WEST virginia legislature

2020 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 4606

By Delegates Howell, C. Martin, Hamrick, Little, Barnhart, Sypolt and Jennings

[Introduced January 30, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Government Organization.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-11-6a, relating to listing contractor classifications on a contractor license.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 11. WEST VIRGINIA CONTRACTOR LICENSING ACT.

§21-11-6a. Classifications included on license.

Every license shall specify the contractor classification for which the applicant has requested licensure and for which the applicant has successfully completed the required examination. For specialties for which the board does not require examination, other than the Business and Law examination, the license shall include each specialty classification the applicant requests to be included on the license with no limitation as to the number of such specialty classifications.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to allow untested specialty classifications to be listed on a person’s contractor license, with no limitation as to the number of classifications.

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