Bill Text: VA SB529 | 2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Contractors, Board for; prerequisites to obtaining a building permit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0088) [SB529 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2018-SB529-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §54.1-1111 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§54.1-1111. Prerequisites to obtaining business license; building, etc., permit.
A. Any person applying to the building inspector
official or any other authority of a county, city, or town in this
Commonwealth, charged with the duty of issuing building or other permits for
the construction of any building, highway, sewer, or structure, or any removal,
grading or improvement shall furnish prior to the issuance of the permit,
either (i) satisfactory proof to such inspector official or
authority that he is duly licensed or certified under the terms of this chapter
to carry out or superintend the same, or (ii) file a written statement,
supported by an affidavit, that he is not subject to licensure or
certification as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant to this chapter. The
applicant shall also furnish satisfactory proof that the taxes or license fees
required by any county, city, or town have been paid so as to be qualified to
bid upon or contract for the work for which the permit has been applied.
It shall be unlawful for the building inspector
official or other authority to issue or allow the issuance of such permits
unless the applicant has furnished his license or certificate number issued
pursuant to this chapter or evidence of being exempt from the provisions of
this chapter.
The building inspector official, or other such
authority, violating the terms of this section shall be guilty of a Class 3
misdemeanor.
B. Any contractor applying for or renewing a business license in any locality in accordance with Chapter 37 (§58.1-3700 et seq.) of Title 58.1 shall furnish prior to the issuance or renewal of such license either (i) satisfactory proof that he is duly licensed or certified under the terms of this chapter or (ii) a written statement, supported by an affidavit, that he is not subject to licensure or certification as a contractor or subcontractor pursuant to this chapter.
No locality shall issue or renew or allow the issuance or renewal of such license unless the contractor has furnished his license or certificate number issued pursuant to this chapter or evidence of being exempt from the provisions of this chapter.
