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a.No contractor business shall offer to perform, or engage, or attempt to engage in the business of making or selling home improvements unless registered with the Division of Consumer Affairs in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.).
b.Every contractor business shall annually register with the director. Application for registration shall be on a form provided by the division and shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee, set by the director in an amount sufficient to defray the division's expenses incurred in administering and enforcing P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.).
c.Every contractor business required to register under P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall file an amended registration within 20 days after any change in the information requir
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3. a. No contractor business shall offer to perform, or engage, or attempt to engage in the business of making or selling home improvements unless registered with the Division of Consumer Affairs in accordance with the provisions of P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.). b. Every contractor business shall annually register with the director. Application for registration shall be on a form provided by the division and shall be accompanied by a reasonable fee, set by the director in an amount sufficient to defray the division's expenses incurred in administering and enforcing P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.). c. Every contractor business required to register under P.L.2004, c.16 (C.56:8-136 et seq.) shall file an amended registration within 20 days after any change in the information required to be included thereon. No fee shall be required for the filing of an amendment. d. A contractor business that performs home improvement or home elevation services pursuant to a contract (1) valued at minimum of $120,000 and (2) that require the submittal of plans with more than one subcode shall be required to employ at least one licensed principal home improvement contractor or licensed principal home elevation contractor, as applicable. e. A contractor business that performs home improvement or home elevation services pursuant to contracts valued at less than $120,000 shall be required to employ at least one licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor, as applicable, unless the registered contractor business performs only limited specialty services. f. A contractor business that performs services pursuant to contracts valued at less than $120,000 and offers only specialty services shall employ at least one individual who holds a limited specialty services license that corresponds to the services that the contractor business offers. A contractor business that does not employ a principal home improvement or principal home elevation contractor or a licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor shall offer services only in the specialties for which the business employs limited specialty services licensees. g. A contractor business that is required to employ a principal home improvement or principal home elevation contractor pursuant to subsection d. of this section, a licensed home improvement or licensed home elevation contractor pursuant to subsection e. of this section, or a limited specialty services licensee pursuant to subsection f. of this section shall, in its application for initial registration and for registration renewal, disclose the identity of the applicable contractor and update the division within 10 days if the identity of the applicable contractor changes. h. The provisions of subsections d. through g. of this section shall remain inoperative until the first day of the sixth month next following the promulgation of rules and regulations by the New Jersey State Board of Home Improvement and Home Elevation Contractors. L.2004,c.16,s.3; amended 2004, c.155, s.1; 2023, c.237, s.27.