2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards
Chapter 400 - Home Improvement Contractors
Section 20-420 - Registration of contractors and salesmen required. Contractors performing radon mitigation. Contractors performing removal or replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems.

(a) No person shall hold himself or herself out to be a contractor or salesperson without first obtaining a certificate of registration from the commissioner as provided in this chapter, except that an individual or partner, or officer or director of a corporation registered as a contractor shall not be required to obtain a salesperson’s certificate. No certificate shall be given to any person who holds himself or herself out to be a contractor that performs radon mitigation unless such contractor provides evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the contractor is certified as a radon mitigator by the National Radon Safety Board or the National Environmental Health Association. No certificate shall be given to any person who holds himself or herself out to be a contractor that performs removal or replacement of any residential underground heating oil storage tank system unless such contractor provides evidence, satisfactory to the commissioner, that the contractor (1) has completed a hazardous material training program approved by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, and (2) has presented evidence of liability insurance coverage of one million dollars.

(b) No contractor shall employ any salesman to procure business from an owner unless the salesman is registered under this chapter.

(c) No individual shall act as a home improvement salesman for an unregistered contractor.

(d) On and after July 1, 2008, a home improvement contractor shall not perform gas hearth product work, as defined in subdivision (22) of section 20-330, unless such home improvement contractor holds a limited contractor or journeyman gas hearth installer license pursuant to section 20-334f.

(P.A. 79-606, S. 3, 14; P.A. 88-269, S. 2; P.A. 90-321. S. 3; P.A. 98-3, S. 62; P.A. 99-74, S. 2, 3; P.A. 03-186, S. 1; P.A. 04-21, S. 2; 04-109, S. 4; P.A. 06-157, S. 3; P.A. 09-122, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 88-269 added Subsec. (c) providing no individual shall act as a home improvement salesman for an unregistered contractor; P.A. 90-321 added provisions concerning contractors that perform radon work; P.A. 98-3 made a technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 99-74 amended Subsec. (a) to make gender neutral changes and to require radon mitigation contractors to attend a program approved by the Commissioner of Public Health and receive a passing score on an examination approved by said commissioner, effective May 27, 1999; P.A. 03-186 amended Subsec. (a) to require radon mitigation contractors to be certified as such by the National Radon Safety Board or the National Environmental Health Association, rather than pass an exam approved by the commissioner; P.A. 04-21 amended Subsec. (a) by adding requirements for the issuance of a certificate to a contractor who performs the removal or replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems (Revisor’s note: The phrase “who holds oneself out to be a contractor”, included in the amendment, was replaced editorially by the revisors with “who holds himself or herself out to be a contractor” to conform with technical changes enacted by P.A. 04-109); P.A. 04-109 amended Subsec. (a) to make technical changes, effective May 21, 2004; P.A. 06-157 added Subsec. (d) prohibiting a home improvement contractor from performing gas hearth product work after July 1, 2008, unless such contractor holds a limited contractor or journeyman gas hearth installer license; P.A. 09-122 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (3) re surety bond, effective June 9, 2009; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.

See Sec. 20-427a re nonrenewal of home improvement contractor’s commercial motor vehicle registration for violation of section.

Cited. 13 CA 194; 20 CA 625.