Opinion No. 46-4897
May 4, 1946
TO: Robert L. Thompson, Engineer Electrical Administrative Board P. O. Box 386 Albuquerque, New Mexico
{*225} We are in receipt of your letter of May 3, 1946, wherein you made inquiry as to the jurisdiction of the Electrical Administrative Board over the installation of electrical wiring and motor equipment in large gasoline refiners located within this State.
Section 51-2201 of the New Mexico 1941 Compilation prescribes the exceptions to the electricians' licensing law. Subsection (c) would appear to be the only provision remotely touching the matter. However, it clearly pertains to electrical wiring in mines or used in connection with mines, railroad facilities or equipment, railroad cars or automotive electrical equipment, or to the installation of electrical wiring in residences in rural districts supplied with electrical energy from an isolated plant located on the same premises as the residences.
This exception does not appear to be applicable to a gasoline refinery and it is, therefore, my opinion that the installation of wiring and motor equipment in gasoline refineries {*226} located in this state falls under the jurisdiction of the Electrical Administrative Board.
By ROBERT V. WOLLARD,
Asst. Atty. General