SLS 19RS-1261 ORIGINAL
2019 Regular Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 102
BY SENATOR BARROW
CONTRACTORS. Requests the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors to study
the criteria used to assess penalties against contractors who violate licensing laws.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To urge and request the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors to study the criteria
3 it uses to assess penalties against contractors who violate licensing laws and to
4 submit a written report of its findings to the legislature on or before
5 February 15, 2020.
6 WHEREAS, the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors was created in
7 1965 to protect the public from contractor fraud by maintaining the integrity of the
8 construction industry; and
9 WHEREAS, the compliance division is the investigative and enforcement arm of the
10 board and works to ensure that construction projects are conducted in accordance with the
11 contractor licensing laws of the state; and
12 WHEREAS, the compliance division received 451 complaints in 2018, 394 of which
13 resulted in a fine, two of which resulted in a license suspension or probation, and three of
14 which resulted in a license revocation; and
15 WHEREAS, upon the receipt of a complaint, the board gathers documents and
16 conducts an investigation; and
17 WHEREAS, the contractor alleged to be in violation of state licensing laws is
18 summoned to appear before the board for an administrative hearing; and
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1 WHEREAS, it is after this investigation and hearing that the board makes a
2 determination and assesses a penalty if the contractor is found guilty; and
3 WHEREAS, a penalty may range in degree from a fine to license suspension or
4 revocation; and
5 WHEREAS, the penalties currently assessed are not adequately deterring individuals
6 from repeating violations; and
7 WHEREAS, the board is urged to review its penalties and to study the criteria it uses
8 to assess those penalties to ensure that contractors are operating within the confines of the
9 law and that those who violate the law are deterred from doing so again.
10 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
11 urge and request the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors to study the criteria
12 used to assess penalties against contractors violating state law and to submit a written report
13 of its findings to the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives
14 on or before February 15, 2020.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
16 Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Morgan B. Robertson.
DIGEST
SCR 102 Original 2019 Regular Session Barrow
Requests the La. State Licensing Board for Contractors to study the criteria it uses to assess
penalties against contractors who violate state licensing laws and to submit a written report
to the legislature of its findings on or before February 15, 2020.
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