Opinion No. 45-4669
March 5, 1945
TO: Mr. J. Wilbur Jones, Engineer Electrical Administrative Board P. O. Box 386 Albuquerque, New Mexico
{*29} I have your letter of February 27, 1945 wherein you request an opinion of this office concerning whether or not electricians who are doing work on a carbon black plant now being installed in this state must be licensed.
Section 51-2201 of the New Mexico 1941 Compilation prescribes the exceptions to the electricians licensing law. Sub-section (c) would appear to be the only provision remotely touching your question. However, it merely pertains to electrical wiring in mines or used in connection with mines, railroad facilities or equipment, railroad cars or automotive electrical equipment, or to installations of electrical wiring in residences in rural districts supplied with electrical energy from an isolated plant located on the same premises as the residence.
This exception does not appear to be applicable to a carbon black plant and it is, therefore, my opinion that such operations are not excepted from the electricians licensing law.
By HARRY L. BIGBEE,
Asst. Atty. General