2005 Idaho Code - 54-5206 — IDAHO CONTRACTORS BOARD

                                  TITLE  54
                    PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES
                                  CHAPTER 52
                      IDAHO CONTRACTOR REGISTRATION ACT
    54-5206.  IDAHO CONTRACTORS BOARD. (1) The Idaho contractors board is
hereby created and made a part of the bureau of occupational licenses. It
shall be the responsibility and duty of the bureau chief to administer this
chapter, and the bureau chief shall exercise such powers and duties as are
reasonably necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter. The board may
promulgate such rules as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this
chapter in order to effectuate the purposes herein and for the orderly and
efficient administration thereof, except as may be limited or prohibited by
law and the provisions of this chapter.
    (2)  The board shall consist of four (4) members who are contractors, and
one (1) member of the public at large, all of whom shall be appointed by the
governor as follows: one (1) contractor from the northern district consisting
of Idaho, Lewis, Nez Perce, Clearwater, Latah, Benewah, Boundary, Shoshone,
Kootenai and Bonner counties; one (1) contractor from the southeastern
district consisting of Lemhi, Butte, Clark, Fremont, Jefferson, Madison,
Teton, Bonneville, Bingham, Caribou, Bear Lake, Franklin, Oneida, Power and
Bannock counties; one (1) contractor from the southwestern district consisting
of Owyhee, Elmore, Ada, Canyon, Boise, Gem, Payette, Washington, Adams and
Valley counties; one (1) contractor from the south central district consisting
of Blaine, Camas, Cassia, Custer, Gooding, Jerome, Lincoln, Minidoka and Twin
Falls counties; and one (1) member of the public at large who resides in the
state of Idaho and is a person of integrity and good reputation who has lived
in this state for at least five (5) years immediately preceding appointment,
who has never been registered as a contractor in this or another state, and
who has never had a substantial personal, business, professional or pecuniary
connection with a contractor except as a purchaser or owner of real property.
    (3)  Each member of the board who is a contractor shall serve a term of
four (4) years and such terms shall be staggered. The initial board shall have
one (1) member whose term expires July 1, 2007; one (1) member whose term
expires July 1, 2008; one (1) member whose term expires July 1, 2009; and one
(1) member whose term shall expire July 1, 2010. The member of the board who
is a member of the public at large shall serve a four (4) year term, which
initial term shall expire on July 1, 2008. No member of the board may be
appointed to more than two (2) consecutive terms.
    (4)  The board shall meet within thirty (30) days after the appointment of
all its members and thereafter at such other times as may be expedient and
necessary for the proper performance of its duties, but not less than once
during each calendar quarter. At the board's first meeting, the members shall
elect one (1) of their number to be chairman. The chairman may serve in such
capacity for a one (1) year term and may not serve in such capacity for more
than two (2) consecutive terms. A majority of the board shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business.
    (5)  The board may delegate to the bureau chief:
    (a)  The power to perform ministerial functions, investigate and
    discipline, hold hearings, appoint hearing officers, summon witnesses to
    appear, administer oaths and take affirmations of witnesses at any formal
    proceeding or before a duly appointed hearing officer;
    (b)  The power to appoint competent persons to issue subpoenas, administer
    oaths and take testimony; and
    (c)  The power to enforce orders of the board.
    (6)  Each member of the board shall be compensated as provided by section
59-509(b), Idaho Code.
    (7)  On and after January 1, 2006, each member of the board who is a
contractor shall be registered in accordance with this chapter and shall be in
good standing.