HOUSE BILL 533

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - first session, 2011

INTRODUCED BY

Roberto "Bobby" J. Gonzales

AN ACT

RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION; WAIVING LICENSING FEES FOR CERTAIN CONTRACTORS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 60-13-20 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967, Chapter 199, Section 22, as amended) is amended to read:

     "60-13-20. FEES ESTABLISHED BY THE DIVISION--PAYMENT OF EXAMINATION AND LICENSING SERVICE FEES.--

          A. The division shall by regulation establish and charge reasonable candidate and applicant fees for each license and certificate classification for initial applications, initial and additional examinations, license issuance and renewals, certificate of qualification issuance and renewal and licensing verification services.

          B. The division shall not charge fees established pursuant to Subsection A of this section to a contractor who:

                (1) is a sole proprietor;

                (2) is age sixty-five years or older;

                (3) is a New Mexico licensed contractor in good standing with the division; and

                (4) has paid contractor's license fees in New Mexico for at least thirty-five years.

          [B.] C. The division by regulation may provide that fees charged pursuant to Subsection A of this section shall be paid to the agency providing or administering the service if the service is provided pursuant to authority of the division."

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