Louisiana 2022 2022 Regular Session

Louisiana House Bill HB602 Comm Sub / Analysis

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HOUSE SUMMARY OF SENATE AMENDMENTS
HB 602	2022 Regular Session	Davis
CONTRACTORS:  Provides relative to the Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
Synopsis of Senate Amendments
1.Deletes the subclassifications of residential construction. 
Digest of Bill as Finally Passed by Senate
Present law, through Chapter 24 of Title 37 of the La. Revised Statutes of 1950, provides 
state law related to contracting and creates the La. State Licensing Board for Contractors
(LSLBC) to oversee the occupation of contracting in this state.
Present law (Part II of Chapter 24 of Title 37) provides that the board shall oversee home
improvement contracting.
Present law (Part II of Chapter 24-A of Title 37) regulates the occupation of mold
remediation.
Present law also designates the board as the authority which regulates persons who perform
mold remediation in this state.
Proposed law reorganizes and consolidates present law provisions related to contracting,
home improvement contracting, and mold remediation.
Proposed law relocates the provisions of present law relative to home improvement
contracting and mold remediation, and incorporates them into the general provisions
regarding contracting and the duties and responsibilities of the LSLBC in Chapter 24 of
present law.
Proposed law deletes duplicative language in present law.
Proposed law deletes section of present law encompassing content that is redesignated in
proposed law.
(Amends R.S. 37:2150.1(intro.  para.) and (2)-(13), 2152(Section heading), 2153(A), (E),
and (F), and 2154-2165; Adds R.S. 37:2150(14)-(18) and 2153(G); Repeals R.S. 37:2152(C),
2166-2173, 2175.1-2175.6, and 2181-2192)
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