Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors by the State Contractors' Board. (Chapter 624 of NRS) Existing law prohibits a person from submitting a bid on a job in this State without the proper contractor's license and establishes various penalties for a person who engages in such conduct, including, without limitation, the imposition of civil penalties, criminal penalties and administrative fines, the issuance of a cease and desist order, the issuance of a citation and, if the person is a licensee, the imposition of disciplinary action. (NRS 624.212, 624.3015, 624.302, 624.341, 624.700, 624.710, 624.740, 624.750) Additionally, existing law authorizes the Board to prohibit a person who has been convicted of certain violations relating to acting as a contractor or submitting a bid on a job without the proper license from taking an examination for a license for a period of not more than 6 months after the date of the conviction. (NRS 624.245) Section 1 of this bill authorizes the Board to take certain additional actions against a person who submits a bid on certain jobs without the proper license. Under section 1, if a person submits a bid on a job in this State without the proper license, in violation of the provisions of existing law governing contractors, and the value of the work to be performed is $1,000 or more, the Board is authorized to refuse to issue the person a license or, if the person is a licensee, refuse to classify the person in an additional classification or subclassification, for a period of not more than 1 year after the date on which the person submitted the bid. Existing law sets forth certain acts and omissions that constitute grounds for disciplinary action which the Board may impose against a contractor. (NRS 624.301-624.305) Section 2 of this bill makes interfering or attempting to interfere with an investigation or disciplinary proceeding of the Board or any other legal action to which the Board is a party, including, without limitation, by threatening, harassing or otherwise influencing a person because the person has provided or may provide evidence in the investigation, disciplinary proceeding or legal action, grounds for such disciplinary action. Section 3 of this bill makes it unlawful for any person to engage in such conduct and subjects a person who engages in such conduct to graduated criminal penalties, depending on whether the offense is a first, second or third or subsequent offense.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 624.3016, 624.750
BDR: 624.3016, 624.750