HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 1946-148COUNTY OF HAWAII
TERRITORY OF HAWAII
Ordinance No. 148
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND
SECTION 15.100 OF ORDINANCE
101 OF THE COUNTY OF HA-
WAII RELATING TO PLUMB-
ING AND TO ADD THERETO
TWO NEW SECTIONS, VIZ.,
SECTION 15.101 AND SECTION
15.10E CREATING THE BOARD
OF PLUMBING EXAMINERS
OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII
AND PRESCRIBING ITS POW-
ERS, DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIIE
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 15.100 of
Ordinance 101 of the County of
Hawaii is hereby amended to read
as follows:
"SECTION 15.100. REGISTRA-
TION. It shall be unlawful for any
person, persons, firm or corporation
to carry on or conduct the busi-
ness of a plumber or do any plumb-
ing work in the County of Hawaii
without first being registered at
the office of the building Inspector
and issued a license to do plumbing
work in the County of Hawaii. No
person shall be registered unless
he shall have received and filed
with the Building Inspector a Cer-
tificate of Competency as a Master
Plumber or Journeyman Plumber
from the Board of Plumbing
Examiners of the County of Ha-
waii or such other examining
Board as may be approved by the
Eoard of Plumbing Examiners of
the County of Hawaii; and no firm
or corporation shall be registered
and issued a license unless a mem-
ber of the firm or emplnyce of
the corporation shall be qualified
to be registered. No plumbing worl:
shall be done in the name of a
registered plumber except by or
under the direct supervision ~! a
person qualified to be registered.
The Auilding Inspector shall is-
sue a registration card signed by
him to every person, firm or cor-
poration so registered, which card
shall contain the name and address
of the registrant and shall state
that the Berson, firm or corpora-
tion therein named is duly quali-
Pied as a registered plumber. Any
person, firm or corporation so re-
gistered shall be deemed to be re-
gistered plumber within the re-
quirements of this Ordinance."
SECTION II. A new section is
hereby added to Ordinance 101 of
the County of Hawaii and it shall
be numbered Section 15.101 and
shall read as follows:
"SECTION 15.101. BOARD OF
EXAMINES. The Board of Plumb-
ing Examiners of the County of
Hawaii is hereby created. Said
Board shall be composed of five
members, as follows: the Building
Inspector, who shall be an ex-
officio member and secretary; and
three othex• members, each of whom
shall have had at least five years'
experience in his respective trade,
who shall be appointed by the
Chairman and Executive Officer oP
the County of Hawaii with the ap-
proval of the Board of Supervisors.
One of said three other members
shall be a Master Plumber who shall
be the Chairman of said Board of
Plumbing Examiners, and the other
two shall be Journeyman Plumbers;
and the said three other members
shall hold office at the pleasure of
the Chairman and Executive Officer
of the County of Hawaii and the
Board of Supervisors. A quorum shall
consist of any two members and the
secretary of said Board of Plumb-
ing Examiners.
The Board of Plumbing Examiners
shall held two regular meetings
every year, one during the first half
of the year and the other during the
last half of the year, and special
meetings at other times at the call
of the Chairman of said Board upon
the written request of any two mem-
bers. During the regular meetings,
the said Board may adopt such rules
and regulations as may be neoes-
sary to carry out the intent and pur-
poses of Section 15.102; it shall also,
during said regular meetings and
any adjourned meetings thereof,
conduct the examinations provided
for in Section 15.102. For each reg-
ular meeting however long and for
each adjourned meeting theerof last-
ing more than two hours, and for
each special meeting lasting more
than two hours, each member pres-
ent, other than the Building In-
spector and Plumbing Inspector,
shall reoeive Ten Dollars ($10.00)."
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SECTION III. A new section is
hereby added to Ordinance 101 of
the County of Hawaii and it shall
6e numbered Section 15.102 and shall
read as follows:
"SECTION 15.102. EXAMINA-
TIONS. It shall be the duty of lie
Board of Plumbing Examiners to ex-
amine each qualified applioant foe a
Certificate of Competency as a Mas-
ter Plumber or Journeyman Plumb-
er and to issue to each such appli-
cant who satisfactorily passes the
examination, a Certificate of Com-
petency as a Master Plumber or
Journeyman Plumber as the case
may be.
Any person who has attained the
age of twenty years and has had
not less than four years' experience
as a Journeyman Plumber Helper
and who furnished satisfactory evi-
dence of satisfactory work as such
during said period may apply for a
Certificate of Competency as a Jour-
neyman Plumber. Any person who
has held a Certifioate of Competency
as a Journeyman Plumber fora pe-
riod of twelve months may apply for
a Certificate of Competency as a
Master Plumber. Each application
for examination shall be made in
writing on a form furnished by the
Bureau of Building, Construction
and Inspection and shall include
such information as the Board of
Plumbing Examiners shall consider
necessary, including the applicant's
name, age, address, length of time
spent in learning or working at the
trade or business of plumbing, the
place or places where his knowledge
or experience was gained, and wheth-
er or not he has ever failed to pass
satisfactorily the examination for
which he is applying. Before being
examined, each applicant shall pay
to the Plumbing Inspector as a
County realization a fee of Five Dol-
lars ($5.00) for such examination.
If the applicant fails to pass an ex-
amination, he shall not be eligible
Sor re-exatination for six months
znd he shall pay a fee of Five Dol-
lars ($5.00) before each re-examina-
tion. The Secretary of the Board of
Piumbing Examiners shall notify
each applicant in writing of the
tirne and place of examination.
'Plxe examinations fora Journey-
man Phunber and a Master Plumber
shall be oral, written and by prac-
tical work with tools and materials.
They shall consist of tests in prac-
tical plumbing, the correction of de-
fertive plumbing on plans, knowl-
edge of the Plumbing Ordinance of
Lhe County of Hawaii, the regula-
tions of the Board of Health and
the laws of the Territory oY Hawaii
pertaining to plumbing. An applicant
whcse average grade on an exami-
nation is 75'70 or better shall be con-
sidered to have passed satisfactorily,
and he shall thereupon be entitled
to and the Board of Plumbing Ex-
amiuers shall issue to him a Certif-
icate of Competency as a Joumey-
mxn Plumber or Master Plumber as
the case may be:'
SECTION IV. This Ordinance
shall take effeot upon its approval.
Introduced by:
(Sgd.) JAMES KEALOHA
Supervisor, 1st Representative
District.
DATED AT HILO, HAWAII:
December 5, 1945
TERRITORY OF HAWAII )
COUNTY OF HAWAII ] ss
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the
foregoing Ordinance was regularly
considered at a meeting of the Board
of Supervisors of the County of Ifa-
waii held at the County seat upon
the 7th day of February, A. D. 1946,
and upon being put to vote said Or-
dinance was adopted by a unanimous
vote of the Supervisors at said meet-
ing.
[N WITNESS WHEREOF, I have
hereunto set my hand and affixed
the seal of the County of Hawaii
upon this 7th day of February, A. D.
1946.
(Sgd.) EDWIN M. DESHA
1st Dep. County Clerk
County of Hawaii