Oregon Statutes 701.205 – Construction Contractors Board; members; terms; confirmation; vacancies; qualifications
(1) The Construction Contractors Board is established, consisting of nine members appointed by the Governor subject to confirmation by the Senate in the manner provided by law. Three of the members shall be residential contractors who primarily work on residential or small commercial structures, including one contractor engaged in the business of remodeling, two shall be public members and one shall be an elected representative of a governing body of local government. Two of the members shall be commercial general contractors who primarily work on large commercial structures, and one shall be a commercial specialty contractor who primarily works on large commercial structures or a residential limited contractor. One member who is a contractor may be certified as a home inspector.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.205
- Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Contractor: means any of the following:
(a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- Home inspector: means a person who, for a fee, inspects and provides written reports on the overall physical condition of a residential structure. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
- local government: means all cities, counties and local service districts located in this state, and all administrative subdivisions of those cities, counties and local service districts. See Oregon Statutes 174.116
- Specialty contractor: includes a person who performs work regulated under ORS § 446. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
(2) The term of office of each member is four years, but a member serves at the pleasure of the Governor. Before the expiration of the term of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor whose term begins on July 1 next following. A member is eligible for reappointment. If there is a vacancy for any cause, the Governor shall make an appointment immediately effective for the unexpired term.
(3) In order to be eligible for board membership, the six contractor members of the board shall be licensed under this chapter and shall maintain their licenses in good order during their term of office. [Subsections (1) and (2) enacted as 1971 c.740 § 3; subsection (3) enacted as 1971 c.740 § 5; 1975 c.721 § 8; 1977 c.537 § 1; 1981 c.618 § 13; 1987 c.414 § 40; 1989 c.928 § 22; 1991 c.181 § 14; 1993 c.470 § 4; 1997 c.814 § 4; 1999 c.402 § 33; 2001 c.197 § 18; 2007 c.836 § 34]