HB 1233 Summary

• Increases application and renewal fees for contractor certificates of responsibility from $100 to $200, with residential builders exempt from the additional fee.

• Increases special privilege license tax for contractors from $100 to $200, and allows additional tax up to $100 per additional classification (previously $50).

• Changes executive position title from "Secretary" to "Director" for the State Board of Contractors throughout the regulatory chapters.

• Authorizes the State Board of Contractors to issue citations and stop work orders for unlicensed contractors and residential builders/remodelers performing work without valid licenses.

• Revises appeal procedures for board decisions by establishing bond requirement of $250 and allowing appeals to either the appellant's county chancery court or Hinds County chancery court, with further appeal to Mississippi Supreme Court.

• Allows residential builders and remodelers to work on commercial structures up to 7,500 square feet without additional license; removes the repealer that would have ended residential builder licensing on July 1, 2015.