CHAPTER 18

H.P. 903 - L.D. 1306

An Act To Authorize the Department of Professional and

Financial Regulation To Develop a Model for Registration

of Home Building and Improvement Contractors

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:

Sec. 1. Registry for home building and improvement contractors. The Department of Professional and Financial Regulation is authorized to work in consultation with the Attorney General, home building and improvement industry representatives and appropriate stakeholders to develop a model registration process for home building and improvement contractors that includes the development of a model contract, suggestions for the threshold requirements for registration, a process for receiving complaints and disclosing them to consumers and fee recommendations.

Sec. 2. Reporting date established. The Department of Professional and Financial Regulation shall report its findings concerning the registration process in section 1, including any proposed legislation, to the Joint Standing Committee on Business, Research and Economic Development by February 1, 2006.