(65 ILCS 5/11-37-2) (from Ch. 24, par. 11-37-2)
Sec. 11-37-2.
Any municipality by ordinance may regulate the installation,
alteration, and use of all electrical equipment as provided in this
Division 37 and may establish an electrical inspection department for this
regulation.
Each municipality which establishes such an electrical inspection
department shall also establish an electrical commission, consisting of 6
members as follows: The superintendent of electricity or the chief
electrical inspector of the municipality shall be a member and ex officio
chairman of the commission; of the other 5 members, one shall be a
registered professional engineer, one an electrical contractor, one a
journeyman electrician, one a representative of an inspection bureau
maintained by the fire underwriters, if such a representative resides in
the municipality, and if no such representative resides in the municipality
then the chief of the fire department, and one representative of an
electricity supply company. If there is no person residing in the
municipality who is qualified under any one of these descriptions, the
mayor or president of the municipality may appoint some other person to
fill that position. All members of the electrical commission shall be
appointed by the mayor or president of the municipality with the advice and
consent of the corporate authorities.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 2216.)
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