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HOUSE BILL NO. 62 – Public Wks Contractors Bd/misc amen

HOUSE BILL NO. 62

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H0062........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
         Requested by Public Works Contractors State License Board
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS LICENSE BOARD - Amends existing law to provide
definitions; to clarify licensing of limited liability companies and
limited liability partnerships; to increase bid limits; and to make
technical corrections.

01/11    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
01/11    Rpt prt - to Bus
02/26    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/01    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/03    3rd rdg - PASSED - 62-0-8
      AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Black, Boe,
      Bruneel, Chase, Clark, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13),
      Field(20), Gagner, Gould, Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29),
      Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Judd, Kempton, Kendell, Kunz, Lake,
      Limbaugh, Linford, Loertscher, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery,
      Mortensen, Moyle, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo,
      Robison, Sali, Sellman, Smith, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
      Taylor, Tilman, Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Williams, Wood,
      Zimmermann
      NAYS -- None
      Absent and excused -- Callister, Campbell, Crow, Geddes, Kellogg,
      Mader, Schaefer, Mr Speaker
    Floor Sponsor - Deal
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/04    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/15    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
      AYES--Andreason, Boatright, Branch, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron,
      Crow, Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
      Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
      Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
      Stennett, Thorne, Twiggs, Wheeler, Whitworth
      NAYS--None
      Absent and excused--Parry
    Floor Sponsor - Davis
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/19    To Governor
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 201
         Effective: 07/01/99

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H0062

                                                                        
 ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature                 First Regular Session - 1999
                                                                        

                             IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 62

                                      BY MR. SPEAKER
                Requested by: Public Works Contractors State License Board

 1                                        AN ACT
 2    RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1901, IDAHO CODE, TO
 3        CLARIFY DEFINITIONS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION;  AMENDING  SECTION
 4        54-1902,  IDAHO  CODE, TO PROHIBIT SUBCONTRACTING IN EXCESS OF EIGHTY PER-
 5        CENT OF THE WORK TO BE PERFORMED AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMEND-
 6        ING SECTION 54-1903, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE A REFERENCE TO  DRAINAGE  DIS-
 7        TRICTS;  AMENDING  SECTION 54-1904, IDAHO CODE, TO INCREASE BID LIMITS AND
 8        TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1904B, IDAHO  CODE,  TO
 9        MAKE  A  TECHNICAL  CORRECTION;  AMENDING SECTION 54-1904D, IDAHO CODE, TO
10        MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION  54-1904E,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
11        MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;  AMENDING  SECTION  54-1905,  IDAHO CODE, TO
12        DELETE THE AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE THE BUREAU OF OCCUPATIONAL  LICENSES  AS
13        AN  AGENT  AND  TO  MAKE  TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1906,
14        IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE REGARDING AN INITIAL  MEETING  AND
15        ORGANIZATION;  AMENDING  SECTION  54-1907,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  FOR
16        APPOINTMENT  OF  AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INSTEAD OF A REGISTRAR OF CONTRACTS
17        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1908,  IDAHO  CODE,
18        TO  MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1910, IDAHO CODE, TO
19        PROVIDE REFERENCES TO LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES  AND  LIMITED  LIABILITY
20        PARTNERSHIPS  AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1911,
21        IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE OBSOLETE LANGUAGE REGARDING MEETINGS, TO PROVIDE FOR
22        NOTIFICATION BY CERTIFIED MAIL AND TO  DELETE  AN  OBSOLETE  REFERENCE  TO
23        MEETINGS;  AMENDING  SECTION 54-1912, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO
24        LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS AND TO MAKE
25        TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1913, IDAHO CODE, TO  DELETE  A
26        STATEMENT  THAT  ALL FINANCIAL INFORMATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANTS IS SUB-
27        JECT TO DISCLOSURE, TO DELETE A REQUIREMENT THAT INFORMATION BE  FURNISHED
28        TO  THE DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION, TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLICATION OF A LIST
29        OF LICENSED CONTRACTORS AND TO DELETE A  REQUIREMENT  FOR  PUBLICATION  OF
30        LICENSES  ISSUED,  SUSPENDED  OR  REVOKED; AMENDING SECTION 54-1914, IDAHO
31        CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS FOR CONSPIRING WITH AN UNLI-
32        CENSED PERSON AND FOR WILLFUL FAILURE OR REFUSAL TO FINISH A  PROJECT,  TO
33        DELETE A REFERENCE TO BANKRUPTCY AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMEND-
34        ING SECTION 54-1914A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR NOTIFICATION BY CERTIFIED
35        MAIL;  AMENDING  SECTION  54-1915,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR SERVICE AND
36        NOTICE BY CERTIFIED MAIL AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING  SEC-
37        TION  54-1916, IDAHO CODE, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION
38        54-1918, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE A REFERENCE TO COURTS OF  RECORD;  AMENDING
39        SECTION  54-1919, IDAHO CODE, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SEC-
40        TION 54-1920, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE REFERENCES TO LIMITED LIABILITY  COM-
41        PANIES  AND  LIMITED  LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORREC-
42        TIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1921, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR  CERTIFICATION
43        BY  THE  CHAIRMAN  OF  THE BOARD; AMENDING SECTION 54-1922, IDAHO CODE, TO
44        DELETE A REFERENCE TO LAWS ENACTED AT THE TWENTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE LEG-
45        ISLATURE; AND AMENDING SECTION 54-1924, IDAHO CODE, TO DELETE  A  LEGISLA-
46        TIVE DECLARATION.


