US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

Chapter 701 — Construction Contractors and Contracts

 

2007 EDITION

 

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS AND CONTRACTS

 

OCCUPATIONS AND PROFESSIONS

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

701.002     Short title

 

701.005     Definitions

 

701.010     Exemptions from licensure; rules

 

701.013     Intent relating to certain business license requirements

 

701.015     Business license requirements in cities and metropolitan service districts; fees; distribution of fees

 

701.020     Certain cities exempt from application of ORS 701.015

 

LICENSING

 

701.021     License requirement; endorsements

 

701.026     License requirement; subcontractor licensing; landscaping

 

701.031     Evidence of doing business as contractor

 

701.035     Applicant required to be independent contractor to be eligible for license; classes of licenses

 

701.038     Residential limited contractors

 

701.042     Licensed developers; residential or commercial developers

 

701.046     License application

 

701.050     Commercial contractor key employees

 

701.056     Licensing application fee; rules

 

701.060     Licensing in another category; fee

 

701.063     Term of license; fee; renewal; inactive status; license identification card

 

701.068     Bonding requirements; action against surety; rules

 

701.073     Insurance required of licensed contractors

 

701.081     Residential contractors; bond; insurance; responsible managing individual

 

701.084     Commercial contractors; bond; insurance; responsible managing individual; key employees

 

701.088     Contractor rehabilitating illegal drug manufacturing site; substitution for bond; fee; rules

 

701.091     Responsible managing individual

 

701.094     Definition for ORS 701.098 and 701.102; rules

 

701.098     Grounds for discipline; rules; suspension or refusal of license without prior hearing; hearing; civil penalty; injunctions; cease and desist orders; restoration or reissuance of license

 

701.102     Sanction for past unresolved activity; probation

 

701.106     Sanction for violation or failure to comply with certain laws

 

701.109     Reporting of final judgments

 

701.112     Continuation of board authority when change occurs in license status

 

701.114     Change in responsible managing individual or persons exercising control of contractor

 

701.117     Contractor to notify board of address change; effect of mail to last-known address

 

701.120     Specialized education programs; standards; specialized education notation in credentials; removal of notation; rules for use of credentials

 

701.122     Training requirements for individuals and businesses; testing of business license applicant; exception; rules

 

701.124     Key employee continuing education

 

701.126     Continuing education; rules; fees

 

701.128     Suit for damages for misrepresentation

 

COMPLAINTS

 

701.131     License required to perfect lien or obtain judicial or administrative remedy; exception

 

701.133     Notice of intent to file complaint; fees; rules

 

701.139     Board authority over disputes; resolution processes

 

701.140     Types of allowable complaints; restriction on processing complaint for recoupment of lien

 

701.143     Requirement for timely filing of complaints; timelines

 

701.145     Resolution of complaints involving work on residential structures or certain small commercial structures

 

701.146     Resolution of complaints involving work on large commercial structures or certain small commercial structures

 

701.148     Use of binding arbitration and contested case hearings; rules

 

701.149     Conducting arbitration and contested case hearings; court filings; rules

 

701.150     Satisfaction of unpaid order from bond

 

701.153     Recording of order as lien; satisfaction of order against residential contractor

 

701.157     Satisfaction of order against commercial contractor

 

701.160     Nonlawyer may represent certain forms of businesses before board; rules for additional business forms

 

701.180     Waiver of mediation or arbitration

 

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS BOARD

 

701.205     Construction Contractors Board; members; terms; confirmation; vacancies; qualifications

 

701.215     Officers; quorum; compensation and expenses; advisory committees

 

701.225     Investigatory powers of board; use of city or county inspectors; notice of noncompliance; conduct of hearings; authority of board to order work stopped

 

701.227     Disqualification from eligibility for certain public contracts; list of disqualified contractors

 

701.230     Board to provide names of unlicensed contractors to other state agencies

 

701.235     Rulemaking

 

701.238     Determination of licensing application fee; rules

 

701.240     Provision of licensed contractors list to other state agencies; rules

 

701.250     Board to provide licensee’s status on request; fee

 

701.255     Funds retained for collection of civil penalties

 

701.260     Appeal committee; membership; duties

 

701.295     Board duty to investigate and seek prosecution of illegal activity

 

