§ 8-93. Renewal, continuing education and expiration.

(a)

An authorized contractor's license must be renewed every two years as follows:

(1)

Authorized contractors with surnames beginning in the letters A through K must be renewed by midnight on September 30 of the even calendar years (i.e., 2004, 2006, 2008, etc.).

(2)

Authorized contractors with surnames beginning in the letters L through Z must be renewed by midnight on September 30 of the odd calendar years (i.e., 2005, 2007, 2009, etc.).

(3)

Newly issued licenses shall be required to be renewed by the next applicable renewal date, regardless of date of issuance.

(b)

As a condition precedent to receiving a license renewal, each class II authorized contractors license holder, that is not required to register with the state and prove continuing education to the state for renewal of the registration, shall provide proof, in a form established by rule of the contractors review board, that he has completed at least four classroom hours of continuing education, each class being at least 50 minutes in length, during each biennium since the issuance or renewal of the license. The contractor's review board shall establish by rule that portion of the four hours that shall deal with business and law, workers compensation and safety. The contractors review board shall establish by rule the number of education hours required for a contractor who has not been licensed for the entire biennium. A person who is licensed for less than the entire biennium must not be required to complete the full four hours of education. Certified contractor's or authorized contractors registered with the state shall adhere to the state's continuing education requirements.

(c)

A contractor's failure to renew an authorized contractor's license prior to midnight on September 30 of each odd/even calendar year shall cause the license to become invalid and automatically suspended beginning October 1 of that same year, and it shall be unlawful for any person to advertise, engage in or hold himself out as still qualified to engage in contracting under such an invalid license.

(d)

If a holder of an authorized contractor's license fails to renew such license, the licensing administrator shall endeavor to notify the contractor of the failure to renew by mailing the notice to the most recent address in the contractor's license file. Failure of the county to accomplish delivery of such mailing shall not extend the grace period. The notice shall include the duration and expiration date of the grace period provided for under subsection (e) of this section.

(e)

An authorized contractor's license that is invalid as the result of failure to renew may be restored upon payment of a late fee of two times the renewal amount within 90 days, or a penalty fee in addition to the renewal fee of $500.00 within 365 days from the date of expiration. In lieu thereof, a registered contractor may become current again through reciprocation. If the applicable license is not renewed within 365 days any subsequent licensure shall be subject to all procedures and requirements imposed on an applicant for initial licensure, subject to the following:

(1)

No re-testing is required if the applicant previously took and passed the applicable licensing test for the county.

(2)

If due to grandfathering, no licensing test had been taken and passed in the county, the applicable test must be taken in order to renew if a period of more than two years passes between the time the grandfathered license became inactive and the time the license is re-applied for. Provided, however, that under no circumstances shall a person on active military duty at the time the grandfathered license became inactive be required to take the applicable licensing test.

(3)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a license may not be reactivated so long as an active complaint filed under either the county or the state contractor licensing regulations is pending against the applicant.

(4)

Upon an applicant presenting documentation or other evidence showing good cause, the board may waive any of the requirements or limitations set forth above in subsections (e)(1), (2), or (3).

(Ord. No. 2004-13, § 8, 6-8-2004; Ord. No. 2014-09, § 3, 11-12-2014 ; Ord. No. 2018-5 , § 1(attch.), 5-8-2018)