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 1    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:

 2        SECTION  1.  That  Section 54-1901, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 3    amended to read as follows:

 4        54-1901.  DEFINITIONS. For the interpretation of this act, unless the con-
 5    text indicates a different meaning:
 6        (a)  "Person" includes any individual, firm,  copartnership,  corporation,
 7     limited liability company, limited liability partnership,  associ-
 8    ation or other organization, or any combination thereof acting as a unit.
 9        (b)  "Public  works  contractor,"  which  term is synonymous with the term
10    "builder," "sub-contractor"  and  "specialty  contractor,"  and  in  this  act
11    referred  to  as  "contractor"  or "licensee," includes any person who, in any
12    capacity, undertakes, or offers to undertake, or purports to have the capacity
13    to undertake any construction, repair or reconstruction of any public work, or
14    submits a proposal to, or enters into a contract with, the state of Idaho,  or
15    any  county,  city,  town, village,  school district,  irriga-
16    tion district, drainage district,  sewer district, fire district, or any
17    other taxing subdivision or district of any public or quasi-public corporation
18    of the state, or with any agency ,   of any thereof,  or
19    with any other public board, body, commission, department or agency, or  offi-
20    cer  or  representative  thereof, authorized to let or award contracts for the
21    construction, repair or reconstruction of any public work.
22        (c)  "Public works construction" includes any  or  all  of  the  following
23    branches:
24        (1)  Heavy construction, which is defined as constructing substantially in
25        its  entirety any fixed works and structures (not including "building con-
26        struction"), without limitation, for any or all of the following divisions
27        of subjects: irrigation, drainage, sanitation,  sewerage  
28        sewage , water power, water supply, reservoirs, flood control,  rec-
29        lamation,  inland  waterways, railroads, grade separations,  subways,
30         track elevation, elevated  highways,  hydro-electric  developments,
31        aqueducts,  transmission lines, duct lines, pipelines, locks, dams, dykes,
32        levees, revetments, channels, channel cutoffs, intakes, drainage,  excava-
33        tion  and  disposal  of  earth  and  rocks, foundations, piers, abutments,
34        retaining walls,  viaducts,  shafts,  tunnels,  airports,  air  bases  and
35        airways, and other facilities incidental to the same;
36        (2)  Highway  construction, which is defined as all work included in high-
37        way  construction  contracts,  including,  without  limitation,  highways,
38        roads, streets, bridges, tunnels, sewer and street grading, street paving,
39        curb setting, surfacing and other facilities  incidental  to  any  of  the
40        same;
41        (3)  Building  construction,  which  is  defined as all work in connection
42        with any structure now built, being built, or  hereafter  built,  for  the
43        support,  shelter and inclosure of persons, chattels, personal and movable
44        property of any kind, requiring in its construction the use of  more  than
45        two (2) unrelated building trades or crafts.
46        (4)  Specialty  construction,  which  is defined as any work in connection
47        with any public works construction, requiring special skill and the use of
48        specially skilled trades or crafts.
49        (d)  "Board" means the board created by this act under the name of "public
50    works contractors  state  license board."
51        (e)  " Registrar  Executive  director  "  means  the
52    person appointed as such under this act.
53        (f)  "Year" means the fiscal year ending June 30, each year.


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 1        (g)  "Federal  aid funds" mean s  a direct grant in aid, match-
 2    ing funds, or loan from an agency of the federal government and designated for
 3    a specific public works project. Revenue sharing funds, federal impact  funds,
 4    timber stumpage fees, and similar indirect allowances and subsidies not desig-
 5    nated  for  a  specific public works project shall not be regarded as "federal
 6    aid funds" within the meaning of this section.
 7        (h)  "Government obligation" means a public debt obligation of the  United
 8    States  government or the state of Idaho and an obligation whose principal and
 9    interest is unconditionally guaranteed by the United States government or  the
10    state of Idaho.
11        (i)  "Public entity" means the state of Idaho, or any county, city, school
12    district,  sewer  district,  fire district, or any other taxing subdivision or
13    district of any public or quasi-public corporation of the state, or any agency
14    thereof, or with any other  public  board,  body,  commission,  department  or
15    agency, or officer or representative thereof.
16        (j)  "Bid" or "bidder" means any proposal submitted by a public works con-
17    tractor to a public entity in competitive bidding for the construction, alter-
18    ation, repair or improvement of any public works construction.

19        SECTION  2.  That  Section 54-1902, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
20    amended to read as follows:

21        54-1902.  UNLAWFUL TO ENGAGE IN PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTING WITHOUT  LICENSE.
22    It  shall  be  unlawful for any person to engage in the business or act in the
23    capacity of a public works contractor within this state without first  obtain-
24    ing  and  having  a  license ,   therefor, as herein provided,
25     unless such  person  is  particularly  exempted  as  provided  in  this
26    act  ,  or  . It shall be unlawful  for any public works
27    contractor to subcontract in excess of eighty  per cent   per-
28    cent  (80%) of the work under any contract to be  performed  by  him  as
29    such  public  works  contractor  according  to the contract prices therein set
30    forth, unless otherwise provided in the specifications of such contracts.  Nor
31    shall  a public works contractor accept a bid from any person who at that time
32    does not possess the appropriate license for the project involved. Nor shall a
33    public works contractor accept bids to sublet any part  of  any  contract  for
34    specialty  construction  from a specialty contractor who at that time does not
35    possess the appropriate license in accordance with this  act;  provided,  how-
36    ever, that no contractor shall be required to have a license under this act in
37    order  to  submit a bid or proposal for contracts for public works financed in
38    whole or in part by federal aid funds, but at or prior to the award and execu-
39    tion of any such contract by the state of  Idaho,  or  any  other  contracting
40    authority  mentioned in this act, the successful bidder shall secure a license
41    as provided in this act.

42        SECTION 3.  That Section 54-1903, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
43    amended to read as follows:

44        54-1903.  EXEMPTIONS. This act shall not apply to:
45        (a)  An  authorized  representative  of  the United States government, the
46    state of Idaho, or any incorporated town, city, county,  irrigation  district,
47    reclamation  district  or other municipal or political corporation or subdivi-
48    sion of this state.
49        (b)  Officers of a court when they are acting within the  scope  of  their
50    office.
51        (c)  Public utilities operating under the jurisdiction of the public util-


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 1    ities commission of the state of Idaho on construction, maintenance and devel-
 2    opment work incidental to their own business.
 3        (d)  The sale or installation of any finished products, materials or arti-
 4    cles  of merchandise, which are not actually fabricated into and do not become
 5    a permanent fixed part of the structure.
 6        (e)  Any construction, alteration, improvement or repair of personal prop-
 7    erty.
 8        (f)  Any construction, alteration, improvement or repair carried on within
 9    the limits and boundaries of any site or reservation, the title of which rests
10    in the federal government.
11        (g)  Any construction or operation  incidental  to  the  construction  and
12    repair  of irrigation and drainage ditches of regularly constituted irrigation
13    districts  ,  drainage  districts  or reclamation districts, except
14    when performed by a person required to be licensed under this act.
15        (h)  Duly licensed architects, civil engineers, and  land  surveyors  when
16    acting solely in their professional capacity.
17        (i)  Any  construction,  alteration,  improvement  or  repair involving an
18    estimated cost of less than five thousand dollars ($5,000).
19        (j)  Any construction, operation, alteration or  maintenance  of  a  solid
20    waste disposal site including those operated by, for, or at the direction of a
21    city or a county.
22        (k)  Any  construction,  operation  or repair carried on in response to an
23    emergency that has been officially declared by the governor  pursuant  to  the
24    provisions  of chapter 10, title 46, Idaho Code, or an emergency that has been
25    declared by a governing body (city or county) in anticipation of a  governor's
26    declaration, for a period of time not to exceed seven (7) calendar days.

