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H0476...........................................................by BUSINESS
PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS - Amends existing law relating to public works
contractors to provide for a Class Unlimited license; to provide for
qualifications for a Class Unlimited license; to revise the qualifications
for certain other classes of licenses; to provide that specified bids, with
an exception, must not exceed the estimated cost or bid limit of the
license held; to require that the aggregate total of bids include all bids
of subcontractors; and to provide that subcontractors' bids must not be
considered a separate item for the purpose of computing the bid on a public
works project.
02/06 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/07 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/26 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/28 3rd rdg - PASSED - 64-2-4
AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barrett, Bayer, Bell, Bilbao, Black, Block,
Bock, Boe, Bolz, Bowers, Brackett, Bradford, Chadderdon, Chavez,
Chew, Clark, Collins, Crane, Durst, Eskridge, Hagedorn, Hart,
Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Killen, King, Kren, Labrador, LeFavour,
Loertscher, Luker, Marriott, Mathews, McGeachin, Mortimer, Moyle,
Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Patrick, Pence, Raybould, Ringo,
Roberts, Ruchti, Rusche, Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(08), Shirley,
Shively, Smith(24), Smith(30)(Stanek), Snodgrass, Stevenson, Thayn,
Thomas, Trail, Vander Woude, Wood(27), Mr. Speaker
NAYS -- Harwood, Wood(35)
Absent and excused -- Bedke, Lake, Shepherd(02), Wills
Floor Sponsor - Rusche
Title apvd - to Senate
02/29 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/17 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 34-0-1
AYES -- Andreason, Bair, Bastian, Bilyeu, Broadsword, Burkett,
Cameron, Coiner, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes,
Goedde, Hammond, Heinrich, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst,
Little, Lodge, Malepeai(Sagness), McGee, McKague, McKenzie,
Richardson, Schroeder, Siddoway, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Pearce
Floor Sponsor - Goedde
Title apvd - to House
03/18 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19 Pres signed
03/20 To Governor
03/25 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 254
Effective: 07/01/08
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-ninth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2008IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 476 BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO PUBLIC WORKS CONTRACTORS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1904, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 PROVIDE FOR A CLASS UNLIMITED LICENSE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS 4 FOR A CLASS UNLIMITED LICENSE, TO REVISE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR CERTAIN 5 OTHER CLASSES OF LICENSES, TO PROVIDE THAT SPECIFIED BIDS, WITH AN EXCEP- 6 TION, MUST NOT EXCEED THE ESTIMATED COST OR BID LIMIT OF THE LICENSE HELD, 7 TO REQUIRE THAT THE AGGREGATE TOTAL OF BIDS INCLUDE ALL BIDS OF SUBCON- 8 TRACTORS, TO PROVIDE THAT SUBCONTRACTOR BIDS MUST NOT BE CONSIDERED A SEP- 9 ARATE ITEM FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING THE BID ON A GIVEN PUBLIC WORKS 10 PROJECT AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 11 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 12 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1904, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 13 amended to read as follows: 14 54-1904. CLASSES OF LICENSES -- RIGHTS GRANTED UNDER LICENSES -- FEES. 15 (1) There shall besixseven (67) classes of licenses issued under the provi- 16 sions of this chapter which are hereby designated as Classes Unlimited, AAA, 17 AA, A, B, C and D, the maximum fee for which shall be as hereinafter speci- 18 fied. Each applicant for a license shall specify the class of license applied 19 for in his application. 20 (2) For the purpose of licensing public works contractors under this 21 chapter the board may adopt rules necessary to determine the classification 22 according to their responsibility, and the type and scope of the operations of 23 a licensed contractor to those in which he is classified and qualified to 24 engage as in this chapter provided. 25 (3) The license classes shall be as follows: 26 (a) Class "Unlimited" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, abil- 27 ity and responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an 28 estimated cost of more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) may, upon 29 application and payment of a license fee not to exceed six hundred dollars 30 ($600), be granted a Class "Unlimited" license and be so classified by the 31 board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The holder of a 32 Class "Unlimited" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works 33 contracting business in this state as provided in said license. The 34 renewal fee for a Class "Unlimited" license shall not exceed six hundred 35 dollars ($600). An applicant requesting a Class "Unlimited" license in 36 heavy, highway, specialty or building construction shall have a minimum 37 net worth of one million dollars ($1,000,000) with six hundred thousand 38 dollars ($600,000) in working capital. 