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title: O.C.G.A. § 43-14-5. General powers of board.
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# O.C.G.A. § 43-14-5. General powers of board.

The board shall have the power to:

(1) Request from the various state departments and other agencies and authorities of the state and its political subdivisions and their agencies and authorities such available information as it may require in its work; and all such agencies and authorities shall furnish such requested available information to the board within a reasonable time;

(2) Provide by regulation for reciprocity with other states in the registration and licensing of electrical contractors, master plumbers, journeyman plumbers, low voltage contractors, utility contractors, or conditioned air contractors and in the certification of utility contracting foremen, provided that such other states have requirements substantially similar to the requirements in force in this state for registration, licensure, and certification; provided, further, that a similar privilege is offered to residents of this state;

(3) Adopt an official seal for its use and modify such seal as the board deems necessary;

(4) Establish policies for regulating the businesses of electrical contracting, plumbing contracting, low voltage contracting, utility contracting, and conditioned air contracting;

(5) Upon notice and hearing authorized and conducted in accordance with Code Section 43-14-14 and any rules and regulations promulgated by the board, either by the board directly or through a valid delegation of the board’s enforcement power to a division thereof, assess civil penalties in an amount up to $10,000.00 per violation against any person found to be in violation of any requirement of this chapter;

(6) Determine qualifications for licensure or certification including such experience requirements as the board deems necessary; and

(7) Promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out this chapter.

## History

Ga. L. 1949, p. 1622, §§ 9, 11, 15; Ga. L. 1968, p. 308, §§ 10, 12, 16; Ga. L. 1971, p. 583, §§ 9, 14; Ga. L. 1980, p. 1299, § 7; Ga. L. 1982, p. 3, § 43; Ga. L. 1983, p. 424, § 1; Ga. L. 1984, p. 1129, § 5; Ga. L. 1989, p. 1756, § 5; Ga. L. 1993, p. 1339, § 4; Ga. L. 2004, p. 390, § 2; Ga. L. 2025, p. 359, § 1-1/SB 125, effective July 1, 2025.

## Amendments

The 2025 amendment, effective July 1, 2025, in paragraph (2), substituted “low voltage” for “low-voltage” and “similar” for “equal”; substituted “modify such seal as the board deems necessary” for “change it at pleasure” in paragraph (3); in paragraph (4), deleted “the” following “Establish” and substituted “plumbing contracting, low voltage contracting, utility contracting” for “plumbing, low-voltage, utility”; redesignated former paragraph (4.1) as paragraph (5); substituted “Code Section 43-14-14” for “Code Section 43-14-10” in paragraph (5); and redesignated former paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively.