ORDINANCE NO.  8622

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS AMENDING CHAPTER V, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 5-1.233 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, 2011 EDITION, AND AMENDMENTS THERETO, CONCERNING MEMBERSHIP OF THE ELECTRICAL CODE BOARD OF APPEALS. 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

Section 1.  Chapter V, Article 1, Section 5-1.233 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 Edition, and amendments thereto, is hereby amended to read as follows:

5-1.233 MEMBERS.

The members of the Electrical Board shall be two (2) currently licensed electrical contractors, two (2) currently licensed master journeyman or residential electricians, one (1) member of the Lawrence Fire Prevention Division, and two (2) Lawrence citizens at large not employed in work regulated by the National Electrical Code members of the public that work or reside within the City of Lawrence and have an interest in serving.  These two (2) members shall not be electrical contractors, master, journeyman or residential electricians. The members of the Board shall serve for three (3) years unless resigned or removed under guidelines and by-laws it the Board may adopt. The initial appointment, however, shall be staggered so that no more than two (2) members' terms expire in the same year and the retiring members shall not be both contractors or both journey electricians.

Section 2.  Section 5-1.233 of the Code of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, 2011 edition and amendments thereto is hereby repealed, it being the intent that the provisions of this ordinance supersede the repealed Code provisions and ordinances.

Section 3.  If any provision, clause, sentence or paragraph of this ordinance is found to be unconstitutional or is otherwise held invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it shall not affect the validity of any remaining parts of this ordinance.

Section4.  This ordinance shall be in full force and take effect on and after its publication as provided by law.

Passed by the Governing Body this_____day of ____________, 2011

                                                                                    PASSED:

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                                                                                    Mike Amyx, Mayor

ATTEST:

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Jonathan M. Douglass, City Clerk

Approved as to form and legality:

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Toni Ramirez Wheeler, Director of the Legal Department