27        SECTION  4.  That  Section 54-1904, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
28    amended to read as follows:

29        54-1904.  CLASSES OF LICENSES -- RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER  LICENSES  --  FEES.
30    There shall be six (6) classes of licenses issued under the provisions of this
31    act which are hereby designated as Classes AAA, AA, A, B, C and D, the maximum
32    fee  for  which  shall  be as hereinafter specified .   and in
33    lieu of all other license taxes.  Each applicant  for  a  license  
34    hereunder   shall specify the class of license applied for in his appli-
35    cation.
36        For the purpose of licensing public works contractors under this  act  the
37    board  may  adopt rules necessary to determine the classification according to
38    their responsibility, and the type and scope of the operations of  a  licensed
39    contractor  to  those  in which he is classified and qualified to engage as in
40    this act provided.
41        Class "AAA" license. Any  contractor  whose  qualifications,  ability  and
42    responsibility  to  execute  contracts for public works involving an estimated
43    cost of more than  one   three  million dollars  ($
44    1  3 ,000,000) may, upon his application and the payment of a
45    license fee  of  not to exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150), be
46    granted  a Class "AAA" license and be so classified by the board in accordance
47    with the provisions of this act. The holder of a Class "AAA" license shall  be
48    entitled  to  engage  in the public works contracting business in the state as
49    provided in said license. The renewal fee for a Class "AAA" license shall  not
50    exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
51        Class  "AA"  license.  Any  contractor  whose  qualifications, ability and
52    responsibility to execute contracts for public works  involving  an  estimated
53    cost  of  not  more  than   one   three  million dollars


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 1    ($ 1  3 ,000,000) may, upon his application and the pay-
 2    ment of a license fee  of  not to exceed one hundred fifty  dollars
 3    ($150),  be  granted a Class "AA" license and be so classified by the board in
 4    accordance with the provisions of this act. The holder of a Class "AA" license
 5    shall be entitled to engage in the public works contracting  business  in  the
 6    state  as  provided  in said license. The renewal fee for a Class "AA" license
 7    shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
 8        Class "A"  license.  Any  contractor  whose  qualifications,  ability  and
 9    responsibility  to  execute  contracts for public works involving an estimated
10    cost of not more than  six hundred  thousand      one  million
11      dollars ($ 6  1,0 00,000) may, upon his applica-
12    tion and the payment of a license fee  of  not to exceed  one  hun-
13    dred fifty dollars ($150), be granted a Class "A" license and be so classified
14    by  the  board  in accordance with the provisions of this act. The holder of a
15    Class "A" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works  contracting
16    business in the state as provided in said license. The renewal fee for a Class
17    "A" license shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
18        Class  "B"  license.  Any  contractor  whose  qualifications,  ability and
19    responsibility to execute contracts for public works  involving  an  estimated
20    cost  of  not more than  two   five  hundred  fifty
21     thousand dollars ($ 2 5 0 0,000), may,  upon  his
22    application  and  the  payment  of a license fee  of  not to exceed
23    seventy-five dollars ($75.00) be granted a Class "B" license and be so classi-
24    fied by the board in accordance with the provisions of this act. The holder of
25    a Class "B" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works  contract-
26    ing  business  in the state as provided in said license. The renewal fee for a
27    Class "B" license shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
28        Class "C"  license.  Any  contractor  whose  qualifications,  ability  and
29    responsibility  to  execute  contracts for public works involving an estimated
30    cost of not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), may,  upon  his
31    application  and  the  payment  of a license fee  of  not to exceed
32    seventy-five dollars ($75.00), be granted a Class "C" license and be so  clas-
33    sified  by the board in accordance with the provisions of this act. The holder
34    of a Class "C" license shall be entitled to engage in the  public  works  con-
35    tracting  business  in  the state as provided in said license. The renewal fee
36    for a Class "C" license shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
37        Class "D"  license.  Any  contractor  whose  qualifications,  ability  and
38    responsibility  to  execute  contracts for public works involving an estimated
39    cost of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), may, upon his applica-
40    tion and the payment of a license fee  of  not to  exceed  seventy-
41    five  dollars ($75.00), be granted a Class "D" license and be so classified by
42    the board in accordance with the provisions of this act. The holder of a Class
43    "D" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works contracting  busi-
44    ness in the state as provided in said license. The renewal fee for a Class "D"
45    license shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
46        The board shall be vested with the power to fix annually the amount of the
47    original  and  renewal  license fees for each class of license for the ensuing
48    license year. The amount of the license fee so fixed shall not exceed the max-
49    imum fee set forth in this section.
50        Each license issued by the board shall clearly indicate the type and scope
51    of work for which the licensee is qualified and licensed .    
52    and  t  T he holder of the license shall be permitted to sub-
53    mit proposals for and perform only those types of work specified in each 
54    such  license .  ; provided, however, that t 
55    T he board may extend the permissible type or scope of work to  be  done


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 1    under  any license when it is determined by the board that the applicant meets
 2    all of the requirements of this act to qualify him to do such other work.

