09 LC 36
1357-EC
House
Bill 579
By:
Representative Maxwell of the
17th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Code Section 43-41-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to eligibility for licensure without examination, reciprocity, and burden upon
applicant relative to residential and general contractors, so as to provide for
eligibility for licensure without examination under certain circumstances; to
provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Code
Section 43-41-8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
eligibility for licensure without examination, reciprocity, and burden upon
applicant relative to residential and general contractors, is amended by
striking "and" at the end of subparagraph (a)(3)(D), by replacing the period
with "; and" at the end of paragraph (4) of subsection (a), and by adding a new
paragraph to read as follows:
"(5)
Any person who, for at least ten consecutive years prior to submitting an
application, is affiliated, by employment or ownership, with a business
organization having been incorporated in Georgia continuously for at least 20
years."
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.