SB268 Alabama 2017 Session

Under existing law, the Home Builders Licensure Board licenses and regulates persons who engage in home building and private residential construction when the costs of a project exceed $10,000.

This bill would revise the minimum cost of a project that brings a homebuilder under the jurisdiction of the Home Builders Licensure Board from $10,000 to $1,000.

This bill would revise definitions.

This bill would authorize the board to collect costs relating to hearings for disciplinary actions.

This bill would increase administrative fines for a violation.

This bill would allow the cap on the payment amount to an aggrieved homeowner from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund when the homeowner is injured due to a violation committed by a licensee, to be set by rule.

This bill would also authorize the board to revoke the license or refuse to issue a new license to the licensee and certain other license holders when the licensee has not paid a judgment claim under the Homeowners' Recovery Fund.

Relating to the Home Builders Licensure Board; to amend Sections 34-14A-1 to 34-14A-8, inclusive, 34-14A-14, and 34-14A-15 of the Code of Alabama 1975; to revise the minimum cost of a project that brings a homebuilder under the jurisdiction of the Home Builders Licensure Board from $10,000 to $1,000; to revise definitions; to authorize the board to collect costs relating to hearings for disciplinary actions; to increase administrative fines for a violation; to allow the cap on the payment amount to an aggrieved homeowner from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund when the homeowner is injured due to a violation committed by a licensee to be set by rule; and to authorize the board to revoke the license or refuse to issue a new license to the licensee and certain other license holders when the licensee has not paid a judgment claim under the Homeowners' Recovery Fund.