 3        SECTION 5.  That Section 54-1904B, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 4    amended to read as follows:

 5        54-1904B.  RELIEF  FROM  BIDS. (a) If an awarding authority for the public
 6    entity determines that a bidder is entitled to relief from a  bid  because  of
 7      a    mistake,  the authority shall prepare a report in writing to
 8    document the facts establishing the existence of each element required in sec-
 9    tion 54-1904C, Idaho Code. The report shall be available for inspection  as  a
10    public record and shall be filed with the public entity soliciting bids.
11        (b)  A bidder claiming a mistake satisfying all the conditions of section
12    54-1904C,  Idaho  Code,  shall be entitled to relief from the bid and have any
13    bid security returned by the public entity. Bidders not satisfying the  condi-
14    tions  found  in section 54-1904C, Idaho Code, shall forfeit any bid security.
15    Bidders failing to execute a contract and not satisfying the conditions  of  a
16    mistake shall also forfeit any bid security.

17        SECTION  6.  That Section 54-1904D, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
18    amended to read as follows:

19        54-1904D.  PROHIBITION AGAINST FURTHER BIDDING. A bidder who claims a mis-
20    take or who forfeits  his   their  bid security shall be
21    prohibited from participating in any rebidding of that project  on  which  the
22    mistake was claimed or security forfeited.

23        SECTION  7.  That Section 54-1904E, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
24    amended to read as follows:

25        54-1904E.  AWARD OF CONTRACT TO SECOND OR NEXT LOWEST BIDDER. If the  pub-
26    lic  entity deems it is  for   in  its best interest, it
27    may, on refusal or failure of the successful bidder to execute  the  contract,
28    award it to the second lowest responsible bidder.
29        If  the  second  lowest responsible bidder fails or refuses to execute the
30    contract, the public entity may likewise award it to the next lowest responsi-
31    ble bidders.
32        On the failure or refusal of the second or next lowest responsible bidders
33    to execute a contract,  his   their   bidder's  security
34    shall  be  likewise forfeited. A public entity may determine it is in its best
35    interests to cancel and rebid the public works project  and  retain  any  for-
36    feited bid security.

37        SECTION  8.  That  Section 54-1905, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
38    amended to read as follows:

39        54-1905.  PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS  STATE  LICENSE  BOARD  CRE-
40    ATED -- QUALIFICATIONS OF APPOINTEES -- TERM -- REMOVALS. There is hereby cre-
41    ated  in  the department of self-governing agencies a public works contractors
42     state  license board to be composed  of  seven  (7)  members,  who
43    shall  be  appointed  by  the governor. One (1) member of the board shall be a
44    "heavy construction" contractor, one (1) member shall be a "highway  construc-
45    tion"  contractor,  two  (2) members shall be "building construction" contrac-
46    tors, one (1) member shall be a "specialty construction" contractor,  as  such
47    construction  terms  are  defined  in  this chapter, one (1) member shall be a


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 1    "construction manager," and one (1) member shall be a registered  professional
 2    engineer.  All  contractor members of the board shall be contractors holding a
 3    current unrevoked license at the time of their appointment,  actively  engaged
 4    in  the contracting business and have been so engaged for a period of not less
 5    than five (5) years preceding the date of their appointment, and who shall  so
 6    continue  in the contracting business during their term of office. Each member
 7    of the board next preceding his appointment shall have been a citizen and res-
 8    ident of the state of Idaho for at least five (5) years.  The  governor  shall
 9    appoint  a member to said board for a term of six (6) years. Each member shall
10    hold office after the expiration of  his    their    own
11    term  until    his      their    successor has been duly
12    appointed and qualified. Vacancies on the board for any cause shall be  filled
13    by  appointment  by  the  governor for the balance of  the unexpired term. The
14    governor may remove any member of the board for  misconduct,  incompetence  or
15    neglect  of  duty.  Each  member  of  the board shall receive a certificate of
16    appointment from the governor, and before entering upon the discharge of 
17    his   their  duties, shall file with the secretary  of  state
18    the  constitutional oath of office.  The board may, by written agreement,
19    authorize the bureau of occupational licenses as agent to act in its interest.
20    

21        SECTION 9.  That Section 54-1906, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        54-1906.  PRINCIPAL  PLACE OF BUSINESS .   -- ORGANIZATION
24    MEETING.  The principal place of business  of  the  board  shall  be  in
25    Boise  ,     City,  Idaho. The board shall , within
26    thirty (30) days after  its  appointment  by  the  governor,    meet  at
27    Boise  ,   City,  Idaho , at a time and place to be
28    designated by the governor, and organize by electing a chairman  and  a  vice-
29    chairman, each to serve for one (1) year .

30        SECTION  10.  That Section 54-1907, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
31    amended to read as follows:

32        54-1907.  DUTIES AND POWERS OF THE BOARD -- SEAL  --    REGISTRAR  OF
33    CONTRACTS   EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  APPOINTED. The board shall be
34    vested  with  all  functions and duties relating to the administration of this
35    act and shall have full power to make  such bylaws,    rules  
36    and  regulations  as it shall deem necessary to carry out the provisions
37    of this act. The board shall have the power to provide suitable  quarters  and
38     such  equipment, records and supplies as deemed necessary to carry
39    out  the  provisions of this act. The board shall adopt a seal, having upon it
40    the words "Public Works Contractors  State  License Board--State of
41    Idaho ,  . "   t  T  he  care  and
42    custody  of   which   the  seal shall be  in 
43     with  the  registrar, hereinafter created   execu-
44    tive director . Any member of the board may  administer  oaths  and  may
45    take  testimony    and  proofs    concerning all matters within the
46    jurisdiction of the board.
47        The board shall appoint a  n      registrar  of  contracts
48        executive director , and fix  his   their
49     compensation. The    registrar      executive  director
50      shall  be  the secretary  of   to  the board and
51    shall carry out such administrative duties as  in this  act    pro-


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 1    vided    in  this  act  and as delegated  to him  by the
 2    board. The board may, in its discretion, refuse, sustain or reverse, by major-
 3    ity vote, any action or decision of the  registrar   executive
 4    director . For the administration of this act the board may employ  such
 5    other  employees  as  may  be necessary,  prescribe   describe
 6     their duties and fix their compensation.

