Assembly Bill No. 495–Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

March 19, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Requires state contractors’ board to suspend certain privileges of license issued to contractor under certain circumstances. (BDR 54‑1298)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: No.

                                    Effect on the State: No.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to contractors; requiring the suspension of a contractor’s license by the state contractors’ board if the licensee has failed to comply with a certain number of administrative citations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. Chapter 624 of NRS is hereby amended by adding thereto a

1-2  new section to read as follows:

1-3    1.  Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if the board issues a

1-4  written administrative citation pursuant to NRS 624.341 that includes an

1-5  order to correct a condition resulting from an act which constitutes a

1-6  cause for disciplinary action to a licensee who performs residential

1-7  construction and who the board believes has at least nine other

1-8  outstanding citations, the board shall:

1-9    (a) Conduct a hearing pursuant to NRS 624.291 to determine whether

1-10  the licensee has at least 10 outstanding citations; or

1-11    (b) Suspend the license of the licensee, in accordance with subsection

1-12  4 of NRS 624.291, for all purposes related to residential construction

1-13  except for the purpose of correcting the outstanding violations.

1-14    2.  If the board issues, during a hearing, a written administrative

1-15  citation pursuant to NRS 624.341 that includes an order to correct a

1-16  condition resulting from an act which constitutes a cause for disciplinary

1-17  action to a licensee who performs residential construction, the board

1-18  shall determine at that hearing whether the licensee has at least 10

1-19  outstanding citations, including the citation issued at the hearing.

1-20    3.  If the board determines at a hearing that the licensee has at least

1-21  10 outstanding citations pursuant to subsection 1 or 2, the board shall

1-22  suspend the license issued to the licensee for all purposes related to

2-1  residential construction except for the purpose of correcting the

2-2  outstanding violations.

2-3    4.  If the board suspends a license pursuant to this section, the board

2-4  shall not reinstate the license until:

2-5    (a) At least 30 days after the date the license is suspended; and

2-6    (b) The board determines that the total number of outstanding

2-7  citations issued to the licensee is five or less.

2-8    5.  Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, as used in this

2-9  section, “outstanding citation” means a written administrative citation

2-10  issued to a licensee pursuant to NRS 624.341 which includes an order to

2-11  take action to correct a condition resulting from an act that constitutes a

2-12  cause for disciplinary action and with which the licensee has not

2-13  complied to the satisfaction of the board. If a civil action is initiated

2-14  concerning an act for which a written administrative citation has been

2-15  issued by the board, the citation is not an outstanding citation.

 

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