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Regular Session, 2013
HOUSE BILL NO. 421
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
CONTRACTORS: Adds a fee at license renewal for contractors dedicated to certain schools
of construction management or construction technology
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:2156(C)(3), relative to contractor license renewal fees; to2
provide for an additional fee; to provide for dedication and allocation of the fee; to3
provide for distribution to accredited public university or community college schools4
of construction management or construction technology; and to provide for related5
matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 37:2156(C)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:8
ยง2156. Unexpired licenses; fees; renewals9
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(3)(a) The board shall include on each license renewal form issued to a13
contractor an optional election whereby the contractor may choose to donate14
additional funds to a specified public university or community college foundation15
within Louisiana that offers an accredited, degreed program in the field of16
construction management. Any such donated funds received by the board shall be17
remitted to the foundation chosen by the contractor. Any such donated funds18
received by the community college foundation shall be used solely for the benefit of19
their construction management programs. The board shall assess on each license20 HLS 13RS-790 ORIGINAL
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renewal issued to a contractor, except license renewals issued for residential1
construction, an additional fee of one hundred dollars per year to be dedicated and2
allocated to any public university or community college school of construction3
management or construction technology which is accredited by either the American4
Council for Construction Education or the Accreditation Board for Engineering and5
Technology. No funds shall be allocated to any public university or community6
college school of construction management or construction technology that does not7
maintain current and active accreditation as required by this Paragraph.8
(b) The board shall provide by rule for accounting and remittance of9
donations to the appropriate university or community college foundation. Each10
January, each accredited public university or community college school of11
construction management or construction technology shall report to the board the12
number of graduates from its school of construction management or construction13
technology from the previous calendar year.14
(c) For purposes of this Paragraph, "foundation" shall mean any private15
nonprofit corporation which supports public higher education institutions as defined16
by R.S. 17:3390. Any and all funds collected pursuant to this Paragraph shall be17
disbursed to the accredited public university or community college schools of18
construction management or construction technology by August first of the year in19
which such funds are collected. The funds shall be used by the accredited public20
university or community college schools of construction management or construction21
technology solely for the benefit of their program and shall be in addition to any22
other monies received by such schools. The funds collected pursuant to this23
Paragraph are intended to supplement and not replace, displace, or supplant any other24
funds received from the state or from any other source. Any school of construction25
management or construction technology that experiences a decrease in the funding26
appropriated to them by the accredited public university or community college to a27
level that falls below the amount of funding received in the 2012 school year, shall28
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from the fund for such school of construction management or construction1
technology shall be redistributed on a pro rata basis to all other accredited and2
eligible schools.3
(d) The funds collected pursuant to this Subsection shall be distributed as4
follows:5
(i) One half on a pro rata basis to each accredited public university or6
community college school of construction management or construction technology.7
(ii) One half pro rata to each accredited public university school of8
construction management or construction technology based on the total number of9
graduates from the previous calendar year from each school as reported to the board.10
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Ponti HB No. 421
Abstract: Adds a license renewal fee for certain contractors dedicated to public university
and community college schools of construction management or construction
technology.
Present law provides for renewal of licenses for contractors. Allows for the licensing board
for contractors to include on each license renewal form an optional election to allow for the
donation of additional funds to a specified public university or community college
foundation, which shall be remitted to the chosen foundation to be used solely for
construction management programs.
Proposed law deletes present law with regard to optional donations and instead requires the
board to assess on each license renewal for contractors, except those issued for residential
construction, an additional fee of $100 per year to be dedicated to public university or
community college schools of construction management or construction technology.
Requires the schools to be accredited by either of two national accreditation boards and
requires the schools to maintain accreditation in order to receive funding.
Proposed law further requires the schools to report to the board the number of graduates
from the previous calendar year. Requires the disbursement of the funds collected to be by
Aug. 1 of the year in which they are collected.
Proposed law further requires that the funds be used solely for the benefit of the accredited
public university or community college schools of construction management or construction
technology and shall be in addition to any other monies received by such schools. Provides
that should the funding level of the schools fall below the amount of funding received in the
2012 school year, the school shall be ineligible to receive monies from the fund. Distributes
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school and one half pro rata to each public university school based on the total number of
graduates from the previous year as reported to the board by each school.
(Amends R.S. 37:2156(C)(3))