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS AND NOTICES

 

701.305     Requirement for written contract; standard contractual terms; rules

 

701.310     Cancellation of contract

 

701.315     Contents of contract for work on residential structure

 

701.320     Offer of warranty; withdrawal of contract offer

 

701.325     Condition for obtaining building permit; information notice; business licenses; local regulation

 

701.330     Consumer notice form; notice of procedure form; rules

 

701.335     Recommended  maintenance  schedule; rules

 

701.340     Commercial structure warranty

 

701.345     Subcontractor list

 

701.348     Sewer contractor requirements

 

HOME INSPECTORS

 

701.350     Home inspectors; certification; rules; fees; exemption

 

701.355     Home inspector undertaking of repair work on inspected structure

 

RETAINAGE

 

701.410     Definitions

 

701.420     Partial payment; retainage; effect; interest; notice of completion; payment by contractor and owner

 

701.430     Performance bond; terms; effect of not obtaining bond

 

701.435     Deposits in lieu of cash retainage

 

701.440     Applicability to federal projects

 

LEAD POISONING AND HAZARD REDUCTION

 

701.500     Legislative findings

 

701.505     Definitions for ORS 431.920 and 701.500 to 701.515

 

701.510     License required to engage in lead-based paint activity

 

701.515     Licensing and business registration system; fees; rules

 

ACCESSIBILITY FEATURES

 

701.525     Provision of accessible features list to purchaser; effect

 

701.530     Model list of accessibility features; rules

 

MERCURY THERMOSTATS

 

701.550     Notice of Department of Consumer and Business Services rules regarding thermostats containing mercury

 

PROHIBITED MATERIAL INSTALLATION

 

701.555     Barrier-type exterior insulation and finish systems

 

NOTICES OF DEFECT IN RESIDENCE

 

701.560     Definitions for ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605

 

701.565     Notice of defect requirement; contents; mailing

 

701.570     Secondary notice of defect; inspection of residence; response to notice or secondary notice

 

701.575     Availability of residence; scope of inspection; report of inspection results

 

701.580     Offer by contractor, subcontractor or supplier; effect of accepting offer; nonperformance; compelling arbitration or commencing court action; admissibility of response or reply

 

701.585     Effect of notice of defect on time for commencing court action

 

701.595     Failure to follow notice of defect procedure

 

701.600     Nonapplicability of ORS 701.560 to 701.595 and 701.605

 

WARRANTIES

 

701.605     Recording of written warranty agreement

 

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT PAYMENTS

 

701.620     Definitions for ORS 701.620 to 701.640

 

701.625     Progress payments; alternative billing cycle; certification of billing or estimate; payment in full; prohibited agreements

 

701.630     Payments to subcontractors and material suppliers; failure to pay; omission of payment; board discipline

 

701.635     Suspension of performance

 

701.640     Prohibition against contrary provisions, covenants or clauses

 

701.645     Contracts and housing not subject to ORS 701.620 to 701.640

 

PENALTIES

 

701.990     Criminal penalties

 

701.992     Civil penalties and other sanctions; enforcement

 

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

      701.002 Short title. Chapter 928, Oregon Laws 1989, shall be known as the Construction Contractors Licensing Act. [Formerly 701.900]

 

      Note: Legislative Counsel has substituted “chapter 928, Oregon Laws 1989,” for the words “this Act” in section 31, chapter 928, Oregon Laws 1989, compiled as 701.900 and renumbered 701.002 in 2001. Specific ORS references have not been substituted, pursuant to 173.160. The sections for which substitution otherwise would be made may be determined by referring to the 1989 Comparative Section Table located in Volume 20 of ORS.

 

      701.005 Definitions. As used in this chapter:

      (1) “Board” means the Construction Contractors Board.

      (2) “Commercial contractor” means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:

      (a) Commercial general contractor level 1;

      (b) Commercial specialty contractor level 1;

      (c) Commercial general contractor level 2;

      (d) Commercial specialty contractor level 2; or

      (e) Commercial developer.

      (3) “Commercial developer” means a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a small commercial or large commercial structure.

