(A) "License" means a
license
the Ohio
construction industry | 9 |
licensing board issues to an
individual as a
heating, ventilating, | 10 |
and air
conditioning contractor,
refrigeration contractor, | 11 |
electrical
contractor, plumbing
contractor, thermal system | 12 |
insulation contractor, firestop contractor, or hydronics | 13 |
contractor. | 14 |
(1) For
compensation, directs, supervises, or has | 17 |
responsibility for the means,
method, and manner of construction, | 18 |
improvement,
renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction | 19 |
project with respect to one or more trades
and
who
offers, | 20 |
identifies, advertises, or otherwise
holds out or
represents that | 21 |
the
individual or business entity is permitted or
qualified to
| 22 |
perform, direct, supervise, or have responsibility
for the means, | 23 |
method,
and
manner of
construction,
improvement, renovation, | 24 |
repair, or
maintenance with respect to one or more trades on a | 25 |
construction project; | 26 |
(D) "Tradesperson" means an individual employed by a | 35 |
contractor who engages in
construction, improvement, renovation, | 36 |
repair, or maintenance of
buildings or structures without assuming | 37 |
responsibility for the
means, method, or manner of that | 38 |
construction, improvement,
renovation, repair, or maintenance. | 39 |
(G) "Thermal system insulation" means a product that is used | 50 |
to insulate any hot or cold surface including a pipe, duct, valve, | 51 |
boiler, flue, tank, or equipment on or in a building. "Thermal | 52 |
system insulation" does not include an insulation product used in | 53 |
the walls, ceiling, or floor of a building. | 54 |
Sec. 4740.02. (A) There is hereby created within the | 55 |
department of
commerce, the Ohio
construction industry
licensing | 56 |
board, consisting of seventeentwenty-two
residents of this state. | 57 |
The board
shall have an
administrative section, a plumbing | 58 |
section, an
electrical
section, thermal system insulation and | 59 |
firestop section and a heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
and | 60 |
refrigeration section.
The director of commerce shall appoint
all | 61 |
members of the board. The director or
the director's
designee | 62 |
shall serve as a member of the
administrative section and
the | 63 |
director shall appoint to the
section to represent the public, one | 64 |
member
who is not a member
of
any group certified by any section | 65 |
of the board. Each section, other than the administrative section, | 66 |
shall annually elect a member of
its
section to serve a one-year | 67 |
term on the
administrative section. | 68 |
(B) The plumbing section consists of five members,
one
of | 69 |
whom is a plumbing inspector employed by
the department of | 70 |
commerce, a municipal
corporation, or a health district, two of | 71 |
whom are
plumbing contractors
who have no
affiliation with any | 72 |
union representing plumbers, and two of whom
are plumbing | 73 |
contractors who are
signatories to agreements with unions | 74 |
representing
plumbers. | 75 |
(C) The electrical section consists of five members,
one of | 78 |
whom is an electrical inspector
employed by the department
of | 79 |
commerce, a municipal
corporation, or a county, two of
whom are | 80 |
electrical contractors who have no affiliation with
any union | 81 |
representing electricians, and two of whom are
electrical | 82 |
contractors who are signatories to
agreements with unions | 83 |
representing
electricians. | 84 |
(D) The heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and | 87 |
refrigeration section consists of five members, one of whom
is a | 88 |
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and
refrigeration | 89 |
inspector employed by either the department of commerce or a | 90 |
municipal corporation; two of whom are heating, ventilating,
and | 91 |
air conditioning contractors or refrigeration contractors
who
have | 92 |
no
affiliation with any union representing
heating,
ventilating, | 93 |
and air conditioning tradespersons or
refrigeration
tradespersons; | 94 |
and two of whom are heating,
ventilating, and air
conditioning | 95 |
contractors or refrigeration contractors who
are
signatories to | 96 |
agreements with
unions representing heating,
ventilating, and air | 97 |
conditioning
tradespersons or
refrigeration
tradespersons. | 98 |
(E) Within ninety days after July 31, 1992, initial | 103 |
appointments shall be made to the
board. Of the initial | 104 |
appointments to the
board, two appointments in each section, other | 105 |
than the
administrative section, are for terms ending one year | 106 |
after July
31, 1992, and two
are for terms ending two
years after | 107 |
July 31,
1992. All other
appointments to the board are for terms | 108 |
ending three years after
July 31, 1992.
Thereafter, termsThe | 109 |
thermal system insulation and firestop section consists of five | 110 |
members, one of whom represents a major thermal system insulation | 111 |
company, one of whom represents a thermal system insulation | 112 |
maintenance company, one of whom is a building manager, one of | 113 |
whom is a thermal system insulation or firestop contractor, and | 114 |
one of whom is a member of the general public. | 115 |
(F) Terms of
office for board members
are for three years, | 119 |
each term ending on the same day of
the same
month of the year as | 120 |
did the term that it succeeds. Each
member
shall hold office from | 121 |
the date of appointment until the
end
of the term for which the | 122 |
member was appointed. Members may
be
reappointed. Vacancies shall | 123 |
be filled in the manner provided
for original appointments. Any | 124 |
member appointed to fill a
vacancy
occurring prior to the | 125 |
expiration of the term for
which the
member's predecessor was | 126 |
appointed shall hold
office as a member
for the remainder of that | 127 |
term. A member shall continue in
office
subsequent to the | 128 |
expiration of
a term until a successor takes office or until a | 129 |
period of sixty days
has
elapsed, whichever occurs first. | 130 |
(I)(J) Membership on the board and holding any office of the | 144 |
board does not constitute holding a public office or
employment | 145 |
within the meaning of any section of the Revised Code,
or an | 146 |
interest, either direct or indirect, in a contract or
expenditure | 147 |
of money by the state or any municipal corporation,
township, | 148 |
special district, school district, county, or other
political | 149 |
subdivision. No member or officer of the board is
disqualified | 150 |
from holding any public office or employment nor
shall the officer | 151 |
or member forfeit any public office or
employment by
reason of | 152 |
holding a position as an officer or
member of
the board. | 153 |
(E) Keep a record containing the name, address, the date
on | 192 |
which the board issues or renews a
license
to, and the license | 193 |
number of, every
heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning | 194 |
contractor, refrigeration
contractor, electrical contractor, | 195 |
plumbing contractor, thermal system insulation contractor, | 196 |
firestop contractor, and
hydronics contractor issued a license | 197 |
pursuant
to this chapter; | 198 |
(1) Regulates the installation, repair, maintenance, or | 235 |
alteration of plumbing systems, hydronics systems, electrical | 236 |
systems, heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning systems, or | 237 |
refrigeration
systems, thermal system insulation, or firestop | 238 |
products or systems; | 239 |
(2) Requires the registration and assessment of a | 240 |
registration or license fee of tradespersons who perform heating, | 241 |
ventilating, and air
conditioning,
refrigeration, electrical, | 242 |
plumbing, thermal system insulation, firestop, or hydronics | 243 |
construction, improvement, renovation,
repair, or maintenance. | 244 |
Section 3. Appointments to the Ohio construction industry | 247 |
licensing board thermal system insulation and firestop section, | 248 |
as established by this act, shall be made by the Director of | 249 |
Commerce as follows: Two members for terms ending on the | 250 |
thirty-first day of July following the effective date of this act, | 251 |
two members for terms ending on the succeeding thirty-first day of | 252 |
July following the effective date of this act, and one member for | 253 |
a term ending on the next succeeding thirty-first day of July | 254 |
following the effective date of this act. Thereafter, each term of | 255 |
office is for three years as prescribed for all board members by | 256 |
section 4740.02 of the Revised Code. | 257 |