Existing law, the Contractors’ State License Law, defines and regulates the activities of contractors and provides for their licensure, regulation, and discipline by the Contractors’ State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law authorizes the registrar of contractors to grant the retroactive renewal of a license if, within 90 days from the due date, the licensee requests the retroactive renewal in a petition to the registrar, shows that the failure to renew was due to circumstances beyond their control, files an application for renewal on a form prescribed by the registrar, and pays the appropriate renewal and delinquency fees.

This bill, instead, would require the registrar to grant the retroactive renewal of a license if within 90 days of the expiration of the license, the otherwise eligible licensee submits a completed application for renewal and pays the renewal and delinquency fees. The bill would delete the requirement that the licensee demonstrate that the delay was due to circumstances beyond the licensee’s control, and would deem an application for renewal submitted for purposes of these provisions if it is delivered to the board’s headquarter or postmarked within 90 days of the expiration of the license.