Georgia Code
Chapter 14 - Electrical Contractors, Plumbers, Conditioned Air Contractors, Low-Voltage Contractors, and Utility Contractors
§ 43-14-1. Declaration of Purpose

This chapter is enacted for the purpose of safeguarding homeowners, other property owners, tenants, and the general public against faulty, inadequate, inefficient, or unsafe electrical, plumbing, low-voltage wiring, utility contracting, or conditioned air installations. The practice of electrical contracting, plumbing contracting, installing, or repairing, low-voltage contracting, utility contracting, and conditioned air contracting are declared to be businesses or professions affecting the public interest; and this chapter shall be liberally construed so as to accomplish the purposes stated in this Code section.
History. Ga. L. 1949, p. 1622, § 1; Ga. L. 1968, p. 308, § 1; Ga. L. 1971, p. 583, § 2; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1299, § 1; Ga. L. 1983, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1129, § 1; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1756, § 1.

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Georgia Code

Title 43 - Professions and Businesses

Chapter 14 - Electrical Contractors, Plumbers, Conditioned Air Contractors, Low-Voltage Contractors, and Utility Contractors

§ 43-14-1. Declaration of Purpose

§ 43-14-2. Definitions

§ 43-14-3. State Construction Industry Licensing Board; Members

§ 43-14-4. Chairperson; Meetings; Organization of Divisions; Meetings of Divisions; Quorums Within Divisions

§ 43-14-5. General Powers of Board

§ 43-14-6. Powers and Duties of Divisions

§ 43-14-7. Powers and Duties of Division Director

§ 43-14-8. Licensing Required for Electrical, Plumbing, or Conditioned Air Contracting; Businesses Conducted by Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations; Applications; Review Courses

§ 43-14-8.1. License Requirement for Low-Voltage Electrical Contracting; Businesses Conducted by Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies, and Corporations; Applications

§ 43-14-8.2. Utility Contractor License; Utility Manager; Business Entities; Severance of Connection With Utility Manager; Unlawful Contracts

§ 43-14-8.3. Utility Manager Certificate

§ 43-14-8.4. Utility Foreman Certificate; Presence of Certified Utility Manager or Certified Utility Foreman Required

§ 43-14-9. Display of License and Registration Number

§ 43-14-10. Applicability of Chapter 13 of Title 50, the “Georgia Administrative Procedure act.”

§ 43-14-11. Injunction for Violation of Chapter

§ 43-14-12. Suspension Of, or Refusal to Restore, Licenses and Certificates by Municipal or County Inspection Authority; Appeals; Adoption and Enforcement of Codes at Local Level; Bonds; Fees or Taxes

§ 43-14-12.1. Evidence of Violation; Cease and Desist Orders; Fines; Other Penalties for Violations

§ 43-14-12.2. Proof of Unlawful Practice of Utility Contracting by Unlicensed Individual; Cease and Desist Orders; Penalty for Violations

§ 43-14-13. Applicability of Chapter

§ 43-14-14. Penalty

§ 43-14-15. Certain Military Certifications Entitle Persons to Obtain Certain Professional Licenses