New Jersey § 45:5a-18

§ 45:5a-18.

Electrical work or construction which is performed on the following facilities or

which is by or for the following agencies shall not be included within the business

of electrical contracting so as to require the securing of a business permit under

this act: (a) Minor repair work such as the replacement of lamps and fuses. (b) The connection of portable electrical appliances to suitable permanently installed

receptacles. (c) The testing, servicing or repairing of electrical equipment or apparatus. (d) Electrical work in mines, on ships, railway cars, elevators, escalators or automotive

equipment. (e) Municipal plants or any public utility as defined in R.S.48:2-13 , organized for the purpose of constructing, maintaining and operating works for the

generation, supplying, transmission and distribution of electricity for electric light,

heat, or power. (f) A public utility subject to regulation, supervision or control by a federal regulatory

body, or a public utility operating under the authority granted by the State of New

Jersey, and engaged in the furnishing of communication or signal service, or both,

to a public utility, or to the public, as an integral part of a communication or signal

system, and any agency associated or affiliated with any public utility and engaged

in research and development in the communications field. (g) A railway utility in the exercise of its functions as a utility and located in

or on buildings or premises used exclusively by such an agency. (h) Commercial radio and television transmission equipment. (i) Construction by any branch of the federal government. (j) Any work with a potential of less than 10 volts. (k) Repair, manufacturing and maintenance work on premises occupied by a firm or corporation,

and installation work on premises occupied by a firm or corporation and performed

by a regular employee who is a Class A journeyman electrician licensed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2001, c. 21 ( C.45:5A-11.1 ). ( l ) Installation, repair or maintenance performed by regular employees of the State

or of a municipality, county, or school district on the premises or property owned

or occupied by the State, a municipality, county, or school district; provided that

a regular employee of the State, municipality, county or school district performing

this work is a Class A journeyman electrician licensed pursuant to section 3 of P.L.2001, c. 21 ( C.45:5A-11.1 ), or holds any civil service title with a job description which includes electrical

work pursuant to the “Civil Service Act,” N.J.S.11A:1-1 et seq. , or regulations adopted pursuant thereto, or any employee of a State authority who

has completed an apprenticeship training program approved by the United States Department

of Labor, Bureau of Apprenticeship Training, that deals specifically with electrical

work, and is of a minimum duration of three years. Any regular employee of the State, or of a municipality, county or school district

who has submitted his application to the board for licensure as a Class A journeyman electrician shall be permitted to continue to perform work pursuant to

this subsection until such time as the board acts upon his application. Any applicant whose licensure application is not approved by the board shall no longer be permitted to perform

electrical work pursuant to this subsection. (m) The maintaining, installing or connecting of automatic oil, gas or coal burning

equipment, gasoline or diesel oil dispensing equipment and the lighting in connection

therewith to a supply of adequate size at the load side of the distribution board. (n) Work performed by a person on a dwelling that is occupied solely as a residence

for himself or for a member or members of his immediate family. ( o ) (Deleted by amendment, P.L.1997, c. 305 ). (p) Any work performed by a landscape irrigation contractor which has the potential

of not more than 30 volts involving the installation, servicing, or maintenance of

a landscape irrigation system as this term is defined by section 2 of this amendatory

and supplementary act. Nothing in this act shall be deemed to exempt work covered by this subsection from

inspection required by the “State Uniform Construction Code Act,” P.L.1975, c. 217

( C.52:27D-119 et seq. ) or regulations adopted pursuant thereto. (q) Any work performed by a person certified pursuant to sections 1 through 10 of P.L.2001, c. 289 ( C.52:27D-25n through C.52:27D-25w ) that is not branch circuit wiring. For the purposes of this subsection, “ branch circuit wiring ” means the circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the

circuit and one or more outlets. A certificate holder shall be deemed to have engaged in professional misconduct

for the purposes of section 8 of P.L.1978, c. 73 ( C.45:1-21 ) for violating the provisions of this subsection. (r) Any work performed by an alarm business, as that term is defined by section 2

of P.L.1985, c. 289 ( C.45:5A-18.1 ), licensed pursuant to P.L.1997, c. 305 ( C.45:5A-23 et seq. ) that is not branch circuit wiring. For the purposes of this subsection, “ branch circuit wiring ” means the circuit conductors between the final overcurrent device protecting the

circuit and one or more outlets. A licensee shall be deemed to have engaged in professional misconduct for the purposes

of section 8 of P.L.1978, c. 73 ( C.45:1-21 ) for violating the provisions of this subsection. The board may also exempt from the business permit provisions of this act such other

electrical activities of like character which in the board's opinion warrant exclusion

from the provisions of this act.