      (4) “Construction debt” means an amount owed under:

      (a) An order or arbitration award issued by the board that has become final by operation of law;

      (b) A judgment or civil penalty that has become final by operation of law arising from construction activities within the United States; or

      (c) A judgment or civil penalty that has become final by operation of law arising from a failure to comply with ORS 656.017.

      (5) “Contractor” means any of the following:

      (a) A person who, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to clean or service chimneys, or to do any part thereof.

      (b) A person that purchases or owns property and constructs or for compensation arranges for the construction of one or more residential structures or small commercial structures with the intent of selling the structures.

      (c) A school district, as defined in ORS 332.002, that permits students to construct a residential structure or small commercial structure as an educational experience to learn building techniques and sells the completed structure.

      (d) A community college district, as defined in ORS 341.005, that permits students to construct a residential structure or small commercial structure as an educational experience to learn building techniques and sells the completed structure.

      (e) Any person except a landscape contracting business, nurseryman, gardener or person engaged in the commercial harvest of forest products, that is engaged as an independent contractor to remove trees, prune trees, remove tree limbs or stumps or to engage in tree or limb guying.

      (f) A business that supplies the services of a home inspector certified under ORS 701.350, a lead-based paint inspector licensed under ORS 701.515 or a cross connection inspector and backflow assembly tester certified under ORS 448.279.

      (6) “Developer” means a contractor that owns property or an interest in property and engages in the business of arranging for construction work or performing other activities associated with the improvement of real property, with the intent to sell the property.

      (7) “General contractor”:

      (a) Means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts that the contractor supervises or performs in whole or part, whenever the sum of all contracts on any single property, including materials and labor, exceeds an amount established by rule by the board.

      (b) Does not mean a specialty contractor or a residential limited contractor.

      (8) “Home inspector” means a person who, for a fee, inspects and provides written reports on the overall physical condition of a residential structure and the appurtenances thereto. “Home inspector” does not include persons certified under ORS chapter 455 to inspect new, repaired or altered structures for compliance with the state building code.

      (9) “Key employee” means an employee or owner of a contractor who is a corporate officer, manager, superintendent, foreperson or lead person or any other employee identified by the board by rule.

      (10) “Large commercial structure” means a structure that is not a residential structure or small commercial structure.

      (11) “Officer” means any of the following persons:

      (a) A president, vice president, secretary, treasurer or director of a corporation.

      (b) A general partner in a limited partnership.

      (c) A manager in a manager-managed limited liability company.

      (d) A member of a member-managed limited liability company.

      (e) A trustee.

      (f) A person defined as an officer under board rules. The definition of officer adopted by board rule may include persons not listed in this subsection who may exercise substantial control over a business.

      (12) “Residential contractor” means a licensed contractor that holds an endorsement as a:

      (a) Residential general contractor;

      (b) Residential specialty contractor;

      (c) Residential limited contractor; or

      (d) Residential developer.

      (13) “Residential developer” means a developer of property that is zoned for or intended for use compatible with a residential or small commercial structure.

      (14) “Residential structure”:

      (a) Means:

      (A) A residence that is a site-built home;

      (B) A structure that contains one or more dwelling units and is four stories or less above grade;

      (C) A condominium, rental residential unit or other residential dwelling unit that is part of a larger structure, if the property interest in the unit is separate from the property interest in the larger structure;

      (D) A modular home constructed off-site;

      (E) A manufactured dwelling; or

      (F) A floating home as defined in ORS 830.700.

      (b) Does not mean:

      (A) Subject to paragraph (a)(C) of this subsection, a structure that contains both residential and nonresidential units;

      (B) Transient lodging;

      (C) A residential school or residence hall;

      (D) A state or local correctional facility other than a local facility for persons enrolled in work release programs maintained under ORS 144.460;

      (E) A youth correction facility as defined in ORS 420.005;

      (F) A youth care center operated by a county juvenile department under administrative control of a juvenile court pursuant to ORS 420.855 to 420.885;

      (G) A detention facility as defined in ORS 419A.004;

      (H) A nursing home;

      (I) A hospital; or

      (J) A place constructed primarily for recreational activities.

