Sections
31 entriesSection 7000Establishes “Contractors State License Law” as the name by which the chapter constitutes and may be cited. The provision is limited to…Section 7000.2Allows cities, counties, and cities and counties to require contractors to prove compliance with local business-tax requirements before a permit is issued…Section 7000.5Establishes a 15-member Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Sets the provision to remain effective only until January…Section 7000.6Establishes protection of the public as the Contractors State License Board’s highest priority when exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Requires…Section 7001Requires every nonpublic member of the Contractors State License Board to be an actively engaged contractor, to have at least five years…Section 7002Sets membership: one general-engineering contractor, two general-building contractors, two specialty contractors, one building-trades labor representative, one active local building official, and eight…Section 7003Sets board appointments following term expiration generally at four years and requires contractor-branch or public-member continuity as applicable, with interim vacancies filled…Section 7005Allows the Governor to remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency, or neglect of duty. The removal authority belongs to…Section 7006Requires the Contractors State License Board to meet at least once each calendar quarter and to make every effort to webcast regularly…Section 7007Sets eight members as the number required for a quorum at a board meeting. Requires due notice of every meeting, including its…Section 7008Allows the Contractors State License Board to appoint committees and adopt rules and regulations that are reasonably necessary to carry out the…Section 7009Allows any member or committee of the board to administer oaths and to take testimony and proofs concerning matters within the board’s…Section 7010Establishes that the Contractors State License Board holds all functions and duties for administering the chapter except those functions and duties that…Section 7011Requires the board, with director approval, to appoint and set compensation for a registrar of contractors who serves as executive officer and…Section 7011.3Prohibits the registrar from assessing a civil penalty against a licensed contractor when the Labor Commissioner has already assessed that contractor a…Section 7011.4Establishes a separate Contractors State License Board enforcement division to rigorously enforce prohibitions on unlicensed activity and workers’ compensation insurance requirements. Allows…Section 7011.5Establishes peace-officer authority for designated Special Investigations Unit investigators of the Contractors State License Board while they investigate laws administered by the…Section 7011.7Requires the registrar to review and investigate complaints consistently with the chapter and Budget Act, with legislative intent that work proceed as…Section 7011.8Allows the registrar to cite a person subject to chapter licensure who reports or causes a complaint alleging professional misconduct by a…Section 7012Allows the registrar, with approval from the board and director and when funds are available, to cooperate in enforcing governmental legislation relating…Section 7013Allows the Contractors State License Board, in its discretion and by majority vote, to review any action or decision of the registrar…Section 7013.5Allows relevant and material testimony from a contested action or proceeding involving the licensee or complained-against person to be admitted by authenticated…Section 7014Allows the board to procure equipment and records when those items are necessary to carry out the provisions of the chapter. The…Section 7015Requires the Contractors State License Board to adopt a seal bearing the specified board, state, and department wording. Places care and custody…Section 7016Sets each board member’s compensation at the per diem and expenses provided in the referenced provision. It applies to every board member…Section 7017.3Requires the Contractors State License Board to report to the Legislature annually by October 1 statistics for the prior fiscal year on…Section 7017.5Requires the board, by the close of the first business day each week, to post on its website the earliest enrollment date…Section 7018Requires the board to maintain its current contractor license-check search function on its internet website for consumers. The search function must permit…Section 7019Allows the board, if funding is available, to contract with licensed professionals for site investigations of consumer complaints and with other needed…Section 7020Requires the board to maintain a computerized enforcement tracking system specifically for consumer complaints. The board must keep that computerized complaint-tracking mechanism…Section 7021Allows the board to enter an interagency agreement with any state or local agency that the board believes possesses information relevant to…