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1998 SESSION

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CHAPTER 271 An Act to amend and reenact § 54.1-1103 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Board for Contractors; requirements for licensure; exemption. [H 1415] Approved April 7, 1998

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 54.1-1103 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§ 54.1-1103. Necessity for license; requirements for water well drillers and landscape irrigation contractors; exemption.

A. No person shall engage in, or offer to engage in, contracting work or operate as an owner-developer in the Commonwealth unless he has been licensed under the provisions of this chapter. Prior to a joint venture engaging in, or offering to engage in, contracting work or operating as an owner-developer in the Commonwealth, (i) each contracting party of the joint venture shall be licensed under the provisions of this chapter or (ii) a license shall be obtained in the name of the joint venture under the provisions of this chapter.

B. Except as provided in § 54.1-1117, the issuance of a license under the provisions of this chapter shall not entitle the holder to engage in any activity for which a special license is required by law.

C. When the contracting work is for the purpose of landscape irrigation or the construction of a water well as defined in § 62.1-255, the contractor shall be licensed, regardless of the contract amount, as follows:

1. A Class C license is required when the total value referred to in a single contract or project is no more than $7,500, or the total value of all such water well or landscape irrigation contracts undertaken within any twelve-month period is no more than $150,000;

2. A Class B license is required when the total value referred to in a single contract is $7,500 or more, but less than $70,000, or the total value of all such water well or landscape irrigation contracts undertaken within any twelve-month period is $150,000 or more, but less than $500,000; and

3. A Class A license is required when the total value referred to in a single contract or project is $70,000 or more, or when the total value of all such water well or landscape irrigation contracts undertaken within any twelve-month period is $500,000 or more.

D. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, an architect or professional engineer who is licensed pursuant to Chapter 4 (§ 54.1-400 et seq.) of this title shall not be required to be licensed or certified to engage in, or offer to engage in, contracting work or operate as an owner-developer in the Commonwealth in accordance with this chapter when bidding upon or negotiating design-build contracts or performing services other than construction services under a design-build contract. However, the construction services offered or rendered in connection with such contracts shall only be offered or rendered by a contractor licensed or certified in accordance with this chapter.