      (15) “Responsible managing individual” means an individual who:

      (a) Is an owner described in ORS 701.094 or an employee of the business;

      (b) Exercises management or supervisory authority, as defined by the board by rule, over the construction activities of the business; and

      (c)(A) Has successfully completed the training and testing required for licensing under ORS 701.122 within a period identified by the board by rule;

      (B) Has demonstrated experience required by the board by rule; or

      (C) Has complied with the licensing requirements of ORS 446.395.

      (16) “Small commercial structure” means:

      (a) A nonresidential structure that has a ground area of 10,000 square feet or less, including exterior walls, and a height of not more than 20 feet from the top surface of the lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish of the structure;

      (b) A nonresidential leasehold, rental unit or other unit that is part of a larger structure, if the unit has a ground area of 12,000 square feet or less, excluding exterior walls, and a height of not more than 20 feet from the top surface of the lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish of the unit; or

      (c) A nonresidential structure of any size for which the contract price of all construction contractor work to be performed on the structure as part of a construction project does not total more than $250,000.

      (17) “Specialty contractor” means a contractor who performs work on a structure, project, development or improvement and whose operations as such do not fall within the definition of “general contractor.” “Specialty contractor” includes a person who performs work regulated under ORS 446.395.

      (18) “Zero-lot-line dwelling” means a single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of attached units in which:

      (a) Each attached unit extends from foundation to roof with open space on two sides; and

      (b) Each dwelling unit is separated by a property line. [1971 c.740 §1; 1975 c.721 §1; 1977 c.537 §2; 1981 c.618 §8; 1983 c.616 §4; 1989 c.762 §7; 1989 c.928 §1; 1991 c.181 §1; 1993 c.18 §151; 1997 c.814 §1; 1999 c.325 §1; 2001 c.196 §2; 2001 c.197 §9; 2003 c.14 §440; 2003 c.675 §69; 2005 c.432 §6; 2005 c.609 §21; 2007 c.511 §1; 2007 c.541 §41; 2007 c.648 §§23,23a; 2007 c.836 §56]

 

      Note: The amendments to 701.005 by section 56, chapter 836, Oregon Laws 2007, become operative July 1, 2008. See section 70, chapter 836, Oregon Laws 2007. The text that is operative until July 1, 2008, including amendments by section 1, chapter 511, Oregon Laws 2007, section 41, chapter 541, Oregon Laws 2007, and sections 23 and 23a, chapter 648, Oregon Laws 2007, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

      701.005. As used in this chapter:

      (1) “Board” means the Construction Contractors Board.

      (2) “Construction debt” means an amount owed under:

      (a) An order or arbitration award issued by the board that has become final by operation of law;

      (b) A judgment or civil penalty that has become final by operation of law arising from construction activities within the United States; or

      (c) A judgment or civil penalty that has become final by operation of law arising from a failure to comply with ORS 656.017.

      (3) “Contractor” means a person operating as a general contractor, residential-only contractor or specialty contractor business or other person who, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, any building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to clean or service chimneys, or to do any part thereof.

      (4) “General contractor” means a contractor whose business operations require the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts that the contractor supervises or performs in whole or part, whenever the sum of all contracts on any single property, including materials and labor, exceeds an amount established by rule by the board. “General contractor” does not include specialty contractors or limited contractors, as described in ORS 701.068.

      (5) “Home inspector” means a person who, for a fee, inspects and provides written reports on the overall physical condition of a residential structure and the appurtenances thereto. “Home inspector” does not include persons certified under ORS chapter 455 to inspect new, repaired or altered structures for compliance with the state building code.

      (6) “Inspector” means a contractor registered with the board who inspects or otherwise provides services to a property owner or other contractor but does not substantively add to or subtract from a structure. “Inspector” includes but is not limited to a home inspector certified under ORS 701.350, a lead-based paint inspector licensed under ORS 701.515 and a cross connection inspector and backflow assembly tester certified under ORS 448.279. “Inspector” does not include city or county inspectors acting under ORS 701.225 or an inspector as defined in ORS 455.715.

      (7) “Large commercial structure” means a structure that is not a residential structure or small commercial structure.

      (8) “Licensed developer” means a contractor who owns property or an interest in property and arranges for construction work, if the contractor:

      (a) Engages in the business of arranging for construction work and performing other activities associated with the improvement of real property, with the intent to sell the property;

      (b) Acts in association with one or more licensed general contractors and the general contractor or combination of general contractors have sole responsibility for overseeing all phases of construction activity on the property; and

      (c) Does not perform any construction work on the property.

