Licenses

OPINION 49-115 May 3, 1949 (OPINION) LICENSES RE: Moving Picture Operators This is in answer to your letter of May 2, 1949. You have asked whether or not operators of switch boards in building or enclosures used for public assemblages must be licensed moving picture machine operators or under the supervision of one. Subsection 4 of section 43-0901 of House Bill 288 which became law on March 19, 1949, provides: "'Moving picture machine operator' shall mean a person having the necessary qualifications, training and experience to operate moving picture machines and switchboards in building, parts of buildings, parts of buildings, or enclosures used for public assemblages; provided, however, that the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to any person operating eight millimeter or sixteen millimeter moving picture machines and using noncombustible and non-inflammable safety film exclusively;" Section 43-0909 of the Revised Code of 1943 provides: "Every person, *** for a fixed sum *** or other consideration, undertakes *** to supervise *** equipment for electric lights, *** shall apply to the board for a license. ***" Section 43-0910 of the 1943 Revised Code, subsection 3, provides: "The classes of electricians who may be licensed under section 43 0909 (the above quoted section) shall be: **** 3. Moving picture machine operators." Section 43-0911 provides that experience of two years shall be required of moving picture machine operators before being granted a license. Therefore, it is my opinion that a person who, for a consideration or price, operates a switchboard used for public assemblages must be licensed by the State Board of Electricians or must be under the supervision of a licensed moving picture machine operator. WALLACE E. WARNER Attorney General