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2011 California Code
Business and Professions Code
DIVISION 3. PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS GENERALLY [5000 - 9998.8]
ARTICLE 2. Application of Chapter
Section 7026


CA Bus & Prof Code § 7026 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?

Contractor, for the purposes of this chapter, is synonymous with builder and, within the meaning of this chapter, a contractor is any person who undertakes to or offers to undertake to, or purports to have the capacity to undertake to, or submits a bid to, or does himself or herself or by or through others, construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, move, wreck or demolish any building, highway, road, parking facility, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement, or to do any part thereof, including the erection of scaffolding or other structures or works in connection therewith, or the cleaning of grounds or structures in connection therewith, or the preparation and removal of roadway construction zones, lane closures, flagging, or traffic diversions, or the installation, repair, maintenance, or calibration of monitoring equipment for underground storage tanks, and whether or not the performance of work herein described involves the addition to, or fabrication into, any structure, project, development or improvement herein described of any material or article of merchandise. Contractor includes subcontractor and specialty contractor. Roadway includes, but is not limited to, public or city streets, highways, or any public conveyance.

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 728, Sec. 53. Effective January 1, 2002.)

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