UNITED CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION

I whole heartedly agree with your position to repeal B&P 7027.2.It ought to require an unlicensed operator to state their workers compensation policy status, their General Liability Insurance status, as well as CLEARLY STATE that they cannot legally perform work where labor AND materials exceed $500. But even if all this happens it is all useless unless enforced. When law only applies to law abiding citizens it is only punitive to those who abide. I cannot understand why local law enforcement is not willing to enforce the law.

Something’s got to happen before all the legitimate contractors are defeated and end up joining the underground economy to just to survive. As long as homeowners are offered the opportunity to exploit this fringe element of society they won’t consider themselves as contributing to the problem. And no politician is ever going to do anything that legislates what a homeowner can and cannot do with their own property if they ever hope to get re-elected.

Kevin

From the consumer's standpoint and that of competent, bonded and insured contractotrs, if there are not equal requirements imposed on "unlicensed" contractors, then in theory, a license is irrelevant. However, I suspect that the requirements will not be the same, and simply requiring "unlicensed" in an ad is not adequate disclosure of the protections for consumers that otherwise exist and certainly calls into question whether or not the playing field would be level.

Barry

Realtors Don't get your assets caught in a sling! - J Bronstrup, RMO, Bristol Builders, Inc.- 12/2008

If you are representing a seller, buyer, managing an REO, or are the employing broker in a Real Estate transaction; if you or your employee hires an unlicensed contractor to perform repairs on a property that the California State Contractors Board specifically states must be performed by a licensed contractor, you could be held liable for up four years after the completion of the sale for any fines, fees, penalties or liabilities resulting from the illegal practice or from damages due to neglect, gross negligence or misconduct from the hiring or performance of that unlicensed contractor.The State of California and the IRS have very specific laws and penalty guidelines for businesses that engage in the illegal hiring of unlicensed construction workers, €œhandymen, to do work otherwise required of a licensed contractor.