AN ACT CONCERNING HOME IMPROVEMENT CONTRACTORS AND SALESPERSONS.
To: (1) Modify both the permissible and required terms of home improvement contracts; (2) preclude home improvement contractors from engaging in certain conduct to induce owners to enter into home improvement contracts; (3) require home improvement contractors to notify the commissioner regarding changes in their business names, trade names and addresses; (4) require home improvement contractors to maintain additional types of insurance coverage; (5) expand the required content of the application for a certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor; and (6) modify the grounds on which the Commissioner of Consumer Protection may (A) reprimand or place a home improvement contractor or salesperson on probation, or (B) revoke, suspend, or refuse to issue or renew a certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor or salesperson.
Introduced by:
Insurance and Real Estate Committee