SB147 Summary

• Requires residential roofers to obtain a license from the Home Builders Licensure Board when the cost of a roofing project exceeds $2,500 (previously only applied to projects exceeding $10,000).

• Authorizes the board to collect actual costs of disciplinary hearings from licensees found to have violated statutes or board rules.

• Increases maximum administrative fines for violations from $2,000 to $5,000 per violation.

• Allows the board to set the maximum payment cap to homeowners from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund by rule rather than being fixed by statute.

• Authorizes the board to revoke licenses or refuse new licenses to licensees and their qualifying representatives who fail to pay judgment claims awarded from the Homeowners' Recovery Fund.