      (9) “Officer” means any of the following persons:

      (a) A president, vice president, secretary, treasurer or director of a corporation.

      (b) A general partner in a limited partnership.

      (c) A manager in a manager-managed limited liability company.

      (d) A member of a member-managed limited liability company.

      (e) A trustee.

      (f) A person defined as an officer under board rules. The definition of officer adopted by board rule may include persons not listed in this subsection who may exercise substantial control over a business.

      (10) “Residential-only contractor” means a general contractor or specialty contractor who performs work exclusively in connection with residential structures and small commercial structures, and the appurtenances thereto. “Residential-only contractor” includes, but is not limited to:

      (a) A person who purchases or owns property and constructs or for compensation arranges for the construction of one or more residential structures or small commercial structures with the intent of selling the structures;

      (b) A school district, as defined in ORS 332.002, that permits students to construct a residential structure or small commercial structure as an educational experience to learn building techniques and sells the completed structure;

      (c) A community college district, as defined in ORS 341.005, that permits students to construct a residential structure or small commercial structure as an educational experience to learn building techniques and sells the completed structure; or

      (d) Any person except a landscape contracting business, nurseryman, gardener or person engaged in the commercial harvest of forest products who is engaged as an independent contractor to remove trees, prune trees, remove tree limbs or stumps or to engage in tree or limb guying.

      (11) “Residential structure” means a residence, including a site-built home, modular home constructed off-site, floating home as defined in ORS 830.700, condominium unit, manufactured dwelling or duplex, or a multiunit residential building consisting of four units or less that is not part of a multistructure complex of buildings.

      (12) “Responsible managing individual” means an individual who:

      (a) Is an owner described in ORS 701.094 or an employee of the business;

      (b) Exercises management or supervisory authority, as defined by the board by rule, over the construction activities of the business; and

      (c)(A) Has successfully completed the training and testing required for licensing under ORS 701.122 within a period identified by the board by rule;

      (B) Has demonstrated experience required by the board by rule; or

      (C) Has complied with the licensing requirements of ORS 446.395.

      (13) “Small commercial structure” means a nonresidential structure that has a ground area of 4,000 square feet or less, including exterior walls, and a height of not more than 20 feet from the top surface of the lowest flooring to the highest interior overhead finish of the structure.

      (14) “Specialty contractor” means a contractor who performs work on a structure, project, development or improvement and whose operations as such do not fall within the definition of “general contractor.” “Specialty contractor” includes a person who performs work regulated under ORS chapter 446.

      (15) “Zero-lot-line dwelling” means a single-family dwelling unit constructed in a group of attached units in which:

      (a) Each attached unit extends from foundation to roof with open space on two sides; and

      (b) Each dwelling unit is separated by a property line.

 

      701.007 [1989 c.928 §3; repealed by 1991 c.79 §3]

 

      701.010 Exemptions from licensure; rules. The Construction Contractors Board may adopt rules to make licensure optional for persons who offer, bid or undertake to perform work peripheral to construction, as defined by administrative rule of the board. The following persons are exempt from licensure under this chapter:

      (1) A person who is constructing, altering, improving or repairing personal property.

      (2) A person who is constructing, altering, improving or repairing a structure located within the boundaries of any site or reservation under the jurisdiction of the federal government.

      (3) A person who furnishes materials, supplies, equipment or finished product and does not fabricate them into, or consume them, in the performance of the work of a contractor.

      (4) A person working on one structure or project, under one or more contracts, when the aggregate price of all of that person’s contracts for labor, materials and all other items is less than $500 and such work is of a casual, minor or inconsequential nature. This subsection does not apply to a person who advertises or puts out any sign or card or other device that might indicate to the public that the person is a contractor.

      (5) An owner who contracts for work to be performed by a licensed contractor. This subsection does not apply to a person who, in the pursuit of an independent business, constructs, remodels, repairs or for compensation and with the intent to sell the structure, arranges to have constructed, remodeled or repaired a structure with the intent of offering the structure for sale before, upon or after completion. It is prima facie evidence that there was an intent of offering the structure for sale if the person who constructed, remodeled or repaired the structure or arranged to have the structure constructed, remodeled or repaired does not occupy the structure after its completion.

