The bill amends the Revised Code to establish a licensure requirement for commercial roofing contractors in Ohio, incorporating them into the definitions of "specialty contractor" and "licensed trade." It increases the membership of the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board from seventeen to twenty-two and creates a new roofing section within the board, which will oversee the licensure of roofing contractors. This section will consist of five members, including a building inspector and roofing contractors with various affiliations to unions. The bill also specifies that initial appointments to this roofing section must occur within ninety days of the amendment's effective date and outlines the term lengths for these members.

Furthermore, the bill allows individuals to operate as roofing contractors without a license for projects costing less than twenty thousand dollars, as long as they do not subdivide the project to bypass this limit. It mandates that the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board inform municipal and county authorities about the new regulations and publish notices in trade publications. The bill sets forth criteria for obtaining a roofing license, including experience and insurance requirements, while repealing existing sections of the Revised Code related to contractor licensing to facilitate these changes.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4740.02, 4740.04, 4740.12, 4740.13, 4764.03