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AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES (NOTE: THIS ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY ORD-71:2482 ON OCTOBER 18, 1971)
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BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas:
Section 1: There is hereby adopted by the City Council of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, for the purpose of the 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 known as the National Electrical Code, being particularly the 1965 edition thereof and the whole thereof, save and except such portions as are hereinafter deleted, modified or amended, of which not less than three (3) copies have been and now are filed in the office of the Clark of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas, and the same are herby adopted and incorporated as fully as if set out at length herein, and from the date on which this ordinance shall take effect, the provisions thereof shall be controlling on all electrical equipment, etc. installed and contained within the corporate limits of the City of Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Section 2: Nothing in this ordinance or in the electrical code hereby adopted shall be construed to affect any suit or proceeding now pending in any court or any rights acquired or liability incurred, nor any cause of action accrued or existing, under any act or ordinance repealed hereby. Nor shall any right or remedy of any character be lost, impaired or affected by this ordinance.
Section 3: The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance or the electrical code hereby adopted shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
Section 4: Ordinances or parts thereof in force at the time that this ordinance shall take effect and inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
Section 5: It is found and declared by the City Council that this ordinance is necessary for the preserva...
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