SB 1165: Contractor licenses: outstanding liabilities assessed by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, establishes the Contractors State License Board and sets forth its powers and duties relating to the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law requires the board to appoint a registrar of contractors, as specified, to serve as the executive officer and secretary of the board. Existing law permits the registrar to suspend or refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license for a failure to resolve all outstanding final liabilities, including taxes and any fees that may be assessed by, among others, the State Board of Equalization, except for licensees who have Equalization and the Franchise Tax Board. Existing law exempts from that provision the outstanding final liabilities assessed by the State Board of Equalization of a licensee who has entered into an installment payment agreement with the State Board of Equalization, as provided.

This bill would permit the registrar to suspend or refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license for a failure to resolve outstanding liabilities assessed by update the above-described outstanding liability enforcement provisions of the Contractors State License Law to include references to the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration. The bill would authorize the department to request that the registrar suspend or refuse to issue, reinstate, reactivate, or renew a license unless the licensee has entered into an installment payment agreement with the department, as specified. The bill would require the department to give written notice to the licensee of that request, as provided. The bill would authorize the department to prescribe, adopt, and enforce regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of these provisions. Administration, as specified. The bill would require the installment payment agreements with the State Board of Equalization or the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration department to be in writing.