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DRAFT F:kAttorney\Lisa\Ordinances\CURRENT\Electic Code Amend 2002.wpd December 6, 2002 ORDINANCE NO. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLES II AND IV OF CHAPTER 11 THEREOF; REPEALING SECTION 11-44, ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT FOR A BOND BY APPLICANTS FOR ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS' LICENSES; REVISING SECTION 11- 91, PROVIDING FOR ADOPTION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 2002 EDITION; REPEALING SECTION 11-92; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY NOT TO EXCEED $2,000.00; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That Section 11-44 of Chapter 11, Article II, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, repealed and declared of no further force and effect. Section 2. That Section 11-91 of Chapter 11, Article IV, of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, be, and the same is hereby, amended so that such shall read as follows: "Sec. 11-91. National Electrical Code - Adoption "(a) For the purpose of practical safeguarding of persons and of buildings and their contents from hazards arising from the use of electricity for light, heat, power, radio, signaling, and for other purposes, that certain electrical code knows as the National Electrical Code, 2002 Edition, published by the National Fire Protection Association, save and except such portions as are deleted, modified, or amended by this article, is hereby adopted as the minimum standard for the city, and the same is hereby incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein. A copy of such code has been and is now on file in the office of the City Clerk, and the provisions thereof shall be controlling in the installation of all electrical wiring, devices, and equipment within the corporate limits of the city.