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Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XIX. Public Safety and Morals § 227.495. Additional powers of electrical inspectors;  sanctions for misconduct

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(1)  Electrical inspectors shall have the authority to take immediate action to prevent further electrical work at any inspection site where, in the judgment of the electrical inspector, imminent danger to life or property exists.  Actions the electrical inspector may take to address this danger are the following:

(a) Stop-work order regarding any electrical work at the inspection site;  or

(b) Recommendations of fines or other penalties as described in KRS 227.500.

(2)  The findings of the electrical inspector under subsection (1) of this section shall be presumed to be correct until the city, county, urban-county, charter county, or consolidated local government, the department, or the party affected by the findings demonstrates that it is more likely than not that the electrical inspector was incorrect in his or her findings.

(3)  The actions of an electrical inspector under this section are subject to misconduct investigation by the commissioner under KRS 227.492, and the inspector is subject to any appropriate criminal or civil penalty due to misconduct or violation of any provision of KRS 227.200 to 227.400 or 227.450 to 227.500.

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