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(e) Fixtures, appliances, devices, or equipment shall not be connected to any electric wiring until the rough electric wiring, including conductors, have been inspected and approved, except as otherwise satisfactory to the department. (f) All obstructions, covers, plates, tapes, light fixtures, etc., which make impracticable the making of a thorough inspection of electric wiring shall be removed upon notice (either verbal or in writing) to do so, and shall be kept removed until the electric wiring has been inspected and approved. (g) The supervising electrician or electrical contractor shall be present on the job site upon request of the administrative authority." SECTION 4. Chapter 9, article 2, section 9 -10, Hawaii County Code 1983 (updated June 2005), is amended to read as follows: "Section 9 -10. Nonconforming and defective installations. Whenever any electrical installation is found to have been installed, altered, changed, or reconstructed contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any other law, whenever any electrical installation is found to be in use contrary to the provisions of this chapter or any other law, or whenever any electrical installation, which complied with the existing laws, ordinances, and regulations in effect when the electrical work [ther@@R] therein was performed, is found to be unsafe or dangerous to persons or property, the administrative authority shall give the owner or the person in control of that installation a written notice stating the findings with respect to that installation and order the owner or other person in control to make the corrections to be set forth in the written notice. When found to be unsafe or dangerous to persons or property, the defective installation shall be disconnected from the power source and tagged as unsafe to operate until corrective action is made, inspected, and approved." SECTION 5. Chapter 9, article 2, subsection 9- 11(c), IIawai`i County Code 1983 (updated June 2005), is amended to read as follows: "(c) No electrical wiring shall be covered or concealed until [the] forty -eight hours have expired after the scheduled inspection or until the administrative authority has approved the installation and given permission to cover or conceal the same. Should the administrative authority condemn any of said work or equipment as not being in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, notice in writing to that effect shall be given by them to the person engaged in the work." SECTION 6. Chapter 9, article 2, section 9 -12, Hawai` i County Code 1983 (updated June 2005), is amended to read as follows: "Section 9 -12. Final inspection required. (a) No person shall use or supply electrical energy to any electrical installation on which electrical work was or is being performed under a permit issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter before the administrative authority has approved such installation, and all code and permit requirements of the Hawaii County Code relating to Building (chapter 5), Electricity (chapter 9), Affordable Housing (chapter