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TN Code § 62-6-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-109. Board Meetings — Officers

  The board shall meet at least six (6) times each year for the purpose of transacting business.   At the first meeting of each calendar year the board shall elect officers, including a chair, vice chair and secretary.   Special meetings of the board shall be held at times that the board may provide.   Five (5) members shall constitute a quorum at a board meeting.   Due notice of each meeting and the time and place of the meeting shall be given each member in the manner that the bylaws may provide.   The board shall meet in each grand division at least one (1) time each year.   The board may specify by rules and regulations specific board actions that may be taken by the executive director without a meeting of the board. The actions shall be limited to increases in the monetary limits and timely consideration of licensure applications or renewal applications for which there are no evident impediments to licensure and for which loss of substantial business is imminent if licensure is delayed. Notice of emergency actions shall be posted on the board's website and shall be scheduled as the first agenda item at the next scheduled meeting of the board in order that the board may review and, in its discretion, modify the actions of the executive director.
TN Code § 62-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-110. Register of Applicants — Roster of Licensees

  The executive director shall keep a register of all applicants for license, showing for each applicant the date of application, name, qualifications, place of business, place of residence and whether license was granted or refused.   The books and register of the board shall be prima facie evidence of all matters recorded in the books and register.   A roster showing the name, business address, business telephone number and qualifying agent of each licensed contractor shall be prepared by the executive director of the board. The roster may be printed by the board, the expense of which shall be part of the expenses of the board as provided in § 56-1-302.
TN Code § 62-6-113 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-113. Issuance of Duplicate Certificate

 A duplicate license certificate to replace any certificate lost, destroyed or mutilated may be issued subject to the rules and regulations of the board.
TN Code § 62-6-114 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-114. Certificate as Evidence of Rights

 The issuance of a certificate of license shall be evidence that the person, firm or corporation named in the certificate is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed contractor while the license remains unrevoked or unexpired.
TN Code § 62-6-115 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-115. Corporations and Partnerships

 Corporations and partnerships may engage in the business of contracting; provided, that at least one (1) of the major stockholders or partners or full-time employees with a written power of attorney to bind the corporation or partnership has sufficient knowledge of the construction business in which the persons are licensed to perform. If the person who took the examination for the partnership or corporation leaves the firm for any reason, the partnership or corporation must designate an individual to take the examination within three (3) months.
TN Code § 62-6-116 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-116. Expiration of License — Renewal

  A certificate of license expires on the last day of the twenty-fourth month following its issuance or renewal and becomes invalid on that date unless renewed.   Renewal notices shall be mailed ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the license. The renewal must be received in the office of the board thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the license.   Renewal may be effected at any time during the thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the license by filing with the board a financial statement, a report of any personal or corporate bankruptcies and other information that the board may require, by the payment of a fee as set by the board and by submitting evidence of the applicant's current workers' compensation insurance coverage. Failure to provide evidence of workers' compensation insurance coverage shall make the applicant ineligible for renewal until evidence of insurance coverage is provided.   A renewal application for a monetary limitation greater than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) shall be accompanied by a reviewed or audited financial statement prepared by a licensed public accountant or a certified public accountant. If a renewal applicant requests a monetary limitation of one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000) or less, the applicant shall submit a notarized statement that the information contained in the financial statement is true and correct.   It is the duty of the executive director to notify by mail every person licensed under this part of the date of expiration of this certificate of license and the amount of fee required for its renewal for two (2) years. Notice shall be mailed in accordance with this section.   The fee to be paid for the renewal of a certificate of license after the expiration date shall be increased ten percent (10%) for each month or fraction of a month that payment for renewal is delayed. The maximum fee for a delayed renewal shall not exceed twice the normal fee.   No contractor shall be qualified to receive a renewal license when the contractor has been in default in complying with this part for a period of one (1) year and in such event the contractor, in order to qualify under the law, shall make a new application as in the case of the issuance of the original license.   The board shall promulgate rules and regulations that establish uniform criteria to govern the review and adjustment of the general construction classifications, specialty classifications and monetary limitations of certificates of license that are subject to renewal by the board. The criteria shall also establish a method for identifying those licensees applying for renewal who may require a greater degree of scrutiny by the board than usual.
TN Code § 62-6-117 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-117. Certificate Issued to Person Who Enters or Has Entered Military Service

 Any certificate of license issued by the state board for licensing contractors to any person now in any branch of the armed service of the United States or who hereafter enlists or is called into service remains in full force and effect until one (1) year after the person is discharged from service and is subject to renewal at that time by the payment of the annual fee set out in this part.
TN Code § 62-6-121 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-121. Enforcement

 The board shall inquire into the identity of any person, firm or corporation operating under the general classifications of this part and shall prosecute any person, firm or corporation violating this part.
TN Code § 62-6-122 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-122. Injunctions

