Code of Alabama - Title 34: Professions and Businesses - Chapter 31 - Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors

• Section 34-31-18 Definitions
  For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings herein ascribed to them unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ADMINISTRATIVE...
• Section 34-31-19 Purpose
  The purpose of this chapter is to certify qualified contractors on a state-wide basis in order to protect the public by identifying those contractors who...
• Section 34-31-20 Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Creation; composition; transfer of property, etc
  (a) The Board of Heating and Air Conditioning Contractors as created by Act 82-547, 1982 Regular Session (Acts 1982, p. 900), is renamed the Board...
• Section 34-31-21 Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Officers; meetings; power and duties
  (a) The board shall elect from among its members a chairman, vice-chairman, and a secretary. The board may hire an executive director to serve at...
• Section 34-31-22 Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Compensation
  Each member of the board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per day for attending sessions of the board or its committees and, in addition,...
• Section 34-31-23 Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors - Regular meetings
  The board shall meet in a regular session to perform its lawful duties at least once each three-month period.
• Section 34-31-24 Performance of functions of certified contractor; testing or verifying duct air tightness
  (a)(1) No individual, partnership, or corporation shall advertise, solicit, bid, obtain permit, do business, or perform the function of a certified contractor unless the person...
• Section 34-31-25 Fees; disposition of funds
  (a)(1) For the purpose of defraying the expense in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the board may fix fees to be paid for...
• Section 34-31-26 Renewal of certificates; inactive status; continuing education
  (a) All certificates provided for herein shall be renewed annually, not later than December 31 of each year. All holders of certificates may be renewed...
• Section 34-31-27 Citizenship; application forms
  All applicants for examinations and certificates and all applicants for renewal certificates shall be citizens of the United States or, if not a citizen of...
• Section 34-31-28 Examination for certification; registration; eligibility; further testing, etc., by localities prohibited; exemptions
  (a) All prospective certified contractors in this state desiring to qualify in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be required to stand for...
• Section 34-31-29 Examinations generally; reciprocity agreements
  (a) The board shall provide for examinations which test the knowledge, skill, and proficiency of the applicants. (b) Examinations shall be held at such time...
• Section 34-31-30 Performance bond
  The board may require a performance bond in the amount of fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) per year for all active certified contractors. There shall be...
• Section 34-31-31 List of certified contractors
  The board may publish annually a list of names, addresses of all individuals, and the name of their employer, if applicable, who are certified by...
• Section 34-31-32 Violations; penalties
  (a) Any person engaged in business as a certified contractor or performing the functions of a certified contractor in violation of this chapter shall be...
• Section 34-31-33 Procedure
  The procedures shall be same as those defined in the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41. The board may establish additional procedures...
• Section 34-31-34 Appeals
  Any appeals to the chapter shall be as defined by the Alabama Administrative Procedure Act, Chapter 22 of Title 41.
• Section 34-31-35 Sunset provision
  The State Board of Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Contractors shall be subject to the Alabama Sunset Law, Title 41, Chapter 20, as an enumerated...

Last modified: May 3, 2021