Ch. 27

LAWS OF MARYLAND

certain amount of coverage; repealing a requirement to
execute a certain bond; requiring that a master
electrician's license or renewal of the license become void
if the licensee's insurance becomes inoperative or
ineffective; altering the number of years of experience that
an applicant for a master electrician's license shall have
as a condition of licensure; and generally relating to the
requirements for a master electrician's license in Cecil
County.

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,

The Public Local Laws of Cecil County

Section 7-13(a) and (c) and 7-16

Article 8 - Public Local Laws of Maryland

(1970 Edition and January, 1987 Supplement, as amended)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article 8 - Cecil County

7-13.

(a) Before any person shall hereafter engage in the
business of a master electrician or master electrician limited in
Cecil County, as defined in this chapter, and before any person
now engaged in said business or any class thereof shall continue
in said business of master electrician or master electrician
limited, such person shall apply to said board for a license, as
herein required, and shall pay $10 of the required fee. The
applicant shall present himself before said board at a time and
place fixed by said board. If the board shall find, upon due
examination, that the applicant presenting himself has a
reasonable knowledge of electricity and the natural laws and
functions of electric wires, appliances, and devices for electric
light, heat, protective signaling, and power purposes and is
possessed of skill and knowledge in all matters pertaining to the
business of master electrician or master electrician limited, as
defined in this chapter, then said board, upon payment of the
remainder of the fee, [upon executing the bond herein provided
for] and upon furnishing evidence of a Cecil County business
license AND PROOF THAT THE PERSON CARRIES GENERAL LIABILITY AND
PROPERTY DAMAGE INSURANCE IN THE AMOUNTS OF COVERAGE REQUIRED BY
ARTICLE 56, § 535(D) OF THE ANNOTATED CODE OF MARYLAND, shall
issue to said person a license as master electrician or master
electrician limited to practice said business for a term of one
year and shall register such person as a duly licensed master
electrician or master electrician limited; provided, however,
that no license shall be granted to any person under the age of
21, nor shall any license be granted to any person who has not
taken and subscribed to an oath that he has had at least [3] 7

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