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A MEMORIAL

EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF UNLICENSED

CONTRACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES.

WHEREAS, persons claiming wrongfully to be licensed

contractors sometimes prey on the poor and elderly of New

Mexico by performing unsatisfactory and potentially harmful

home repairs; and

WHEREAS, unscrupulous activities by unlicensed

contractors inflict financial and emotional harm on those

least able to defend themselves; and

WHEREAS, unlicensed contractors do not have the surety

required of licensed contractors that can provide protection

for consumers against injury resulting from incomplete or

improper home repairs; and

WHEREAS, the construction industries division of the

regulation and licensing department makes every effort to

discourage illegal behavior in the construction trades and to

alert consumers to illegal and unethical activities of

unlicensed contractors; and

WHEREAS, radio and television stations make air time

available to public officials to warn residents against

illegal and harmful practices;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE

STATE OF NEW MEXICO that it request the construction

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industries division of the regulation and licensing

department to take every opportunity through media

announcements to warn the people of New Mexico about

unscrupulous and unethical activities by persons wrongfully

claiming to be licensed contractors; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the superintendent of regulation and licensing

and the director of the construction industries division.