Require home builders to list their license numbers on any printed advertisements, a measure that Earle says would make it easier for prospective customers to check out their track records. Make it harder for contractors whose licenses are revoked or suspended to keep operating under other licenses. Industry leaders say they back the idea. Require builders to show experience before getting a license. Earle has not yet worked out how much experience should be required.
Carpenter says it makes sense to require experience of builders.
The question, he and others in the industry say, is how much and what kind. By the same token, Carpenter says, the industry is all for making sure that contractors whose licenses are revoked can't keep building under new licenses. But he's concerned about making sure any legislation aimed at achieving that goal is both fair and effective. He declined to discuss the other proposals. House Speaker Jim Black, D-Mecklenburg, says he's not yet taking a stand on the proposals.