Int. No. 224
By Council Members Spigner
A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to expanding the scope of minor electrical work exempted from inspection.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision g of section 27-3018 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as added by local law number 73 for the year 1988, is amended to read as follows:
g. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no inspection or inspection fees shall be required for minor electrical [maintenance] work. For purposes of this section, minor electrical [maintenance] work shall be any of the following:
(1) replacement of defective circuit breakers or switches rated thirty amperes or less, excluding main service disconnects;
(2) replacement of parts in electrical panels where voltage does not exceed one hundred fifty volts to ground;
(3) replacement of elevator parts;
(4) replacement of defective controls rated at thirty amperes or less;
(5) repair of defective fixtures;
(6) replacement of fixtures in existing outlets, provided the number of such fixtures does not exceed [five] ten and does not exceed the existing wattage;
(7) replacement, repair, disconnection, or reconnection of motors not to exceed one horsepower and associated devices;
(8) repairs to low pressure heating plants with a capacity of less than fifteen pounds per square inch, except as may otherwise be required by rule, regulation, directive, or bulletin of the commissioner;
(9) installation of ten or fewer outlets for:
(i) receptacles on a general purpose or appliance branch circuit;
(ii) electrical fixtures; or
(iii) local switches;
(10) installation of motors of fractional horsepower;
(11) installation of transformers rated at one thousand volt amperes or less.
§2. This local law shall take effect ninety days after its enactment.
Referred to the Committee on Housing and Building.
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