Sections
71 entriesSection 7090Allows the registrar to investigate on the registrar’s motion and requires investigation of verified written complaints, with discipline available even for conduct…Section 7090.1Sets automatic license suspension 30 days after noncompliance with a final civil-penalty, correction, or injured-party payment order, permits written contest within 15…Section 7090.5Establishes that correcting conditions caused by a licensee’s fraudulent act does not by itself prevent registrar discipline for that act. Likewise, when…Section 7091Sets filing periods of four years for patent-act complaints and 10 years for latent structural-defect complaints, with related discipline generally due by…Section 7095Allows a disciplinary decision to suspend all contractor operations, permit completion of unfinished contracts, impose conditions before restoration, or stay execution during…Section 7096Defines “licensee” for the chapter to include licensed individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, joint ventures, combinations, or organizations. Also includes named…Section 7097Allows the registrar, without further notice, to suspend any additional contractor license issued in the suspended licensee’s name or supported by that…Section 7098Allows the registrar, when a chapter license has been revoked, to revoke without further notice any additional chapter license issued in that…Section 7099Allows the registrar, on probable cause after investigation, to issue a citation instead of pursuing license denial, revocation, or suspension proceedings against…Section 7099.1Requires the board to adopt regulations governing how an order of correction is formulated. Those regulations must give due consideration both to…Section 7099.2Requires board civil-penalty regulations to consider violation gravity, good faith, and prior violations. Sets general penalties at $500–$8,000 and specified penalties at…Section 7099.3Allows a licensee or licensure applicant served with a citation under the specified provision to appeal to the registrar within 15 working…Section 7099.4Sets a citation issued by the registrar to become a final registrar order, unreviewable by any court or agency, when the licensee…Section 7099.5Requires the registrar to provide a hearing when a licensee or applicant gives notice of intent to contest a citation and then…Section 7099.6Sets failure by a licensee to comply with a citation after the citation becomes final as grounds for suspension or revocation of…Section 7099.7Prohibits an order requiring payment of a civil penalty from being made against any bond required under the specified contractor-bond provisions. The…Section 7099.8Requires a cited person to request an administrative hearing or informal citation conference in writing within 15 days after service. An informal…Section 7099.9Allows the registrar to issue a written letter of admonishment instead of a citation when probable cause supports discipline, giving the recipient…Section 7099.10Allows the registrar to cite specified licensees, applicants, or nonexempt unlicensed contractors for unlawful classified-directory advertising and order the advertising stopped and…Section 7099.11Prohibits advertising asbestos-removal services without required certification and registration and requires each advertisement to use the certified and registered name and display…Section 7100Allows a reviewing court, on a proper bond, to permit a licensee to continue contracting until judgment while guaranteeing compliance with registrar-imposed…Section 7102Allows the registrar to reinstate a suspended license upon required compliance or discretion when no reinstatement terms exist, but bars reinstatement or…Section 7103Establishes another state’s revocation, suspension, or other discipline of a contractor license as grounds for California disciplinary action when the affected person…Section 7104Requires the board, when it resolves a complaint, to give the complainant written notice of the action taken and the reasons for…Section 7106Allows suspension or revocation of a contractor’s license to be included in an otherwise proper court action involving the licensee’s performance of…Section 7106.5Establishes that expiration, cancellation, forfeiture, revocation, suspension, or voluntary surrender of a contractor license does not end the registrar’s jurisdiction. Allows the…Section 7107Sets abandonment of a construction project or operation by a licensed contractor, when done without legal excuse, as grounds for disciplinary action.…Section 7108Establishes disciplinary grounds when a licensee diverts funds or property received for a specific construction project, operation, or specified project purpose, or…Section 7108.5Requires prime contractor or subcontractor to pay a subcontractor within seven days of receiving a progress payment unless otherwise agreed in writing,…Section 7108.6Requires a licensed contractor to pay properly documented dump-truck motor-carrier transportation charges by the 20th day after the work month when submitted…Section 7109Establishes disciplinary grounds for a willful material departure from accepted standards of good and workmanlike construction, unless the departure follows plans and…Section 7109.5Sets violation of specified safety regulations as grounds for contractor discipline regardless of whether an employee dies or suffers serious injury. It…Section 7110Establishes a cause for disciplinary action when a licensee willfully or deliberately disregards or violates state or local building laws or the…Section 7110.1Establishes a cause for disciplinary action for requiring the execution of a release of any claim, or causing such a release to…Section 7110.5Requires the registrar to initiate disciplinary action against a licensee within 18 months after receiving a certified Labor Commissioner finding of a…Section 7111Requires licensees to keep records