Section 316.920. Authority.

 

(1)   Departmental authority. Pursuant to ss. 101.82 and 101.84 , Stats., the department is granted the authority and jurisdiction over the inspection of electrical construction of farms, public buildings and places of employment.

(2)   Municipal authority.

(a) Jurisdiction conditions. Pursuant to s. 101.86 (1) , Stats., municipalities may exercise jurisdiction over inspection of electrical construction in public buildings and places of employment by passage of ordinances, providing all of the following conditions are complied with:

1. The municipality's ordinances meet the minimum requirements of this subchapter.

2. The municipality notifies the department at least 30 days prior to the date upon which the municipality intends to assume the jurisdiction.

3. The municipality provides the department with a copy of its electrical ordinances and subsequent revisions to the ordinances.

4. The municipality's ordinances adopt this chapter in its entirety.

5. The municipality employs or contracts with certified inspectors or independent inspection agencies to perform electrical inspection functions.

6. The municipality provides the department with the names of its certified inspectors or independent inspection agencies employed or contracted by the municipality.

7. The municipality provides the department with any information requested by the department relative to the electrical inspection of public buildings and places of employment.

(b) Joint jurisdiction. Municipalities may jointly exercise the jurisdiction granted in par. (a) .

(c) Municipal contracts. A municipality may contract with a certified inspector, independent inspection agency or the department for those inspection services that the municipality does not perform under par. (a) or (b) .

(d) County.

1. Ordinances enacted by a county under this subsection establishing electrical inspection functions shall apply to all municipalities within that county which have not assumed jurisdiction.

2. Ordinances enacted by a county under this subsection establishing county electrical inspection functions may not prevent or prohibit a municipality within that county from assuming those functions at any time.

(e) Relinquishing of jurisdiction. The municipality shall notify the department, in writing, at least 30 days prior to the date upon which the municipality intends to relinquish jurisdiction responsibilities.

Cr. Register, September, 1999, No. 525 , eff. 10-1-99; CR 08-047 : renum. from Comm 16.64 Register February 2009 No. 638 , eff. 3-1-09; CR 13-042 : am. (2) (c) Register November 2013 No. 695 , eff. 12-1-13.

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Section 13.48 (13) , Stats., exempts state buildings from local ordinances or regulations relating to building construction, permits and similar restrictions. Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1