  In order to secure the effective enforcement of this part, jurisdiction is conferred on the chancery courts of this state to grant injunctive relief against:  Any person, firm or corporation undertaking to engage in the contracting business in violation of the terms of this part; or   Any person, firm, corporation or official of this state or any political subdivision of this state who accepts a bid in violation of § 62-6-120(b) or (c).     The injunction suit shall be filed in the name of the state of Tennessee on relation of the board for licensing contractors, or any member of the board, without bond being required for prosecution of the suit or for the issuance of injunction.   Any expenses incurred, such as depositions, travel expenses or attorney fees, required for the prosecution of the suit, shall be paid in the same manner as other expenses incurred by the board.
TN Code § 62-6-123 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-123. Indemnify or Hold Harmless Agreement Invalid

 A covenant promise, agreement or understanding in or in connection with or collateral to a contract or agreement relative to the construction, alteration, repair or maintenance of a building, structure, appurtenance and appliance, including moving, demolition and excavating connected therewith, purporting to indemnify or hold harmless the promisee against liability for damages arising out of bodily injury to persons or damage to property caused by or resulting from the sole negligence of the promisee, the promisee's agents or employees or indemnitee, is against public policy and is void and unenforceable.
TN Code § 62-6-124 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-124. Access to and Use of Financial Statements

  The financial statements submitted by contractors shall be treated as confidential and shall be used by the board only for the purposes of determining the qualifications of applicants for licenses and the monetary limitations.   The comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designated representative shall be accorded access to and may examine any financial statement solely for the purpose of a legitimate audit, § 10-7-508 to the contrary notwithstanding.
TN Code § 62-6-125 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-125. Hearings and Judicial Review

 The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, governs all matters and procedures respecting the hearing and judicial review of any contested case arising under this part.
TN Code § 62-6-126 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-126. Retirement of License — Procedure — Fee — Reinstatement — Disciplinary Actions — Renewal — Transferability

  Any licensee may retire the licensee's license by submitting a form prescribed by the board accompanied by the current active license certificate and a fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Upon receipt of an acceptable application to retire, the board shall issue a retired inactive license certificate to the contractor. The holder of a retired license shall not be entitled to practice as a contractor until the licensee is reinstated.   Any licensee who is not engaged in work or activities that require a contractor's license may apply for a retired license.   A retired license shall be valid for a period of one (1) year from the annual renewal date. If the inactive licensee wishes to remain inactive for any portion of a subsequent calendar year, the licensee shall pay an additional inactive fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) on or before the annual renewal date of each such year.   The board shall not refund any of the renewal fee that a licensee may have paid prior to the receipt of the application to retire.   A retired license may be reinstated by submitting an application acceptable to the board, by paying the full renewal fee for an active license and by fulfilling all other requirements of this part. No examination shall be required to reinstate a retired license.   The retired status of a license shall not bar any disciplinary action by the board against a licensee for any of the causes provided in this part.   In no event may a retired license be renewed for more than seven (7) years dated from the time of initial application.   No retired license is transferable.
TN Code § 62-6-127 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-127. [reserved.]

 Notwithstanding title 66, chapter 11 or any other law to the contrary, title 66, chapter 11, shall not be available on single family residential construction to any person, firm or corporation that performs residential construction and that is required to be licensed as a contractor pursuant to this part and fails to have a valid license when acting as a contractor.
TN Code § 62-6-129 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-129. Bid Bonds

 In addition to any applicable requirement of § 12-4-201, no contract for the services of a construction manager shall be awarded for any public work in this state by any city, county or state authority or any board of education unless there is posted at the time of the submittal of a proposal for services by a construction manager a bid bond equal to ten percent (10%) of the value of the services proposed and the value of the work to be managed or may at the time of contracting provide payment and performance bonds in amounts equal to the combined monetary value of the services of the construction manager and the value of the work to be so managed.
TN Code § 62-6-130 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-130. Limited Licensed Electricians Not Contractors

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to provide that a limited licensed electrician is a contractor. It is the intent of this part to provide that a limited licensed electrician is subject to the jurisdiction of the board solely for the purposes of licensure and disciplinary proceedings. No limited licensed electrician shall be authorized to use the appellation “contractor” or any other designation that gives or is designed to give the impression that a limited licensed electrician is a contractor unless the limited licensed electrician also holds a valid contractor's license issued by the board.
TN Code § 62-6-131 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-131. Bonds — Expiration of Licenses — Fees

