355ORDINANCE NO . _~
AN ORDINANCE FUR THE CREATION OF A BOARD FOR EXAMINING AND
LICENSING GAS FITTERS: TO PROVIDE RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR
LICENSING ~DOFXCVMPETENCYANDt~00PRESCROI BEAPENALI t ESSFORCTHOF
CERTIFICATES
VIOLATION OF THIS ORDINANCE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MEMPHIS,
ARKANSAS:
SECTION (. There is hereby created and established a Board
of Examiners for gas fitters and said Board shall consist of
four l4i rn¢mbers who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the City Council and who shall b¢ appointed II
for a term of one ill year from the first of May of the year of
their appointment and shall b¢ appointed annually thereafter
before the first day of May and said Board shall be known as a
Iii, Board of Examiners for gas fitters. Said Board shall have the
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power and it shall b¢ its duty to examine into the qualifications
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of all persons who are engaged in or desire to engage in the
business of gas piping and maintenance of same or in the maint¢n-
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anee of gas piping equipment or other work connected directly or
I'~,~ indd~rectly with the gas fitters work.
Vacancies for any unexpired term shall b¢ filled in the same
ii manner as herein provided for the original appointment of m¢m-
bets. The Board shall elect one of its members to b¢ its
~ secretary and who shall keep a full and complete record of all
~+ acts and doings of the Board. The Board of Examiners shall keep
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and preserve a record of all gas fitters examined by them and
~~ to whom a certificate has been issued. Said record shall b¢
~' kept in a well bound volume and shall become a permanent record
of the City of West Memphis.
SECTION 2. The Board of Examiners shall adopt such rules
and regulations for the examination of all applicants for licen-
sing as gas fitters and the issuance of certificates for the
conduct of the business of the Board of Examiners as may b¢ nee-
!, ¢ssary not in conflict with the statutes of the State of Arkansas,
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~~ the provisions of this ordinance or with any other ordinance of
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the City of West Memphis.
i Examinations shall be held by the Board in the City Hall
of West Memphis, Arkansas in the months of January, April, June
~ and October if there b¢ an applicant desirous of taking said
examination. The ¢xamination shall be held at a time set by
the Board in the above stated months and each applicant for~the
examination shall be notified in writing five i51 days prior
to the holding of the examination. Each m¢mber of the Board
shall submit an equal number of questions for each ¢xamination
and said questions are to be taken from the State Gas Code or
having direct bearing on gas installations.
Any person passing the examination by a scor¢ or grade of
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y Sev¢nty i70f) per cent as an Individual, company, partnership
M or corporation shall then have issued a Certificate of competency
and purchase and procure a license authorizing said person,
company, partnership or corporation to pruchase p¢rmits for
gas fitters work in the City of West Memphis, Arkansas. This
C¢rtificat¢ of comp¢tency and Iicens¢ shall be th¢ sol¢ property
of the person taking th¢ examination and he shall b¢ authorized to
s¢cure gas fitters permits from the City Clerk for work to be
don¢ by him, his company, partnership or corporation.
THE BOARD SHALL REC~UI RE SUCH EVIDENCE AS IT Si-1ALL NEED AS
TO THE OWNERSHIP BY THE APPLICANT OF HIS BUSINESS, COMPAiJY,
PARTNERSHI P UR CORPORATIC~1.
NO CERTIFICATE OR LICENSE SHALL BE ASSIGNABLE OR TRANSFER-
ABLE AND EVIDENCE OF ANY SUCH TRANSFER UR ASSIC-~1MENT WILL BE
GROUNDS AND/OR CAUSE FOR C"~NCELLATION OF SAID CERTIFICATE AND/UR
L ICENSE.
ALL LICENSES ISSUED BY THE CITY CLERK WILL EXPIRE ON DECEM-
BER ~st OF EACH YEA P. AND IF NOT RENEWED BY JANUARY 31st OF THE
FOLLC.1+XtING YEAR IT SHALL BECOiv1E VOID. ANOTHER EXAMINATION BEFORE
TI-~E BOARU OF EXAMINERS SHALL BE REQUIRED AND APPLICANT SHALL
PASS SAID EXAMINATION r„'~ID BE ISSUED A CERTIFICATE OF COMPENTENCY
BEFORE BEING ISSUED A LICENSE BY T-iE CITY CLERK TO ENGAGE IN THE
GAS FITTING BUSINESS.
