SECTIONS 7140-7145.5 - California Statutes

BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS CODE

SECTION 7140-7145.5

7140. All licenses issued under the provisions of this chapter
shall expire two years from the last day of the month in which the
license is issued, or two years from the date on which the renewed
license last expired.
To renew a license which has not expired, the licensee shall,
before the time at which the license would otherwise expire, apply
for renewal on a form prescribed by the registrar and pay the renewal
fee prescribed by this chapter. Renewal of an unexpired license
shall continue the license in effect for the two-year period
following the expiration date of the license, when it shall expire if
it is not again renewed.

7141. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a license that
has expired may be renewed at any time within five years after its
expiration by filing an application for renewal on a form prescribed
by the registrar, and payment of the appropriate renewal fee. Renewal
under this section shall be effective on the date an acceptable
renewal application is filed with the board. The licensee shall be
considered unlicensed and there will be a break in the licensing time
between the expiration date and the date the renewal becomes
effective. If the license is renewed after the expiration date, the
licensee shall also pay the delinquency fee prescribed by this
chapter. If so renewed, the license shall continue in effect through
the date provided in Section 7140 which next occurs after the
effective date of the renewal, when it shall expire if it is not
again renewed.
If a license is not renewed within five years, the licensee shall
make application for a license pursuant to Section 7066.

7141.5. The registrar may grant the retroactive renewal of a
license if the licensee requests the retroactive renewal in a
petition to the registrar, files an application for renewal on a form
prescribed by the registrar, and pays the appropriate renewal fee
and delinquency fee prescribed by this chapter. This section shall
only apply for a period not to exceed 90 days from the due date and
only upon a showing by the contractor that the failure to renew was
due to circumstances beyond the control of the licensee.

7143. A license that is suspended for any reason which constitutes
a basis for suspension under this chapter, is subject to expiration
and shall be renewed as provided in this chapter, but this renewal
does not entitle the licensee, while the license remains suspended,
and until it is reinstated, to engage in any activity to which the
license relates, or in any other activity or conduct in violation of
the order or judgment by which the license was suspended.

7143.5. A person who, by reason of the provisions of Section 7141,
is not entitled to renew his license, may apply for and obtain a new
license only if he pays all of the fees and meets all of the
qualifications and requirements set forth in this chapter for
obtaining an original license.

7144. A revoked license shall be considered as having expired as of
the date of revocation and shall not be renewed. To reinstate a
revoked license a licensee may apply for reinstatement of the license
only if he pays all of the fees and meets all of the qualifications
and requirements set forth in this chapter for obtaining an original
license.

7145. The registrar may refuse to renew a license for the failure
or refusal by the licensee to complete the renewal application
prescribed by the registrar. If a licensee fails to return an
application for renewal which was rejected for insufficiency or
incompleteness within 90 days from the original date of rejection,
the application and fee shall be deemed abandoned. Any application
abandoned may not be reinstated. However, the applicant may file
another application accompanied by the required fee.
The registrar may review and accept the petition of a licensee who
disputes the invalidation of his or her application for renewal upon
a showing of good cause. This petition shall be received within 90
days from the date the renewal application is deemed abandoned.

7145.5. (a) The registrar may refuse to issue, reinstate,
reactivate, or renew a license or may suspend a license for the
failure of a licensee to resolve all outstanding final liabilities,
which include taxes, additions to tax, penalties, interest, and any
fees that may be assessed by the board, the Department of Industrial
Relations, the Employment Development Department, or the Franchise
Tax Board.
(1) Until the debts covered by this section are satisfied, the
qualifying person and any other personnel of record named on a
license that has been suspended under this section shall be
prohibited from serving in any capacity that is subject to licensure
under this chapter, but shall be permitted to act in the capacity of
a nonsupervising bona fide employee.
(2) The license of any other renewable licensed entity with any of
the same personnel of record that have been assessed an outstanding
liability covered by this section shall be suspended until the debt
has been satisfied or until the same personnel of record disassociate
themselves from the renewable licensed entity.
(b) The refusal to issue a license or the suspension of a license
as provided by this section shall be applicable only if the registrar
has mailed a notice preliminary to the refusal or suspension that
indicates that the license will be refused or suspended by a date
certain. This preliminary notice shall be mailed to the licensee at
least 60 days before the date certain.
(c) In the case of outstanding final liabilities assessed by the
Franchise Tax Board, this section shall be operative within 60 days
after the Contractors' State License Board has provided the Franchise
Tax Board with the information required under Section 30, relating
to licensing information that includes the federal employee
identification number or social security number.
(d) All versions of the application for contractors' licenses
shall include, as part of the application, an authorization by the
applicant, in the form and manner mutually agreeable to the Franchise
Tax Board and the board, for the Franchise Tax Board to disclose the
tax information that is required for the registrar to administer
this section. The Franchise Tax Board may from time to time audit
these authorizations.