SB147 Alabama 2018 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 require a roofer to hold a license from the Home Builders Licensure Board when the cost of a roofing project exceeds $2,500.

This bill would revise definitions and the requirements for board membership.

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 require a roofer to hold a license from the Home Builders Licensure Board when the cost of a roofing project exceeds $2,500; to revise definitions; to revise requirements for board membership; 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.