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SENATE MEMORIAL 6

48

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LEGISLATURE

- STATE OF NEW MEXICO -

FIRST SESSION

, 2007

INTRODUCED BY

Mary Jane M. Garcia

A MEMORIAL

EXPRESSING CONCERN ABOUT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES OF UNLICENSED

CONTRACTORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION TRADES.

WHEREAS, persons claiming wrongfully to be licensed

contractors sometimes prey on the poor and elderly of New

Mexico by performing unsatisfactory and potentially harmful

home repairs; and

WHEREAS, unscrupulous activities by unlicensed contractors

inflict financial and emotional harm on those least able to

defend themselves; and

WHEREAS, unlicensed contractors do not have the surety

required of licensed contractors that can provide protection

for consumers against injury resulting from incomplete or

improper home repairs; and

WHEREAS, the construction industries division of the

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regulation and licensing department makes every effort to

discourage illegal behavior in the construction trades and to

alert consumers to illegal and unethical activities of

unlicensed contractors; and

WHEREAS, radio and television stations make air time

available to public officials to warn residents against illegal

and harmful practices;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE

OF NEW MEXICO that it request the construction industries

division of the regulation and licensing department to take

every opportunity through media announcements to warn the

people of New Mexico about unscrupulous and unethical

activities by persons wrongfully claiming to be licensed

contractors; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be

transmitted to the superintendent of regulation and licensing

and the director of the construction industries division.

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