40 – Definitions.
§ 40. Definitions. When used in this article, the words “employing or master plumber” shall mean a person having a regular place of business and who, by himself or journeymen plumbers in his employ, performs plumbing work.
40-A – Examining Boards of Plumbers in Cities.
§ 40-a. Examining boards of plumbers in cities. The existing boards for the examination of plumbers in cities of this state are continued and each shall be known as the examining board of plumbers. Such board in each city shall continue to consist of five persons to be appointed by the mayor, of whom two […]
41 – Term of Office; Vacancies.
§ 41. Term of office; vacancies. The term of office of each member of such board shall be three years, from the first day of January following his appointment. Vacancies occurring by expiration of a term shall be filled by the mayor for a full term. Vacancies by death, removal, inability to act, resignation or […]
42 – Compensation of Members of Board.
§ 42. Compensation of members of board. The master and journeymen plumbers serving as members of such board shall receive such compensation for their services as shall be determined by the board of estimate and apportionment or other similar body authorized by law to fix and determine the compensation of city officers and employees.
43 – Qualifications.
§ 43. Qualifications. All members of such board shall be citizens and actual residents of the cities in which they are appointed, except in the city of Niagara Falls where such members shall be citizens and actual residents of the county wherein the city is situated, the city of Middletown where such members shall either […]
44 – Powers and Duties.
§ 44. Powers and duties. The several examining boards of plumbers shall have power and it shall be their duty: 1. To meet at stated intervals in their respective cities; they shall also meet whenever the board of health of such city or the mayor thereof shall in writing request them so to do. 2. […]
45 – Examinations; Conducting Business Without Certificate Prohibited.
§ 45. Examinations; conducting business without certificate prohibited. A person desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing or master plumber, shall be required to submit to an examination before such examining board of plumbers as to his experience […]
45-A – Corporations May Conduct Business.
§ 45-a. Corporations may conduct business. A domestic corporation desiring or intending to conduct the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state, as employing or master plumber, may do so provided one or more officers of such corporation separately or aggregately actually hold and own at […]
45-B – Further Requirements Relating to the Business of Plumbing.
* § 45-b. Further requirements relating to the business of plumbing. 1. No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing or master plumber until he has first procured from the board of health or the examining board […]
45-B*2 – Further Requirements Relating to the Business of Plumbing.
* § 45-b. Further requirements relating to the business of plumbing. 1. No person otherwise qualified shall engage in the trade, business or calling of a plumber or of plumbing in a city of this state as employing or master plumber until he has first procured from the board of health or the examining board […]
46 – Registration; When Required.
§ 46. Registration; when required. Every employing or master plumber carrying on his trade, business or calling in any city of this state shall register his name and address at the office of the board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law of the city in which he […]
47 – Cancellation of Registration; Notice.
§ 47. Cancellation of registration; notice. Such registration may be cancelled by such board of health or the examining board of plumbers if so designated by local law for a violation of the rules and regulations for the plumbing and drainage of such city duly adopted and enforced therein, after a hearing had before such […]
48 – Inspectors; Qualifications; Notice.
§ 48. Inspectors; qualifications; notice. The local board of health or an official or board designated by local law of such city, as the case may be shall detail, designate or appoint an inspector or inspectors of plumbing, subject, however, to the provisions or limitations of law, regulating the appointment of such inspectors by such […]
49 – Duties of Inspectors; Reports.
§ 49. Duties of inspectors; reports. The inspector or inspectors of plumbing appointed under the provisions of the preceding sections of this article, in addition to the duties prescribed by law or ordinance and those which may be enjoined or required by the appointing power of the city in which they shall be appointed, shall […]
50 – Expiration and Renewals of Certificates and Licenses.
§ 50. Expiration and renewals of certificates and licenses. All certificates of registration issued under the provisions of the preceding sections of this article and all licenses authorizing connections with street sewers or water mains shall expire on the thirty-first day of December of the year in which they shall be issued, and may be […]
51 – Notice of Violation of Rules.
§ 51. Notice of violation of rules. Whenever any inspector or other person reports a violation of any such rules and regulations for plumbing and drainage, or a deviation from any officially approved plan or specification for plumbing and drainage filed with any board or department, the appointing power shall first serve a notice of […]
52 – Notice, How Served; Proceedings When Violated Not Removed.
§ 52. Notice, how served; proceedings when violated not removed. Such notice may be served personally or by mail, and if by mail it may be addressed to such master plumber at the address registered by him, but the failure of a master plumber to register will relieve the official or board who or which […]
53 – Plumbing and Drainage to Be Executed According to Rules.
§ 53. Plumbing and drainage to be executed according to rules. The plumbing and drainage of all buildings, both public and private, in each of the cities of this state, shall be performed by persons authorized under the rules and regulations adopted by the local board of examining plumbers, in conjunction with the board of […]
54 – Office Room; Expenses a City Charge.
§ 54. Office room; expenses a city charge. Each of such examining boards of plumbers shall have power to procure suitable quarters for the transaction of business, to provide the necessary books and stationery and to employ a clerk to keep such books and record the transactions of such board. The board of estimate and […]
55 – Violations, How Punished.
§ 55. Violations, how punished. Any person violating any of the provisions of this article, or any rules or regulations of the board of health or of the examining board of plumbers in any city regulating the plumbing and drainage of buildings in such city, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction, if […]