 7        SECTION 11.  That Section 54-1908, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 8    amended to read as follows:

 9        54-1908.  MEETINGS  -- QUORUM. The board shall hold not less than four (4)
10    regular meetings each year, on a day not later than the fifteenth day  of  the
11    month  in each of the months of January, April, July and October, for the pur-
12    pose of transacting such business as may properly come before it. At the April
13    meeting of each year the  board  shall  elect  officers.  Special  or  regular
14    monthly  meetings of the board may be held at such times as the board may pro-
15    vide in the  bylaws   rules . Four (4)  members  of  the
16    board shall constitute a quorum. Two  (2) members of the board may call a spe-
17    cial meeting at any time. Due notice of each meeting of the board and the time
18    and  place  thereof shall be given each member in the manner prescribed in the
19     bylaws   rules . Each member of the board shall be com-
20    pensated as provided by section 59-509(h), Idaho Code,    to  be  allowed
21      and  paid from the public works contractors license  board 
22    account , as hereinafter provided in this chapter .

23        SECTION 12.  That Section 54-1910, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
24    amended to read as follows:

25        54-1910.  EXAMINATIONS,  QUALIFICATIONS AND APPLICATIONS. Under such rules
26     and regulations  as it may adopt, the board shall have  the  power
27    and authority to investigate, classify, and to qualify applicants for licenses
28    under this act, by written or oral examinations, or both.
29        The qualifications to be required of an applicant by the board are as fol-
30    lows:
31        (a)  Such  degree  of experience, and such general knowledge of the build-
32    ing, safety, health and lien laws of the state, and of the rudimentary  admin-
33    istrative  principles  of the contracting business, as may be deemed necessary
34    by the board for the safety and protection of the public. The applicant if  an
35    individual  may  qualify  as to the aforementioned experience and knowledge by
36    personal appearance or by the appearance of his responsible managing employee,
37    and if a copartnership or corporation,  limited liability  company,  lim-
38    ited  liability  partnership  and any other combination or organization,
39    by the appearance of the responsible managing officer or member of the person-
40    nel of such applicant. If the person qualifying by examination as  to  experi-
41    ence  and  knowledge  shall,  for any reason whatsoever, cease to be connected
42    with the licensee to whom the license is issued, such licensee shall so notify
43    the board in writing within ten (10) days from such cessation. If such  notice
44    is  given,  the license shall remain in force for a reasonable length of time,
45    to be determined  by  rules  of  the  board  ,  provided,  however,  that
46      .  I    i f such licensee fails to so notify the
47    board within said ten (10) day period, then at the end of such  ten  (10)  day
48    period,  the license of such licensee shall be automatically suspended. A sus-
49    pended license shall be reinstated upon the filing with the board of an  affi-
50    davit  executed  by  the  licensee  or  a member of the suspended firm, to the
51    effect that the individual originally examined for the firm has been  replaced


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 1    by  another  individual  who  has been qualified by examination as herein pro-
 2    vided, and who shall not have had a license suspended  or  revoked,  nor  have
 3    been  connected  with  any licensee who has had a license suspended or revoked
 4    for reasons that should preclude him from personally  qualifying  as  to  good
 5    character as herein required of an applicant.
 6        (b)  The  possession by the applicant of good character. Lack of character
 7    may be established by showing any of the following:
 8        (1)  That the applicant has committed or done any act which, if  committed
 9        or done by any licensed contractor, would be grounds for the suspension or
10        revocation of a contractor's license, or
11        (2)  That  the  applicant  has committed or done any act involving dishon-
12        esty, fraud or deceit whereby the applicant has been benefited or  whereby
13        some injury has been sustained by another, or
14        (3)  That  the applicant bears a bad reputation for honesty and integrity,
15        or
16        (4)  That the applicant has been convicted of a felony.
17        (c)  That he has never been refused a license or had a license revoked for
18    reasons that would preclude the granting of the license applied for.
19        (d)  No license shall be issued to  a  corporation,  copartnership,  
20    limited  liability company, limited liability partnership  or other com-
21    bination or organization if any responsible officer of  such  corporation,  or
22    other  combination  or  organization, or any member of such copartnership does
23    not meet the qualifications required of an applicant other than those qualifi-
24    cations relating to knowledge and experience.
25        (e)  To obtain an original license under this  act,  the  applicant  shall
26    submit  to  the board, on such forms as it shall prescribe, accompanied by the
27    required fee for the class of license applied for, and in accordance with such
28    rules  and regulations  as may be deemed necessary and  adopted  by
29    the  board  in  order to carry out the foregoing provisions of this section, a
30    sworn written application for such  license,  containing  the  statement  that
31    applicant  desires  the issuance of a license under the terms of this act. The
32    information contained in such  application  forms  shall  include  a  complete
33    statement of the general nature of applicant's contracting business, and stat-
34    ing  concisely  applicant's experience and qualifications as a contractor; the
35    value and character of contract work completed and for whom  performed  during
36    the  three (3) year period prior to filing the application; a general descrip-
37    tion of applicant's machinery and equipment; a complete financial statement on
38    such forms and disclosing such information as shall be required by the  board,
39    together  with  such additional information as may be required by the board to
40    determine the applicant's fitness for a license under this act.  The  applica-
41    tion  shall  contain, if by an individual,  his   their 
42    name and business address; if by a copartnership, its business address and the
43    names and addresses of all partners; and if by a corporation, association
44    , limited liability company, limited liability  partnership    or  other
45    organization,  its  business address and the names and addresses of the presi-
46    dent, vice-president, secretary, and chief construction managing officers,  or
47    responsible managing employee.

48        SECTION  13.  That Section 54-1911, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
49    amended to read as follows:

50        54-1911.  FILING, ISSUANCE AND DENIAL OF LICENSES -- JOINT VENTURE  APPLI-
51    CATIONS  --  FEES  NOT  REFUNDED. Applications for original licenses, together
52    with the fees therefor, shall be filed with the board if received at least ten
53    (10) days prior to consideration thereof by the board. After such  examination


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 1    and  investigation  as the board may require in accordance with the provisions
 2    of this act, if no valid reason exists for further investigation of applicant,
 3    the board shall at the next meeting  fixed by it for the consideration of
 4    applications for original licenses,  issue a license to  applicant  per-
 5    mitting  him to engage in business as a contractor under the terms of this act
 6    for the licensing period designated. If the information brought to the  atten-
 7    tion  of  the  board concerning the character and integrity of an applicant is
 8    such that it would appear proper to deny the application, the applicant  shall
 9    be  notified  by   registered   certified  mail  or
10    personal service,  to show cause within such time, not  less  than  five
11    (5)  days,  nor  more than thirty (30) days, why the application should not be
12    denied.
13        Applications for original licenses filed in accordance with the provisions
14    of this act shall be considered by the board  at  the  four  (4)  regular
15    meetings  of  the board provided for in this act and  at such special or
16    regular monthly meetings as the board may determine. Fees accompanying  origi-
17    nal applications under this section are for the administration and enforcement
18    of the provisions of this chapter and shall not be refunded to the applicant.

