Bill Text: DE HB97 | 2023-2024 | 152nd General Assembly | Draft

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Bill Title: An Act To Amend Title 19 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Delaware Contractor Registration Act And Decreasing The Contractor Registration Fee For Certain Contractors.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-29 - Introduced and Assigned to Labor Committee in House [HB97 Detail]

Download: Delaware-2023-HB97-Draft.html

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SPONSOR:	Rep. Gray & Sen. Hocker & Sen. Huxtable
Reps. Briggs King, Hilovsky, Ramone, D. Short, Yearick; Sens. Buckson, Lawson, Pettyjohn, Richardson, Wilson

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE BILL NO. 97

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 19 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO THE DELAWARE CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION ACT AND DECREASING THE CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION FEE FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTORS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE:

Section 1. Amend § 3605, Title 19 of the Delaware Code by making deletions as shown by strike through and insertions as shown by underline as follows:

§ 3605. Registration requirements.

(c) (1) a. A contractor who has a state contract under subchapter IV of Chapter 69 of Title 29 must pay an initial annual nonrefundable registration fee of $300 to the Department with the application under this section.

b. The nonrefundable registration fee for the second annual registration is $300.

c. Upon successful completion of 2 consecutive years of registration, a contractor may register for a 2-year period and pay a nonrefundable registration fee of $500. The Department may only grant a 2-year registration if the contractor has not violated this chapter or any other labor laws during the registration period that is expiring.

d. A contractor who is performing public work on July 1, 2021, shall submit the registration application form and fee to the Department no later than August 1, 2021.

(2) a. A contractor who does not have a state contract under subchapter IV of Chapter 69 of Title 29 must pay an initial annual nonrefundable registration fee of $200 to the Department with the application under this section.

b. The nonrefundable registration fee for the second annual registration is $200.

c. Upon successful completion of 2 consecutive years of registration, a contractor may register for a 2-year period and pay a nonrefundable registration fee of : $300. The Department may only grant a 2-year registration if the contractor has not violated this chapter or any other labor laws during the registration period that is expiring.

i. $150 for a contractor having 3 or less employees; or

ii. $300 for a contractor having more than 3 employees.

The Department may only grant a 2-year registration if the contractor has not violated this chapter or any other labor laws during the registration period that is expiring.

Section 2. This Act shall become effective June 1, 2024.

SYNOPSIS

This Act decreases the Contractor Registration Fee for contractors who do not have a state contract and have 3 or less employees. This Act is to become effective July 1, 2024.