§ 34-8-1 — Definitions

Alabama § 34-8-1

• Jurisdiction: Alabama
• Title 34: Professions and Businesses
• Ch. 8: Contractors
• Art. 1: General Provisions

Text

(a) For the purpose of this chapter, a “general contractor” is defined to be one who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage, undertakes to construct or superintend or engage in the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, remediation, reclamation, or demolition of any building, highway, sewer, structure, site work, grading, paving, or project or any improvement in the State of Alabama where the cost of the undertaking is one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) or more. A person who does any of the activities described in this subsection shall be deemed to have engaged in the business of general contracting in the State of Alabama.
(b) For the purpose of this chapter, a “general contractor” is defined to include one who, for a fixed price, commission, fee, or wage exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), undertakes to construct, superintend the construction of, repair, or renovate, any swimming pool
. Any person
who
engages
in the construction, superintending of the construction, repair, or renovation of any swimming pool in the State of Alabama, where the cost of the undertaking exceeds five thousand dollars ($5,000), shall be deemed
to have engaged in the business of general contracting in the State of Alabama and shall be subject to this chapter.
(c) For the purpose of this chapter
,
a “subcontractor” is defined to be one who constructs, superintends, or engages in the construction, alteration, maintenance, repair, rehabilitation, remediation, reclamation, or demolition of any building, highway, sewer, structure, site work, grading, paving, or project or any improvement in the State of Alabama where the cost of the undertaking is
one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000)
or more under contract to
a
general contractor
,
as defined in subsection (a)
,
or another subcontractor.

Legislative History

(Acts 1935, No. 297, p. 721, §1; Code 1940, T. 46, §65; Acts 1959, No. 571, p. 1429, §1; Acts 1989, No. 89-648, p. 1278, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-640, p. 1013, §1; Acts 1997, No. 97-270, p. 486, §1; Act 2003-142, p. 441, §3; Act 2009-725, p. 2168, §1; Act 2024-277, §1.)