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HB 81                                                                                             
The Labor and Commerce Committee considered CS FOR HOUSE                                            
BILL NO. 81(L&C) "An Act establishing an administrative fine and                                    
procedure for construction contractors in certain circumstances;                                    
increasing the amount of a civil penalty for persons acting in the                                  
capacity of contractors or home inspectors; modifying the elements of                               
a crime involving contractor registration and residential contractors;                              
modifying the exemptions from regulation under AS 08.18 for                                         
contractors;  and  exempting  the  administrative hearings for imposing                             
                                                                                                    

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an administrative fine on construction contractors from the hearings                                
conducted by the office of administrative hearings in the Department                                
of Administration" and recommended it be replaced with                                              
                                                                                                    
                     SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO.                                           
          81(L&C)                                                                                   
                                                                                                    
Signing no recommendation: Senator Bunde, Chair; Senators Davis,                                    
Seekins. Signing do pass: Senators Ellis, Ben Stevens.                                              
                                                                                                    
The following previously published fiscal information applies:                                      
 Fiscal Note No. 1, zero, Department of Commerce, Community                                         
       and Economic Development                                                                     
 Fiscal Note No. 2, zero, Department of Labor and Workforce                                         
       Development                                                                                  
                                                                                                    
The bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee.