SB64 Alabama 2018 Session

Updated Apr 26, 2021

Senate Bill

In Committee

Current Status

Regular Session 2018

Session

1

Sponsor

Summary

Primary Sponsor: Steve Livingston Senator
Republican
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: 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.
Subjects: Home Builders Licensure Board

Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development