39 (b) Class "AAA" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 40 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 41 mated cost of not more thanthreefive million dollars ($35,000,000) may, 42 upon his application and the payment of a license fee not to exceed five 43 hundred dollars ($500), be granted a Class "AAA" license and be so classi- 2 1 fied by the board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The 2 holder of a Class "AAA" license shall be entitled to engage in the public 3 works contracting business in the state as provided in said license. The 4 renewal fee for a Class "AAA" license shall not exceed five hundred dol- 5 lars ($500). 6 (c) Class "AA" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 7 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 8 mated cost of not more than three million dollars ($3,000,000) may, upon 9 his application and the payment of a license fee not to exceed four hun- 10 dred dollars ($400), be granted a Class "AA" license and be so classified 11 by the board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The holder 12 of a Class "AA" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works 13 contracting business in the state as provided in said license. The renewal 14 fee for a Class "AA" license shall not exceed four hundred dollars ($400). 15 (d) Class "A" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 16 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 17 mated cost of not more than one million two hundred fifty thousand dollars 18 ($1,00250,000) may, upon his application and the payment of a license fee 19 not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300), be granted a Class "A" license 20 and be so classified by the board in accordance with the provisions of 21 this chapter. The holder of a Class "A" license shall be entitled to 22 engage in the public works contracting business in the state as provided 23 in said license. The renewal fee for a Class "A" license shall not exceed 24 three hundred dollars ($300). 25 (e) Class "B" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 26 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 27 mated cost of not more thanfivesix hundred thousand dollars ($5600,000), 28 may, upon his application and the payment of a license fee not to exceed 29 one hundred fifty dollars ($150) be granted a Class "B" license and be so 30 classified by the board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. 31 The holder of a Class "B" license shall be entitled to engage in the pub- 32 lic works contracting business in the state as provided in said license. 33 The renewal fee for a Class "B" license shall not exceed one hundred fifty 34 dollars ($150). 35 (f) Class "C" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 36 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 37 mated cost of not more thanonetwo hundred thousand dollars ($1200,000), 38 may, upon his application and the payment of a license fee not to exceed 39 one hundred dollars ($100), be granted a Class "C" license and be so clas- 40 sified by the board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The 41 holder of a Class "C" license shall be entitled to engage in the public 42 works contracting business in the state as provided in said license. The 43 renewal fee for a Class "C" license shall not exceed one hundred dollars 44 ($100). 45 (g) Class "D" license. Any contractor whose qualifications, ability and 46 responsibility to execute contracts for public works involving an esti- 47 mated cost of not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), may, upon 48 his application and the payment of a license fee not to exceed fifty dol- 49 lars ($50.00), be granted a Class "D" license and be so classified by the 50 board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. The holder of a 51 Class "D" license shall be entitled to engage in the public works con- 52 tracting business in the state as provided in said license. The renewal 53 fee for a Class "D" license shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00). 54 (4) The board shall be vested with the power to fix annually the amount 55 of the original and renewal license fees for each class of license for the 3 1 ensuing license year. The amount of the license fee so fixed shall not exceed 2 the maximum fee set forth in this section. 3 (5) Each license issued by the administrator shall clearly indicate the 4 type and scope of work for which the licensee is qualified and licensed. The 5 holder of the license shall be permitted to submit proposals for and perform 6 only those types of work specified in each license. The administrator may 7 extend the permissible type or scope of work to be done under any license when 8 it is determined by the administrator that the applicant meets all of the 9 requirements of this chapter to qualify him to do such other work. 10 (6) The total of any single bid on a given public works project, or the 11 aggregate total of any split bids, or the aggregate of any base bid and any 12 alternate bid items, or the aggregate total of any separate bid by a licensee 13 of any class, except Class "Unlimited," shall not exceed the estimated cost or 14 bid limit of the class of license held by the licensee. The aggregate total of 15 bids shall include all bids of subcontractors. Subcontractor bids shall not be 16 considered a separate bid for the purposes of computing the bid on a given 17 public works project.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 17406
The proposed legislation will revise Section 54-1904, Idaho
Code, to establish new limits recognizing the impact of
inflation on the various classes of licenses. It will also
establish a new “unlimited” for very large projects.
FISCAL NOTE
The proposed legislation will not result in any fiscal impact to
the state General Fund.
CONTACT
Name: Steve Keys
Agency: Building Safety
Phone: 332-8986
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 476