SB64 Alabama 2018 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2018

Title

Home Builders Licensure Board, authorized to collect hearing costs, increase fines for violations, and revoke certain licenses, Secs. 34-14A-1 to 34-14A-8, inclusive, 34-14A-14, 34-14A-15 am'd.

Description

<p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would revise definitions and the requirements for board membership</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would authorize the board to collect costs relating to hearings for disciplinary actions</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would increase administrative fines for a violation</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_description"> 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</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> 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. </p>

Subjects

Home Builders Licensure Board