~I Th¢ certificate issued by the Board of Examin¢rs shall not
be considered as th¢ annual license fe¢ (Certificate of License)
issued by the City Clerk and r¢quired of ev¢ry person, firm, or
corporation engag¢d in carrying on or following the business of
GAS PIPING OR MAINTENANCE OF GAS EQUIPMENT but is in addition to
the annual Iicens¢ fees, abov¢ r¢ferred to, and provid¢d by
Ordinanc¢.
SECTION 3. - FEES - THE FEE CI-IARGED AN APNLICANT BY THE
BOARD SHALL BE FORTY DOLLAkS t~4O.O0i FOR EACH EXAMINATION HELD
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FOR A PERSON.
SECTION 4. From and after the passage of this ordinance
it shall be unlawful for any person, firm or corporations to
engage in gas work in any of its phases including installation
of fixtures or equipment or doing any other thing directly or
indirectly connected with gas work without first having made
application to the Board of Examiners and having secured a cert-
ificate of comp¢ntency as herein provided. Any person, firm or
corporation or member thereof in the City of ~klest Memphis holding
himself or itself out as licensed to do gas fitters work of any
kind, in any of its branches without first securing license in
the manner herein provided shall be deemed guilty of a violation
of the provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Every person, firm, or corporation, its members
or employes of a firm or corporation, desiring to engage in gas
fitters work in any of its branches shall apply in writing to
the Secretary of the Board and s~~~all deposit with the Treasurer
of the City of West Memphis the fee as set in Section 3 hereof
required by this ordinance of applicant or applicants for exam-
ination.
The Board shall fix the hour at which said applicant shall
appear and be examined and the Board of Examiners shall examine
the applicant to determine his qualifications and fitness to
carry on the business or calling of gas fitters work. And if the
Board shall find upon examination that the applicant has a rea-
sonable knowledge of the natural and practical rules of gas fitter
work the safe, correct and approved manner of installing gas
piping, equipment and fixtures and is familiar with the ordinances
of the City of West Memphis, and the statutes of the State of
Arkansas governing the installation of gas equipment, piping,
fixtures and d~viees then the Board shall issue to said person a
certificate to engage in and carry on the business of gas fitters
work and shall register such person as duly certified under the
terms and provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. ~h¢ certificate or certificates of compentency
granted hereunder shall not be ASSIGNABLE UR TRANSFEKABLE. Any
certificate issued may b¢ suspended or revoked by the board for
violation~of the provisions of this ordinance or any section
thereof of any other ordinance governing the installation or
inspection of gas piping, fixtures, apparatus or devices.
ScCTl..C3N 7. Any member of the Board may be removed by the
Mayor of the pity of ti~~est N1¢mphis for incompetency, inefficiency
or dereliction of duty. Th¢ members of the Board shall receive
ten dollars ($10.001 for each examination held, but the member
must b¢ present to receive said ten dollars ($10.001.
SECTION 8. By the term gas fitters as used in this ordinance
is included all work of ev4zry character connected with the install
ation or repair of any gas fixtures, piping or material connected
with or in any manner used in furtherance of such work.
SECTION 9. Any person, firm, or corporation violatinc any
of the provisions of this ordinance or any rule or regulation
established and prescribed under the authority herein designated,
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be
fined not less than Ten Dollars ($10.001 nor more than Fifty
Dollars ($50.001 for each and every violation of the law, and in
I~'I addition thereto the certificate of the person or persons in-
volved in such violation may be revoked by the Board as herein
provided.
SECTION 10. Be it further ordained, that if any section,
subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this ordinance is for
any reason held to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid,
such unconstitutionality or invalidity shall not affect the re-
mainder of this ordinance and that all ordinances or parts of
ordinances in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.
SFCTICN 11. This ordinance being for the immediate protection
of the public peace, health and safety, and in the interest of
the public, an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this
ordinance shall b¢ in full force and effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED AfJD APPI:uVED THIS~~ DAY OF AUGUST, 195 .
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