City of Milwaukee - File #: 121258

• File #: 121258
• Version: 0
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: In Council-Placed on File
• File created: 12/18/2012
• In control: LICENSES COMMITTEE
• Title: An ordinance relating to home improvement contractor licensing requirements.
• Sponsors: ALD. DONOVAN

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
6/18/2024	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR PLACING ON FILE	Pass	5:0
1/22/2013	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR; Minutes note: Individuals appearing: Ald. Robert Donovan, Aldermanic District 8 Richard Paur, Department of Neighborhood Services	Pass	4:0
1/16/2013	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
1/16/2013	0	LICENSES COMMITTEE	HEARING NOTICES SENT
12/18/2012	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
121258
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference

Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
An ordinance relating to home improvement contractor licensing requirements.
Sections
95-14-2-b-4 cr
95-14-2-b-5 cr
Analysis
This ordinance provides that a contractor who holds a valid HVAC qualifier certification or a valid dwelling contractor certification and a valid dwelling contractor qualifier certification issued by the state of Wisconsin need not obtain a home improvement contractor’s or salesperson’s license, but shall in all other respects comply with the city’s home improvement contractor licensing regulations (namely, required and prohibited practices). The HVAC qualifier certification and the dwelling contractor certification/dwelling contractor qualifier certification are the state of Wisconsin’s credentials for persons who install or service HVAC equipment and for home builders and other general construction contractors, respectively.
Body
The Mayor and Common Council of the City of Milwaukee do ordain as follows:

Part 1. Section 95-14-2-b-4 and 5 of the code is created to read:

95-14. Home Improvement Contractor and Salesperson Licenses.

2. LICENSE REQUIRED.

b. Exemptions.

b-4. A contractor who holds a valid dwelling contractor certification and a valid dwelling contractor qualifier certification issued by the state of Wisconsin need not obtain a home improvement contractor’s or salesperson’s license, but shall in all other respects comply with this section.

b-5. A contractor who holds a valid HVAC qualifier certification issued by the state of Wisconsin need not obtain a home improvement contractor’s or salesperson’s license, but shall in all other respects comply with this section.
LRB
APPROVED AS TO FORM


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Legislative Reference Bureau
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Attorney
IT IS OUR OPINION THAT THE ORDINANCE
IS LEGAL AND ENFORCEABLE


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