19        SECTION  14.  That Section 54-1912, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
20    amended to read as follows:

21        54-1912.  EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL OF  LICENSES  --  FEES.  All  contractors
22    required  by  the provisions of this section to be licensed, shall be licensed
23    for a period of twelve (12) consecutive calendar months.
24        Each licensing period shall start on the first day of a calendar month and
25    end on the last day of the twelfth month from the date of beginning.
26        Licensing periods shall expire at midnight on the last day of the  licens-
27    ing period.
28        Application  for  renewal  of  a  current license prior to expiration date
29     thereof  shall authorize operation as a contractor by such  licen-
30    see  until  actual  issuance  of  such renewal license for the ensuing year or
31    until the final decision of the board is rendered in any proceeding.   An
32    a   A pplicant for  a  renewal of a license issued
33    under this act ,  shall not be required to take any other  or  fur-
34    ther  examination to obtain such renewal license, provided that at the time of
35    such application his license has not been suspended or permitted to  lapse  or
36    expire  for  any  cause for a period of one (1) year or more. All applications
37    for renewal of license shall be made on forms  prescribed  by  the  board  and
38    shall  be  accompanied by the annual renewal fee and a complete current finan-
39    cial statement on such forms and  disclosing  such  information  as  shall  be
40    required  by  the  board,  duly  certified  as true by the applicant, and if a
41    copartnership,  limited liability company or limited  liability  partner-
42    ship    by  a  member thereof, and if a corporation, by its executive or
43    financial officer; such renewal application shall be filed prior to the  first
44    day  of  such renewal licensing period, otherwise the expired license shall be
45    renewable only after the application and fees therefor shall have been on file
46    with the board at least ten (10) days prior  to  consideration    thereof
47     by the board. Fees accompanying renewal applications under this section
48    are  for  the administration and enforcement of the provisions of this chapter
49    and shall not be refunded to the applicant.
50        The license issued under this act shall be signed both by the  regis-
51    trar   executive director  and by the licensee, shall be non-
52    transferable, and shall be displayed in the licensee's main  office  or  chief
53    place  of business, and satisfactory evidence of the possession thereof and of


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 1    the current annual renewal thereof shall be exhibited by licensee upon demand.
 2        A surviving member or members of a licensed copartnership  ,  limited
 3    liability  company  or limited liability partnership  by reason of death
 4    shall be entitled to continue in business under such license until the expira-
 5    tion date thereof, provided due application for  permission  is  made  to  the
 6    board  within  thirty (30) days after death of the member, and the application
 7    is approved by the board in accordance with its rules .    and
 8    regulations. 
 9        All  licensees  shall  report  to the board all changes of personnel, name
10    style or addresses recorded under this act within thirty (30) days  after  the
11    changes are made.

12        SECTION  15.  That Section 54-1913, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
13    amended to read as follows:

14        54-1913.  RECORDS, LISTS AND INFORMATION. The board shall maintain at  its
15    office in Boise ,   City,  Idaho, open to public inspec-
16    tion  during  office  hours,  a  complete record of all retained applications,
17    licenses issued, licenses renewed and all revocations, cancelations  and  sus-
18    pensions  of  licenses,  and  shall  furnish  a  certified copy of any license
19    issued, upon  receipt of the sum of fifty cents (50[),  which  certified  copy
20    shall  be received in all courts and elsewhere as evidence of the facts stated
21    therein.  All financial information submitted by applicants is subject to
22    disclosure according to chapter 3, title 9, Idaho  Code.  Upon  the  issuance,
23    renewal, revocation, cancelation and/or suspension of a license hereunder, the
24    board  shall  forthwith furnish the department of administration with a record
25    thereof. 
26        Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the board  shall  publish  a
27    list  of  the names and addresses of contractors  registered  
28    licensed  under this act  and of the licenses issued, suspended  or
29    revoked    and such further information with respect to this act and its
30    administration as the board deems proper. The board may furnish the  lists  to
31    such public works and building departments, public officials or public bodies,
32    and  other  persons interested in or allied with the building and construction
33    industry in this or any other state as deemed advisable, and at such intervals
34    as deemed necessary, whenever funds therefor  are  available.  Copies  of  the
35    lists  may also be furnished by the board upon request to any firm or individ-
36    ual upon payment of a reasonable fee fixed by the board.
37        Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the board  may  publish  and
38    disseminate to licensees of the board and to public officials or other persons
39    interested  in  or  allied  with  the building and construction industry, such
40    information with relation to the administration and enforcement of this act as
41    deemed necessary to carry out its purposes.

42        SECTION 16.  That Section 54-1914, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
43    amended to read as follows:

44        54-1914.  DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. The board may upon its own motion, and
45    shall  upon  the  verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the
46    actions of any contractor within the state and may reclassify, retype,  tempo-
47    rarily suspend or permanently revoke any license if the holder, while a licen-
48    see  or  applicant hereunder, is guilty of or commits any one  (1) 
49    or more of the following acts or omissions:
50        (a)  Abandonment without legal excuse of any construction project or oper-
51    ation engaged in or undertaken by the licensee as a contractor.


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 1        (b)  Diversion of funds or property received under express  agreement  for
 2    prosecution  or completion of a specific construction project or operation, or
 3    for a specified purpose in the prosecution or completion of  any  construction
 4    project  or operation, and their application or use for any other construction
 5    project or operation, obligation or purpose, with intent to defraud or deceive
 6    creditors or the owner.
 7        (c)   Wilful   Willful  departure from or  disregard
 8    of,  plans  or  specifications  in  any  material  respect, and prejudicial to
 9    another, without consent of the owner or his duly  authorized  representative,
10    and  without  the  consent  of the person entitled to have the particular con-
11    struction project or operation completed in accordance  with  such  plans  and
12    specifications.
13        (d)    Wilful   Willful  or deliberate disregard and
14    violation of valid building laws of the state, or of any political subdivision
15    thereof, or of the safety laws or labor laws or compensation insurance laws of
16    the state.
17        (e)  Misrepresentation of a material fact by an applicant in  obtaining  a
18    license.
19        (f)  Aiding  or  abetting  an unlicensed person to evade the provisions of
20    this act or  knowingly combining or  conspiring with an  unlicensed
21    person,  or allowing one's license to be used by an unlicensed person, or act-
22    ing as agent or partner or associate or  otherwise, of  an  unlicensed  person
23    with the intent to evade the provisions of this act.
24        (g)  Failure in any material respect to comply with the provisions of this
25    act.
26        (h)  Acting in the capacity of a contractor under any license issued here-
27    under  except:  (1) in the name of the licensee as set forth upon the license,
28    or (2) in accordance with the personnel of the licensee as set  forth  in  the
29    application for such license, or as later changed as provided in this act.
30        (i)  Knowingly  accepting  a  bid  from,  or entering into a contract with
31    another contractor for a portion of a public works project  if  at  that  time
32    such  contractor  does  not possess the appropriate license to do that work as
33    provided in this act.
34        (j)   Wilful   Willful  failure or  refusal  without
35    legal  excuse  on  the  part  of a licensee as a contractor to  prosecute
36      finish  a construction project or operation with reasonable
37    diligence, causing material injury to another.
38        (k)   Wilful   Willful  or deliberate failure by any
39    licensee, or agent or officer thereof, to pay any moneys  when  due,  for  any
40    materials or services rendered in connection with his operations as a contrac-
41    tor,  when he has the capacity to pay or when he has received sufficient funds
42    therefor as payment for the particular construction work, project or operation
43    for which the services or materials were rendered or purchased; or  denial  of
44    any such amount due or the validity of the claim thereof with intent to secure
45    for  himself,  his employer, or other person, any discount upon such indebted-
46    ness or with intent to hinder, delay  or  defraud  the  person  to  whom  such
47    indebtedness is due.
48          (l)  Filing  of  a  voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or a licensee
49    being adjudicated a bankrupt. 

50        SECTION 17.  That Section 54-1914A, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
51    amended to read as follows:

52        54-1914A.  IMPAIRED FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- NOTIFICATION -- HEARING --
53    LICENSEE'S STATEMENT. If, at any time,  the  board  has  reasonable  cause  to


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 1    believe  that  a licensee's financial responsibility is impaired, it shall, by
 2     registered   certified  mail, so notify  the  licensee,
 3    stating  the  facts  which indicate such lack of financial responsibility, the
 4    time and place of the meeting of the board when the matter will be considered,
 5    and the action which the board contemplates taking with respect to such licen-
 6    see, and request that the licensee either be present at said hearing, or  sub-
 7    mit to the board on or prior to the date of hearing, a verified written state-
 8    ment  and  any other documents deemed pertinent, to show cause why his license
 9    should not be reclassified, retyped, temporarily suspended or revoked  because
10    of lack of financial responsibility.
11        Failure  to  either submit such a statement or appear at the hearing shall
12    be deemed to be an admission by licensee of the lack of financial responsibil-
13    ity as charged, and a stipulation that the board may take the  action  contem-
14    plated as set forth in the aforesaid notice.

15        SECTION  18.  That Section 54-1915, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
16    amended to read as follows:

17        54-1915.  PROCEDURE FOR REVOCATION. Upon the filing with the  board  of  a
18    verified  complaint charging a licensee with the commission of any act consti-
19    tuting a cause for disciplinary action within two (2) years prior to the  date
20    of  filing, the board shall forthwith issue a citation directing the licensee,
21    within ten (10) days after service of the citation ,      upon
22    him,  to appear by filing with the board  his   a 
23    verified answer to the complaint, showing cause, if any ,   he
24    has,    why  his   the  license should not be sus-
25    pended or revoked; provided, however, that the appearance of the  licensee  by
26    the  filing of an answer may be waived by the complainant with the approval of
27    the board, in which case the board shall proceed to a hearing. The proceedings
28    before the board shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 52, title  67,
29    Idaho Code.
30        Service of the citation upon the licensee shall be fully effected by mail-
31    ing  a  true copy of the citation, together with a true copy of the complaint,
32    by  United States registered   certified  mail   in
33    a  sealed envelope with postage fully prepaid thereon,  addressed to the
34    licensee at his last address of record with the board. Service of the citation
35    shall be complete at the time of deposit in accordance with the provisions  of
36    the Idaho Rules of Civil Procedure relating to service by mail.
37        Upon  the  filing  of the answer, the board shall fix a time and place for
38    the hearing and give the licensee and the complainant not less than  five  (5)
39    days' notice thereof. The notice may be served by mailing a true copy by 
40    United  States registered   certified  mail  in a sealed
41    envelope with postage fully prepaid thereon,  addressed to the  licensee
42    and  to the complainant, respectively, at the last known address of each. With
43    the notice to the complainant there shall be attached or enclosed  a  copy  of
44    the answer. If either party has appeared by counsel, the notice shall be given
45    in like manner to counsel instead of to the party.
46        The order entered by the board may:
47        (a)  Provide  for the immediate complete suspension by the licensee of all
48    operations as a contractor during the period fixed by the decision.
49        (b)  Permit the licensee to complete any or all contracts shown by  compe-
50    tent evidence taken at the hearing to be then uncompleted.
51        (c)  Impose  upon the licensee compliance with such specific conditions as
52    may be just in connection with his operations as a contractor disclosed at the
53    hearing and may further provide that until such conditions are  complied  with


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 1    no  application  for  restoration of the suspended or revoked license shall be
 2    accepted by the board.

