Violations of registration requirements under this section are governed by the provisions of Title 10, section 8003-C.__This subsection is repealed upon the provisions of this chapter requiring licensure becoming effective pursuant to subsection 1 of this section.

SUMMARY

This bill creates the Maine Home Contractor Licensing Act. The bill contains the following provisions: requirements for licensure of general contractors and persons who perform framing, roofing, siding, insulating, window work or chimney work, if the work concerns residential dwellings; certain specific exemptions from licensure; required qualifications for general and specialty licenses; requirements for criminal and financial disclosures; creation and authority of the Maine Home Contractor Licensing Board; fees for licensing; adoption of a model building code; and a mechanism for phasing in a registration program, followed by a licensing program, upon adoption of the model building code by 56 of a list of 83 specified municipalities.