Int 0224-1998

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. AB/js LS#998 DG-local laws