State electrical board.

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(1) There is hereby established a state electrical board, which consists of nine members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, who must be residents of the state of Colorado. The governor shall strongly consider appointing an electrician who works primarily in the residential sector to at least one of the four seats allotted to master or journeyman electricians pursuant to subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b) of this section. The qualifications of the members are as follows:

  1. Two members shall be electrical contractors who have masters' licenses;

  2. Two members shall be master or journeymen electricians who are not electrical contractors;

  3. One member shall be a representative of private, municipal, or cooperative electricutilities rendering electric service to the ultimate public;

  4. One member shall be a building official from a political subdivision of the stateperforming electrical inspections;

  5. One member shall be a general contractor actively engaged in the building industry;and

  6. Two members shall be appointed from the public at large.

(2) All members of the board shall serve for three-year terms and all appointees shall be limited to two full terms each. Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the board shall be filled by the governor by appointment for the unexpired term of the member. The governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetence, or neglect of duty.

Source: L. 2019: Entire title R&RE with relocations, (HB 19-1172), ch. 136, p. 845, § 1, effective October 1; IP(1) amended, (SB 19-156), ch. 346, p. 3203, § 11, effective October 1.

Editor's note: (1) This section is similar to former § 12-23-102 as it existed prior to 2019.

(2) Before its relocation in 2019, this section was amended in SB 19-156. Those amendments were superseded by the repeal and reenactment of this title 12, effective October 1, 2019. For those amendments to the former section in effect from July 1, 2019, to October 1, 2019, see SB 19-156, chapter 346, Session Laws of Colorado 2019.


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