§ 8:308. Bond and insurance required.

No licensee hereunder shall be permitted to solicit or to cause to start any electrical work until he has fulfilled all of the requirements of this chapter and provided the bond and insurance hereafter set forth:

(1)

Before any license is granted to any person hereunder, there shall be filed with the electrical section a bond in the sum of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) executed by the licensee and a surety company authorized to do business in the state as surety, running in favor of the city-parish and the public generally, conditioned upon the faithful performance by the licensee of all work in full compliance with all of the provisions of this chapter, and any person injured by failure of the licensee to comply with the provisions of this chapter shall have a right of action against the licensee and his surety to require such compliance or pay the cost thereof. The bond herein required shall remain in full force and effect at all times during the license period and such bond shall not terminate during the license period except upon ten (10) days' written notice to the electrical section. Should the bond be cancelled during the license period and the licensee fail to provide another bond prior to the cancellation date, the license shall be automatically suspended as of the day the bond ceases to be effective, and shall remain so suspended until a new bond is provided. Suspension, as provided for herein, shall be automatic and be effective without notice or hearing, as otherwise provided in this chapter. Any such bond shall be approved as to form and legality by the office of the parish attorney.

(2)

In addition, every licensee hereunder shall furnish a certificate of liability insurance issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, in minimum amounts of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) each person, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) each accident, and fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) property damage, and an automobile liability policy issued by an insurance company authorized to do business in the state, in minimum amounts of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) each person, twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) each accident, and ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) property damage, covering all vehicles used in the business. Each such policy shall, by its terms, provide that it cannot be canceled until after ten (10) days' written notice to the building official. Should any licensee fail to provide another policy of public liability insurance, or automobile liability insurance, prior to such cancellation, then his license shall be automatically suspended as of the day the insurance policy ceases to be effective. Suspension, as provided herein, shall be automatic and effected without notice or hearing, as otherwise required by this chapter.

(3)

Provided further that the recreation and park commission, East Baton Rouge Parish School Board and the City of Baton Rouge shall be exempt from the provisions of this section.

(City Code 1951, Title 8, § 308; Ord. No. 10623, § 1, 5-8-96)