Contractors: unlicensed work.

Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, creates the Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs and provides for the licensure and regulation of contractors. Existing law, with certain exceptions, prohibits an unlicensed contractor from recovering compensation for work performed while they were unlicensed and authorizes a person who utilizes an unlicensed contractor to bring an action in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state for recovery of compensation paid to the unlicensed contractor for performance of any act or contract. Existing law provides that the prohibition on recovering compensation for work performed while unlicensed does not apply to a contractor who was individually licensed but failed to comply with specified joint licensing provisions. This bill would also provide that the prohibition on recovering compensation for work performed while unlicenced does not apply to a limited partnership in which the license is held by the general partner of the limited partnership.