2007 Legislative Document (House) 1038 (To License Home Building and Improvement Contractors)

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• Introduced by Rep. Jon Hinck on March 6, 2007, 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.
  • Referred to the Business, Research and Economic Development Committee on March 6, 2007.
  • Motion by Rep. Hannah M. Pingree on April 11, 2008, to accept the Majority Ought to Pass as Amended Report. The motion passed in the House (79 to 58) on April 11, 2008. [Vote Details and Comments]
  • Amendment offered in the House on April 11, 2008. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 11, 2008.
  • Amendment offered by Rep. Mark P. Samson on April 11, 2008. The amendment passed in the House by voice vote on April 11, 2008.
• Passed in the House by voice vote on April 11, 2008.
• Received in the Senate on April 11, 2008.
• Passed in the Senate by voice vote on April 18, 2008.

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Introduced by Rep. Jon Hinck on March 6, 2007. Passed in the House by voice vote on April 11, 2008. New Comment