ORS 479.550

Known as the Electrical Safety Law

The act spans §§ 479–479 (106 sections).

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case 224 Or. App. 533 - BOARDMASTER CORPORATION v. Jackson County (2008)

Most recently applied in Boardmaster Corp. v. Glass (July 2015)

1959 c.406 §5; 1981 c.815 §9; subsections (2) and (3) enacted as 1991 c.368 §2; 1993 c.744 §120

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(1) Except as provided in ORS 479.540, no person shall work on any new electrical installation for which a permit has not been issued.

(2) The Electrical and Elevator Board shall adopt by rule provisions to require a city or a county to issue a temporary permit to be used for emergency or unanticipated work which will be valid for seven days to a licensed electrical contractor prior to the start of an electrical installation to allow contractor response prior to purchase of the actual electrical permit.

(3) The board shall require a city or a county to revoke the temporary permit of the licensed electrical contractor who fails to comply with the Electrical Safety Law.

Official source: Oregon State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Oregon statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.