 3        SECTION 19.  That Section 54-1916, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
 4    amended to read as follows:

 5        54-1916.  JUDICIAL  REVIEW -- PROCEDURE. The applicant or licensee, as the
 6    case may be, shall have the right to  fourth   judicial  review  of
 7    the action of the board refusing, cancelling, revoking or suspending a license
 8    in accordance with the provisions of chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
 9        Appeals  may  be  taken  from  the  judgment of said district court to the
10    Supreme Court of Idaho by either party by serving written  notice  thereof  on
11    the  adverse  party  and  filing the same in said district court within thirty
12    (30) days after entry of said judgment, but otherwise  said  appeal  shall  be
13      had    in the same manner that appeals are taken and records pre-
14    pared on appeal in civil actions.
15        On any appeal to the district court by a licensee, the court may,  in  its
16    discretion,  upon  the filing of a proper bond by the licensee in an amount to
17    be fixed by the court, but not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000),  guar-
18    anteeing  the compliance by the licensee with specific conditions imposed upon
19    him by the board's decision, if any, permit the licensee to continue    to  do
20    business as a contractor pending entry of judgment by the district court.

21        SECTION  20.  That Section 54-1918, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
22    amended to read as follows:

23        54-1918.  SUBPOENAS AND PROCESS. In any investigation, proceeding or hear-
24    ing which the board is empowered to institute, conduct or hold, the board, and
25    each member thereof, may administer oaths, certify  to  official  acts,  issue
26    subpoenas  for the attendance of witnesses and the production of books, papers
27    and records, in like manner and to the same extent as courts  of  record,  and
28    with  their aid when necessary. The process issued by the board, or any member
29    thereof, shall extend to all parts of the state and may be served by any  per-
30    son  authorized  to  serve  process  ,    of courts of record,
31     or by any person designated for that purpose by the board or  a  member
32    thereof. The person executing any such process shall receive such compensation
33    as  may  be  allowed by the board and not to exceed the fees prescribed by law
34    for similar services, and such fees shall be paid in the same manner  as  pro-
35    vided  herein  for  the payment of fees for witnesses. Any citation, notice or
36    other process or any paper or document required by this act to  be  served  on
37    any party may be personally served as provided in the Code of Civil Procedure,
38    with the same effect as if served by mail in the manner provided in this act.

39        SECTION  21.  That Section 54-1919, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
40    amended to read as follows:

41        54-1919.  REVOCATION BY COURT. The suspension or  revocation  of    a
42      license as  provided  in this act  provided  may
43    also be  embraced   included  in  any  action  otherwise
44    proper  in any court involving the licensee's performance of his legal obliga-
45    tion as a contractor.

46        SECTION 22.  That Section 54-1920, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
47    amended to read as follows:


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 1        54-1920.  PENALTIES.  Any person, firm, copartnership, corporation,  
 2    limited liability company, limited liability partnership,    association
 3    or  other  organization  acting  in  the capacity of a public works contractor
 4    within the meaning of this act, without a license as herein provided, shall be
 5    guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof,  if a  person
 6    or  persons,   be punished by a fine of not to exceed three hundred dol-
 7    lars ($300 .00 ) or by imprisonment in the county jail for  a  term
 8    not  to  exceed six (6) months or by both such fine and imprisonment,  in
 9      at  the discretion of the court. The same  penalties  shall
10    apply,  upon  conviction to any member of a copartnership, or to any construc-
11    tion, managing or directing officer of any corporation , limited  liabil-
12    ity  company  or  limited  liability partnership,  or other organization
13    consenting to, participating in, or aiding or abetting any such  violation  of
14    this act.
15        Every  public  officer who knowingly lets a public contract to any person,
16    firm, copartnership, corporation,   limited  liability  company,  limited
17    liability  partnership,   association or other organization who does not
18    hold a license as required by the provisions of this act shall be guilty of  a
19    misdemeanor  and  upon  conviction,  punishable  as  provided in this section,
20    unless, however, there be no qualified bidder willing to undertake the  public
21    works  covered by the contract. No person engaged in the business or acting in
22    the capacity of a  contractor, may bring or maintain any action in  any  court
23    of  this  state  for the collection of compensation for the performance of any
24    act or contract for which a license is required by this act  without  alleging
25    and  providing  that he was a duly licensed contractor at all times during the
26    performance of such act or contract.

27        SECTION 23.  That Section 54-1921, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
28    amended to read as follows:

29        54-1921.  PUBLIC  WORKS  CONTRACTORS LICENSE FUND -- APPROPRIATION -- DIS-
30    BURSEMENTS. The state treasurer shall be custodian of a fund, which is  hereby
31    created,  to  be  known  as  the "Public Works Contractors License Fund," into
32    which shall be paid and deposited all funds accruing or received under any and
33    all provisions of this act. All moneys from whatever  source  accruing  to  or
34    received  by said fund are hereby appropriated for the payment of the cost and
35    expense of the administration and enforcement of this act, as herein provided,
36    and the same shall be paid out by the state treasurer only upon state vouchers
37    prepared and approved by the board, certified to by the  president 
38     chairman  of the board, and approved by the state board of examin-
39    ers. Any moneys remaining in said fund on the last day of each  year,  as  the
40    term  "year" is defined in this act, shall continue to be appropriated for the
41    purposes of this act.

42        SECTION 24.  That Section 54-1922, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
43    amended to read as follows:

44        54-1922.  ACT SUPERIOR TO ALL LAWS IN CONFLICT. Wherever any provisions of
45    the  existing  laws of the state of Idaho , or of any laws enacted at the
46    twenty-sixth session of the legislature of the state of Idaho,   are  in
47    conflict  with  the  provisions  of this act, the provisions of this act shall
48    control and supersede all such laws.

49        SECTION 25.  That Section 54-1924, Idaho Code, be, and the same is  hereby
50    amended to read as follows:


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 1        54-1924.  SEPARABILITY. If any part or parts of this act shall be adjudged
 2    by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect the
 3    validity  of  any  part or parts thereof which can be given effect without the
 4    part or parts adjudged to be unconstitutional or invalid.   The  legisla-
 5    ture hereby declares that it would have passed the remaining parts of this act
 6    if  it  had been known that such other part or parts thereof would be declared
 7    unconstitutional or invalid. 

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT  OF  PURPOSE
RS08412C1
Relating to Public Works Contractors:  Amending Sections 54-1901-1924, Idaho Code to clarify licensing of limited liability
companies and limited liability partnerships, to change agency head
title, delete archaic language and change bid limits for the Class
AAA, AA, A and B licenses.







FISCAL  IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact.  The agency is supported solely by its
license fees.  There are no changes in the license fees.







CONTACT   
Name:          Nancy Michael
Agency:   Public Works Contractors License Board
Phone:         327-7326

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