Contractors: workers' compensation insurance.

Existing law, the Contractors State License Law, provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors by the Contractors State License Board within the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law generally requires an applicant for a contractor's license or a licensee to have on file at all times a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, except as specified. Existing law requires an active licensee with an exemption for workers' compensation insurance on file with the board, at the time of renewal, to either recertify the licensee's exemption or provide a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, as applicable, and prohibits renewal of a license unless a licensee satisfies those requirements. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. This bill would require all active licensees who have on file a current and valid Certificate of Workers' Compensation Insurance or Certification of Self-Insurance, or are required to provide those certificates, to certify on the license renewal form the workers' compensation classification codes endorsed on the licensee's policy, as specified, and would prohibit renewal without that certification. The bill would require the board, when it updates the public license detail on its internet website for an active renewal, to include the classification codes certified by the licensee. This bill would make the bill's provisions operative on July 1, 2023. Because the bill would expand the scope of a crime under the Contractors State License Law and expand the crime of perjury, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.