California Business and Professions Code ARTICLE 1 - Administration

• Section 7000.
  This chapter constitutes, and may be cited as, the Contractors’ State License Law.(Amended by Stats. 1984, Ch. 193, Sec. 1.)
• Section 7000.2.
  Nothing in this code shall be interpreted to prohibit cities, counties, and cities and counties from requiring contractors to show proof that they are in...
• Section 7000.5.
  (a) There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs a Contractors’ State License Board, which consists of 15 members.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the repeal...
• Section 7000.6.
  Protection of the public shall be the highest priority for the Contractors’ State License Board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. Whenever the...
• Section 7001.
  All members of the board, except the public members, shall be contractors actively engaged in the contracting business, have been so engaged for a period...
• Section 7002.
  (a) One member of the board shall be a general engineering contractor, two members shall be general building contractors, two members shall be specialty contractors, one...
• Section 7003.
  Except as otherwise provided, an appointment to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of the term of office shall be for a term of...
• Section 7005.
  The Governor may remove any member of the board for misconduct, incompetency or neglect of duty.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.)
• Section 7006.
  The board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter for the purpose of transacting business as may properly come before it.Special meetings of the...
• Section 7007.
  Eight members constitute a quorum at a board meeting.Due notice of each meeting and the time and place thereof shall be given each member in...
• Section 7008.
  The board may appoint such committees and make such rules and regulations as are reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter. Such...
• Section 7009.
  Any member or committee of the board may administer oaths and may take testimony and proofs concerning all matters within the jurisdiction of the board.(Added...
• Section 7010.
  The board is vested with all functions and duties relating to the administration of this chapter, except those functions and duties vested in the director...
• Section 7011.
  (a) The board, by and with the approval of the director, shall appoint a registrar of contractors and fix his or her compensation.(b) The registrar shall be...
• Section 7011.3.
  The registrar shall not assess a civil penalty against a licensed contractor who has been assessed a specified civil penalty by the Labor Commissioner under...
• Section 7011.4.
  (a) Notwithstanding Section 7011, there is in the Contractors’ State License Board, a separate enforcement division that shall rigorously enforce this chapter prohibiting all forms of...
• Section 7011.5.
  Persons employed as investigators of the Special Investigations Unit of the Contractors’ State License Board and designated by the Director of Consumer Affairs have the...
• Section 7011.7.
  (a) The registrar shall review and investigate complaints filed in a manner consistent with this chapter and the Budget Act. It is the intent of the...
• Section 7011.8.
  (a) Any person subject to licensure under this chapter who reports to, or causes a complaint to be filed with, the Contractors’ State License Board that...
• Section 7012.
  The registrar, with the approval of the board and the director, may, when funds are available, cooperate in the enforcement of governmental legislation relating to...
• Section 7013.
  The board may in its discretion review and sustain or reverse by a majority vote any action or decision of the registrar.This section shall apply...
• Section 7013.5.
  In all application, citation, or disciplinary proceedings pursuant to this chapter and conducted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500)...
• Section 7014.
  The board may procure equipment and records necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.)
• Section 7015.
  The board shall adopt a seal for its own use. The seal shall have the words “Contractors’ State License Board, State of California, Department of...
• Section 7016.
  Each member of the board shall receive a per diem and expenses as provided in Section 103.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1645.)
• Section 7017.3.
  The Contractors’ State License Board shall report annually to the Legislature, not later than October 1 of each year, the following statistical information for the...
• Section 7017.5.
  By the close of the first business day of each week, the board shall post the following home improvement salesperson registration information on its Web...
• Section 7018.
  Prior to January 1, 2019, the board shall add an enhancement to the current contractor license check search function that permits consumers to search for...
• Section 7019.
  (a) If funding is made available for that purpose, the board may contract with licensed professionals, as appropriate, for the site investigation of consumer complaints.(b) The board...
• Section 7020.
  The board shall maintain a computerized enforcement tracking system for consumer complaints.(Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1160, Sec. 5.)
• Section 7021.
  The board may enter into an interagency agreement with any other state or local agency the board deems to be in possession of any information...

Last modified: October 22, 2018