      (6) An owner who contracts for one or more licensed contractors to perform work wholly or partially within the same calendar year on not more than three existing residential structures of the owner. This subsection does not apply to an owner contracting for work that requires a building permit unless the work that requires a permit is performed by, or under the direction of, a residential general contractor.

      (7) A person performing work on a property that person owns or performing work as the owner’s employee, whether the property is occupied by the owner or not, or a person performing work on that person’s residence, whether or not that person owns the residence. This subsection does not apply to a person performing work on a structure owned by that person or the owner’s employee, if the work is performed in the pursuit of an independent business with the intent of offering the structure for sale before, upon or after completion.

      (8) A person licensed in one of the following trades or professions when operating within the scope of that license:

      (a) An architect licensed by the State Board of Architect Examiners.

      (b) A registered professional engineer licensed by the State Board of Examiners for Engineering and Land Surveying.

      (c) A water well contractor licensed by the Water Resources Department.

      (d) A sewage disposal system installer licensed by the Department of Environmental Quality.

      (e) A landscape contracting business licensed under ORS 671.510 to 671.760 that constructs fences, decks, arbors, patios, landscape edging, driveways, walkways or retaining walls and that meets the applicable bonding requirements under ORS 671.690.

      (f) A pesticide operator licensed under ORS 634.116 who does not conduct inspections for wood destroying organisms for the transfer of real estate.

      (g) An appraiser certified or licensed under ORS chapter 674 or an appraiser assistant registered under ORS chapter 674 by the Appraiser Certification and Licensure Board.

      (9) A person who performs work subject to this chapter as an employee of a contractor.

      (10) A manufacturer of a manufactured home constructed under standards established by the federal government.

      (11) A person involved in the movement of:

      (a) Modular buildings or structures other than manufactured structures not in excess of 14 feet in width.

      (b) Structures not in excess of 16 feet in width when the structures are being moved by their owner if the owner is not a contractor required to be licensed under this chapter.

      (12) A commercial lending institution or surety company that arranges for the completion, repair or remodeling of a structure. As used in this subsection, “commercial lending institution” means any bank, mortgage banking company, trust company, savings bank, savings and loan association, credit union, national banking association, federal savings and loan association, insurance company or federal credit union maintaining an office in this state.

      (13) A real estate licensee as defined in ORS 696.010 or the employee of that licensee when performing work on a structure that the real estate licensee manages under a contract.

      (14) Units of government other than those specified in ORS 701.005 (5)(c) and (d).

      (15) A qualified intermediary in a property exchange that qualifies under section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code as amended and in effect on January 1, 2004, if the qualified intermediary is not performing construction activities.

      (16) A business that supplies personnel to a licensed contractor for the performance of work under the direction and supervision of the contractor.

      (17) City or county inspectors acting under ORS 701.225 or inspectors described in ORS 455.715. [1971 c.740 §20; 1979 c.312 §1; 1981 c.618 §9; 1983 c.616 §5a; 1989 c.928 §2; 1991 c.181 §2; 1991 c.463 §1; 1993 c.18 §152; 1995 c.644 §1; 1997 c.814 §8; 1999 c.32 §4; 1999 c.325 §5; 1999 c.402 §12; 2001 c.196 §3; 2001 c.197 §10; 2003 c.285 §1; 2003 c.329 §1; 2003 c.675 §70; 2005 c.254 §12; 2005 c.432 §7; 2005 c.609 §22; 2007 c.541 §42; 2007 c.639 §1; 2007 c.836 §57]

 

      Note: The amendments to 701.010 by section 57, chapter 836, Oregon Laws 2007, become operative July 1, 2008. See section 70, chapter 836, Oregon Laws 2007. The text that is operative until July 1, 2008, including amendments by section 42, chapter 541, Oregon Laws 2007, and section 1, chapter 639, Oregon Laws 2007, is set forth for the user’s convenience.

      701.010. The Construction Contractors Board may adopt rules to make licensure optional for persons who offer, bid or undertake to perform work peripheral to construction, as defined by administrative rule of the board. The fo