Independent Electricians & Electrical Contractors' Ass'n v. New Jersey Board of Examiners of Electrical Contractors

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hall, J.

This ease, attacking the constitutionality of the Electrical Contractors Licensing Act of 1962, N. J. S. A. 45:5A-1, et seq., is before us for the second time. In our first opinion, reported at 48 N. J. 413 (1967), we directed a remand to the trial court, which had previously upheld the act, for additional proofs and further findings by the judge.

We expressed doubt, on the scanty record made at the first trial, as to whether a rational relation existed between the statutory scheme and the public evil sought to be met, and determined that the…