conductors, and
the installation, maintenance, repair and use of any electrical machinery,
apparatus, devices or fixtures.

Sec. 10-3. Rules and regulations.

The county shall have the power and is hereby authorized to make and
from time to time to amend, supplement and repeal, such rules and regu-
lations for the issuance of licenses to conduct such business as is referred
to in this title, the examination of applicants therefor, the issuance of
permits for such work, the inspection of such work, and such other regula-
tions as they may from time to time find necessary and proper in order to
supervise and control the conduct of the electrical business in the public
interest, and in order to safeguard the public health, safety, morals and
general welfare; provided, that such regulations shall contain proper
standards for the exercise of the discretion hereby conferred, shall operate
uniformly, and that before the county shall adopt any such regulations
it shall hold a public hearing thereon after at least ten days' notice to the
public by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county.

The county shall keep in a separate book all rules, regulations and
restrictions adopted by them from time to time under the authority of this
title, and any amendments or supplements thereto, and shall cause copies
to be printed and made available for general distribution. Any such
printed copy, together with any amendments and supplements, when cer-
tified as accurate by the secretary to the county executive shall be deemed
prima facie evidence thereof in any judicial proceeding in the state.

ARTICLE II—Electrical Administrative Board.
Sec. 10-4. Powers and duties of Board.

The county shall have the power, in providing for the administration
and enforcement of regulations adopted hereunder, to appoint an Electrical
Administrative Board to consist of five members, and to impose on and
vest in such board such duties and powers as may be necessary and advis-
able for the proper administration and enforcem