Article 6 - Records

California Business and Professions Code — §§ 7080.5-7084

Sections (7)

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 312, Sec. 59. (SB 1474) Effective January 1, 2021.

When an application has been accepted by the registrar, the name and address of the applicant, every classification for which the applicant has applied, and the names and titles of all personnel who have signed the application shall be publicly posted by the registrar, on the day following acceptance, in the office of the Contractors State License Board in Sacramento.

§ 7081

Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.

Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar shall publish a list of the names and addresses of contractors, registered under this chapter and of the licenses issued, suspended or revoked, and such further information with respect to this chapter and its administration as he deems proper.

He may furnish the lists to such public works and building departments, public officials or public bodies, and other persons interested in or allied with the building and construction industry in this or any other State as he deems advisable and, at such intervals as he deems necessary whenever funds are available.

Copies of the lists may also be furnished by the registrar upon request to any firm or individual upon payment of a reasonable fee fixed by the registrar.

§ 7082

Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.

Whenever funds are available for the purpose, the registrar may publish and disseminate to licentiates of the board, and public officials or other persons interested in or allied with the building and construction industry, such information with relation to the administration and enforcement of this chapter as he deems necessary to carry out its purposes.

§ 7083

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 430, Sec. 5. (AB 181) Effective January 1, 2016.

(a)Notwithstanding any other law, licensees shall notify the registrar, on a form prescribed by the registrar, in writing within 90 days of any change to information recorded under this chapter. This notification requirement shall include, but not be limited to, changes in business address, personnel, business name, qualifying individual bond exemption pursuant to Section 7071.9, or exemption to qualify multiple licenses pursuant to Section 7068.1.

(b)Failure of the licensee to notify the registrar of any change to information within 90 days shall cause the change to be effective the date the written notification is received at the board’s headquarters office.

(c)Failure to notify the registrar of the changes within the 90 days is grounds for disciplinary action.

§ 7083.1

Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 240, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.

A licensee whose license is expired or suspended, and is renewable under Section 7141, or whose license is canceled, shall notify the registrar in writing of a change of address of record within 90 days, and shall maintain a current address of record during the five-year period immediately following the expiration or cancellation of the license.

§ 7083.2

Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 153, Sec. 1. (SB 630) Effective January 1, 2024.

(a)An applicant for licensure or registration that has a valid email address shall report to the board that email address at the time of application.

(b)A registrant or licensee that has a valid email address shall report that email address to the board at the time of renewal.

(c)To protect the privacy of applicants, registrants, and licensees, the email address provided to the board pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not be considered a public record and shall not be disclosed pursuant to Section 27 or pursuant to a request under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code), unless required by an

order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(d)Information sent from an email account of the board to a valid email address provided by an applicant, registrant, or licensee is presumed to have been delivered to the email address provided.

(e)For the purposes of this section, “valid email address” means an email address at which the applicant, registrant, or licensee is currently receiving email at the time the application, registration, or license renewal is submitted to the board.

§ 7084

Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 37.

The registrar, with the approval of the director may adopt and promulgate the rules and regulations he deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this article.