of contractor contracts, documents, receipts, and disbursements available for registrar inspection for at least five years after…Section 7111.1Sets a licensee’s failure or refusal to respond to the registrar’s written request for cooperation in investigating a complaint against that licensee…Section 7112Establishes a cause for disciplinary action when an applicant or licensee omits or misrepresents a material fact in obtaining or renewing a…Section 7112.1Requires a classification added to an existing license record through an applicant’s or licensee’s omission or misrepresentation of a material fact to…Section 7113Establishes a cause for disciplinary action when a licensee materially fails to complete a construction project or operation for the price stated…Section 7113.5Establishes a cause for disciplinary action when a licensee avoids or settles lawful contractor obligations for less than the full amount through…Section 7114Establishes disciplinary grounds for helping an unlicensed person evade the chapter, conspiring or combining with one, letting an unlicensed person use a…Section 7114.1Sets a licensee’s certification of false or misleading applicant experience claims as grounds for disciplinary action, including when the licensee’s signature appears…Section 7114.2Allows administrative remedies authorized by the chapter against any licensed or unlicensed person who commits an act prohibited by Section 119. Unless…Section 7115Establishes a cause for disciplinary action when a person subject to the chapter materially fails to comply with the chapter, any rule…Section 7116Sets a licensee’s willful or fraudulent act, committed while acting as a contractor and causing substantial injury to another person, as grounds…Section 7116.5Establishes disciplinary grounds for a licensee who subverts or attempts to subvert a board investigation, threatens or harasses a person or licensee…Section 7117Establishes disciplinary grounds for acting as a contractor under a license in a name other than the licensee’s licensed name or with…Section 7117.5Establishes disciplinary grounds for acting as a contractor under a license that is inactive, suspended for any reason, or expired when the…Section 7117.6Sets acting as a contractor in a classification other than the classification currently held by the licensee as grounds for disciplinary action.…Section 7118Establishes a cause for disciplinary action for entering into a contract with a contractor while that contractor is not licensed as required…Section 7118.4Requires an asbestos-inspecting contractor whose report is needed for a secured loan or public permit to disclose orally and in writing any…Section 7118.5Sets penalties for knowingly, negligently, or without inquiry contracting with an uncertified asbestos-work provider. A first offense is an infraction carrying $1,000-$3,000…Section 7118.6Sets penalties for knowingly, negligently, or without inquiry contracting with a person lacking required certification for a covered removal or remedial action.…Section 7119Sets a licensee’s willful failure or refusal, without legal excuse, to pursue a construction project or operation with reasonable diligence as grounds…Section 7120Establishes disciplinary grounds when a licensee or its agent or officer willfully or deliberately fails to pay due money for contractor materials…Section 7121Prohibits specified persons connected with a denied, revoked, suspended, or nonrenewed-under-suspension license, who knew of or participated in the underlying prohibited acts,…Section 7121.1Requires a partner, officer, director, manager, or associate who disassociates from a cited licensed entity to remain responsible for complying with the…Section 7121.5Prohibits a person who qualified a revoked, suspended, or unrenewed-during-suspension license from serving as an officer, director, associate, partner, manager, or qualifying…Section 7121.6Prohibits specified individuals connected to a revoked license from performing regulated acts for a licensee except as bona fide nonsupervising employees while…Section 7121.65Requires an individual described by the referenced license-revocation provisions to give a prospective employer written notice of the license revocation before becoming…Section 7121.7Prohibits a qualifying individual, officer, partner, or other person named on a license from knowingly employing a person covered by the referenced…Section 7121.8Defines “bona fide nonsupervising employee” for the article as a person who is exempt from the contractor-licensing chapter under the referenced exemption…Section 7122Establishes disciplinary grounds against a licensee who was a partner, officer, director, manager, or associate of an individual or entity when that…Section 7122.1Requires a qualifying individual who disassociates from a license after conduct resulting in a citation to remain responsible for complying with that…Section 7122.2Establishes that a qualifying individual’s disassociation from a license referred to arbitration does not relieve responsibility for complying with an arbitration award…Section 7122.5Establishes a cause for disciplinary action against a licensee who was the qualifying individual of an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,…Section 7123Sets conviction of a crime substantially related to a contractor’s qualifications, functions, and duties as grounds for disciplinary action. The record of…Section 7123.5Requires the Contractors State License Board to discipline a contractor convicted of violating the specified Penal Code provision, or a substantially similar…Section 7124Defines a guilty plea or verdict, and a conviction following a nolo contendere plea, as a conviction for this article. Allows the…Section 7124.6Requires public disclosure of specified complaint dates, nature, status, and legal actions, with a disclaimer that complaints are allegations; complaints resolved for…