2010 Tennessee Code
Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades
Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting
Part 1 - General Provisions
62-6-104 - Board.

62-6-104. Board.

(a)  (1)  There is created a state board for licensing contractors, called the “board” in this part, to be appointed by the governor. The board shall be composed of nine (9) members, all of whom shall be residents of this state and at least three (3) of whom shall be actively engaged as residential contractors and shall compose the residential review board to consider and handle all informal conferences pertaining to residential construction, at least two (2) of whom shall be actively engaged as commercial building contractors, at least one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged as a mechanical contractor, at least one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged as an electrical contractor, at least one (1) of whom shall be actively engaged as a highway, railroad or airport contractor, and at least one (1) of whom shall be a person who is not engaged as a contractor in any county of this state and has no significant financial interest in residential contracting. For purposes of this section, “significant financial interest” means ten percent (10%) of gross personal income for a calendar year, except that it means fifty percent (50%) of gross personal income for a calendar year if the recipient is over sixty (60) years of age and is receiving that portion pursuant to retirement, pension or similar arrangement. All board members who are required to be in the business of contracting shall have been actively engaged in the business for a period of no less than ten (10) years immediately preceding their appointment and shall be licensed in the classification in which the member is serving upon the board. There shall be no more than one (1) board member in any specific classification provided in this subdivision (a)(1) residing within any one (1) grand division of this state and no more than three (3) board members residing in any one (1) grand division. In making appointments to the board, the governor shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person serving on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person serving on the board is a member of a racial minority.

     (2)  For each member appointed to the board who is a residential contractor, the Home Builders Association of Tennessee, Inc. shall submit a list of recommended persons to the governor; and the governor shall consult with the Home Builders Association of Tennessee, Inc. about its recommendations before making any such appointment. Appointments made pursuant to this subdivision (a)(2) shall be made by the governor at the expiration of the respective terms of the members presently serving on the board.

(b)  Any member of the board who fails to attend at least two thirds (2/3) of the regularly scheduled meetings of the board shall automatically be removed from the board and a successor member shall be appointed by the governor in the way and manner provided by this part.

(c)  All subsequent appointments of successor members shall be made by the governor at the expiration of the respective terms of the members in the way and manner provided by this part.

[Acts 1976, ch. 822, § 4; 1979, ch. 59, § 2; T.C.A., § 62-604; Acts 1988, ch. 1013, § 30; 1994, ch. 986, § 1; 1998, ch. 944, § 1; 2008, ch. 861, § 1.]