C33 Painting License
This step gives you important information you should know before applying for a contractor license. Who must be licensed as a contractor?All businesses or individuals who construct or alter any building, highway, road, parking facility, railroad, excavation, or other structure in California must be licensed by the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) if the total cost (labor and materials) of one or more contracts on the project is $500 or more.
Contractors, including subcontractors, specialty contractors, and persons engaged in the business of home improvement (with the exception of joint ventures and projects involving federal funding) must be licensed before submitting bids. Licenses may be issued to individuals, partnerships, corporations, limited liability companies, or joint ventures. Who is exempt from licensing?The following projects or individuals may be exempt from licensing. A project for which the combined value of labor, materials, and all other costs on one or more contracts is less than $500.
All new applicants for a license must complete the asbestos open-book examination if it has not been done previously. The examination and verification form must be completed and submitted to the CSLB prior to licensure. If the form is not submitted, the CSLB cannot issue a license, pursuant to Business and Professions Code Section. The Open Book Examination does not certify a contractor to engage in asbestos-related work. The purpose of the guide and the examination is to make contractors aware of the risks of dealing with asbestos and to provide the knowledge base necessary to respond appropriately to construction situations where asbestos is or may be present. The booklet contains general information about asbestos abatement standards.
Asbestos abatement contractors must be certified by the CSLB. To become certified, a contractor must take and pass an EPA-accredited asbestos abatement course; complete the and pass a comprehensive asbestos abatement exam; and register with the Asbestos Contractor Registration Unit of DOSH. Contractors who do hazardous substance removal work must be certified by the CSLB-they must complete an and they must pass a CSLB certification examination. Any contractor who has a Class 'A' General Engineering, 'B' General Building, 'C-36' Plumbing, 'C-61 (D-40)' Service Station Equipment and Maintenance (only those licensees who currently hold this classification), 'C-12' Earthwork and Paving, or 'C-57' Well Drilling (Water) license is eligible to be certified.In addition, contractors who install or remove underground storage tanks must hold this certification.
CSLB policy currently limits certified contractors doing underground storage tank work as follows. General Engineering 'A' contractors may install and/or remove underground storage tanks for any purpose at any location. Plumbing 'C-36' contractors may install and/or remove any underground storage tank that provides service to a building—including storage tanks for service stations.
Service Station Equipment and Maintenance 'C-61/D-40' contractors may install and/or remove fuel underground storage tanks at service stations or any other site up to a capacity of 20,000 gallons. (No new C-61/D-40 licenses are issued for these purposes.). General Building 'B' contractors may, in the course of work performed under a contract that meets the requirements for the 'B' classification, install and/or remove an underground storage tank if they have been properly certified for Hazardous Substance Removal and Remedial Actions.What are the penalties for contracting without a license?.
A contractor's license is not necessary as long as you don't advertise yourself as a licensed contractor and never contract for jobs costing $500 or more, including labor and materials. There are serious penalties for unlicensed contracting and the Contractors State License Board (CSLB) seriously pursues violators. The CSLB has that conduct stings and sweeps on a regular basis focusing on the underground economy. First time offenses for contracting without a license are usually a misdemeanor, carrying a potential sentence of up to six months in jail and/or a $500 fine, along with a potential administrative fine of $200 to $15,000. The penalties go up with subsequent violations.
A second conviction can mean a fine of 20 percent of the contract price of the work performed, or a $4,500 fine. Also, the unlicensed contractor shall be confined to jail for no less than 90 days.LAWS AND REGULATIONS - Felony charges can be filed against those who contract without a license in areas designated as a state of emergency or disaster by the Governor of California or the President of the United States. Felony convictions can result in a state prison term.To whom is a license issued?A license may be issued to an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, or a joint venture. The license belongs to the owner of an individual license, to the partnership, to the corporation or limited liability company as it is registered with the California Secretary of State, or to the combination of licensees who are party to the joint venture. If the ownership of a business changes, is the contractor's license considered to be part of the purchase?No, with the possible exception of a corporation, the license is not considered part of the business. If the corporation's registration number assigned by the California Secretary of State remains the same, the same license can be used if the license is current and active.
The officers and the qualifying individual do not necessarily have to remain the same, although a qualifying individual must be in place in order for the license to be valid. To whom does the term 'qualifying individual' refer?A qualifying individual, or simply 'qualifier', is the person listed on the CSLB records who meets the experience and examination requirements for the license. A qualifying individual is required for every classification on each license issued by the CSLB. What is the qualifying individual required to do?The qualifying individual for a license is responsible for the employer's (or principal's) construction operations. Can the same person serve as the qualifier for more than one license?A person may act as a qualifying individual for more than one active license only if one of the following conditions exists. There is a common ownership of at least 20 percent of the equity of each firm for which the person acts as a qualifier;.
The additional firm is a subsidiary of or a joint venture with the first; or. The majority of the partners or officers are the same.Even if he or she meets the above conditions, A PERSON MAY SERVE AS THE QUALIFYING INDIVIDUAL FOR NO MORE THAN THREE FIRMS IN ANY ONE-YEAR PERIOD.
If a qualifier disassociates from the third firm, he or she must wait one year before associating with a new third firm.A Responsible Managing Employee (RME) can only act as a qualifying individual for one active license at a time. Individuals who are currently licensed by the CSLB, as long as they do not apply for any changes to their licenses; and. Applicants for joint venture licenses.Licensing ClassificationsThe CSLB issues licenses to contract in particular trades or fields of the construction profession.
Each separate trade is recognized as a 'classification'. You may add as many classifications to your license as you can qualify for.Business & Professions Code Section 7055.
C33 Painting License
For the purpose of classification, the contracting business includes any or all of the following branches.
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