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AN ACT

RELATING TO CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES LICENSING; AMENDING

SECTION 60-13-18 NMSA 1978 (BEING LAWS 1967, CHAPTER 199,

SECTION 20, AS AMENDED) TO ADD REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO

CONTINUING EDUCATION.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

Section 1. Section 60-13-18 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 1967,

Chapter 199, Section 20, as amended) is amended to read:

"60-13-18. LICENSES--RENEWAL.--

A. Licenses issued by the division are not

transferable.

B. Contractor's licenses shall expire two years

after the issuance date or as determined by the division, but

in no instance less than one year, and shall be renewable

upon application to the division and payment of the

prescribed renewal fee; provided that nothing in this

subsection shall prohibit the division from establishing a

staggered system of license expiration and a procedure for

proration of fees for licenses issued for less than the

two-year period or other period provided by the division

pursuant to this subsection.

C. Licenses shall expire upon the date established

by regulation of the commission, such regulation to provide

for a staggered system of license expiration and for

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proration of fees for licenses issued for less than a full

year. Thereafter, such licenses shall be issued for a period

of two years or as otherwise provided by the division

pursuant to Subsection B of this section. Licenses shall be

subject to renewal upon application to the division and

payment of the prescribed renewal fee.

D. Licensees and journeyman certificate holders

may be required to complete and submit proof of continuing

education as a prerequisite for renewal of a license. When

required by rule adopted by the division, an applicant for a

license renewal must submit with the application for license

renewal proof of eight hours of instruction in code change

and eight hours of instruction in other industry-related and

division-approved subjects. The sixteen hours of continuing

education must have been completed within the three years

prior to the date of the license renewal application.

E. The director shall, at least thirty days prior

to the expiration date of a license, notify the licensee of

the approaching expiration. Notice shall be given by mail

addressed to the licensee's last address on file with the

division. The notice shall include a renewal application

form, instructions and any other information prescribed by

the division.

F. Failure of a licensee to make application for

the renewal of the licensee's license, to furnish such other

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information required by the commission and to pay the

prescribed renewal fee by the last working day prior to the

expiration of the license shall cause the license to be

suspended by operation of law.

G. Unless the license is renewed within a

three-month period, it shall be canceled. The suspended

license may be renewed only after payment of a fee equal to

one dollar ($1.00) for each day, up to thirty days, that has

elapsed since the expiration date of the license and

thereafter for a fee equal to twice the amount of the renewal

fee."