  No person shall be required to post a bond, provide a financial statement or provide a letter of reference in order to obtain a license as a limited licensed electrician.   All limited licensed electrician licenses shall expire biennially on the month of their issuance.    The board shall prescribe fees for the issuance and renewal of licenses of limited licensed electricians. The fees, together with the fees prescribed for limited licensed plumbers pursuant to chapter 6, part 4 of this title, shall be in an amount that provides for the cost of administering the licensing and regulation of limited licensed electricians and limited licensed plumbers.   The fees collected by the board as described in subdivision (c)(1) shall be combined with fees collected for the licensing of limited licensed plumbers, pursuant to chapter 6, part 4 of this title. These fees shall be used to defray expenses incurred in the administration of the licensing of limited licensed electricians, pursuant to this part, and limited licensed plumbers, pursuant to chapter 6, part 4 of this title.   Fees for limited licensed electricians shall be adjusted as necessary to provide that the limited licensed electricians and plumbers fund is fiscally self-sufficient and that revenues from fees do not exceed necessary and required expenditures.   On July 1, 2015, all funds held by the state treasurer for the administration of the licensing of limited licensed electricians shall be combined with funds held for the administration of the licensing of limited licensed plumbers, pursuant to chapter 6, part 4 of this title.     In no event shall the fee for an initial limited licensed electrician license exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per year nor shall the fee for a renewal of the license exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) per year.
TN Code § 62-6-132 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-132. Inspection of Temporary Electrical Service

 No person is required to register with the state fire marshal nor obtain a license from the board for licensing contractors to inspect temporary electrical service.
TN Code § 62-6-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-133. Acts Prohibited by Residential Contractor — Conflicts of Interest

  The following acts are prohibited by a residential contractor:  Having a controlling ownership interest in the lender providing a mortgage loan for home improvement for the work being performed by the contractor; or   Being a cosigner or acting as a guarantor for a mortgage loan for home improvement.     As used in this section, “mortgage loan for home improvement” shall have the same meaning as defined in § 45-13-403(c).
TN Code § 62-6-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-134. Violations by Residential Contractors — Penalties

  For each violation of § 62-6-133 by a residential contractor, the board is authorized to impose a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) after notice and an opportunity for a hearing. The penalty shall be in addition to any other penalty authorized pursuant to this part.   In addition to the civil penalty authorized pursuant to subsection (a), a violation of § 62-6-133 shall be construed to constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of trade or commerce under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977, compiled in title 47, chapter 18, part 1; and, as such, the private right of action remedy under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 shall be available to any person who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property, real, personal or mixed, or any other article, commodity or thing of value wherever situated as a result of the violation.
TN Code § 62-6-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-135. Applicability to Alarm Systems Contractors

 This part shall not apply to entities certified under chapter 32, part 3, of this title, when those entities are performing functions for which those entities are certified.
TN Code § 62-6-136 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-136. Unlawful Representation as a Licensed Contractor or Acting as a Contractor — Penalties — Liability

  It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation to represent itself as a licensed contractor or to act in the capacity of a “contractor” as defined in §§ 62-6-102, or 62-37-103 [repealed], and related rules and regulations of this state, or any similar statutes, rules and regulations of another state, while not licensed, unless such person, firm or corporation has been duly licensed under § 62-6-103 or [former] § 62-37-104 [repealed].   In addition to the penalties set out in § 62-6-120, [former] §  62-37-114 [repealed] or [former] §  62-37-127 [repealed], a violation of this section shall be construed to constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice affecting the conduct of trade or commerce under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977, compiled in title 47, chapter 18, part 1; and, as such, the private right of action remedy under the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act of 1977 shall be available to any person who suffers an ascertainable loss of money or property, real, personal or mixed, or any other article, commodity or thing of value wherever situated as a result of the violation.   An individual who violates this section and would, but for this section, have limited liability as owner of an entity having limited liability protection, including, but not limited to, a corporation, is personally liable for the individual's own representations, acts or omissions to the same extent as if that individual rendered the representations, acts or omissions as an individual.
TN Code § 62-6-138 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 62 - Professions, Businesses and Trades|Chapter 6 - Contractors and Contracting|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 62-6-138. Prelicensing General Contractor Education Courses or Workshops

  All prelicensing courses designed to assist an applicant in taking an examination as required by the board must be approved by the board before accepting applicants.   A prelicensing general contractor education course or workshop shall be qualified for approval, if the board determines that it:  Constitutes an organized program of learning, including a symposium, that contributes directly to the professional competency of the licensee;   Is related to the practice of general contracting;   Is conducted by individuals considered experts in the subject matter of the program by reason of education, training or experience; and   Is accompanied by a paper, manual or written outline that substantially describes the subject matter of the program.     The board or its representative shall be admitted to prelicensing general contractor education courses at no charge, in order to monitor the persons present, the content of the course and supporting paperwork.   The person or firm conducting prelicensing general contractor education courses shall apply to the board for renewal of approval of the courses every three (3) years.   The board may charge a fee for reviewing and approving prelicensing general contractor education courses; provided, that the fee shall not be greater than that necessary to carry out this section.   The director of the board, acting on behalf of the board, is authorized to issue citations against persons acting in the capacity of or engaging in the business of conducting prelicensing general contractor education courses without approval of the board as required by this section. Each citation shall be in writing and shall describe with particularity the basis of the citation. Each citation shall contain an order to cease all violations of this part and an assessment of a civil penalty in an amount no less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than one thousand dollars ($1,000). The commission shall promulgate rules and regulations to specify those conditions necessary to the issuance of a citation and the range of penalties for violations of this part.   The board is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, to effectuate this section.