(a) Any person seeking a certificate of registration shall apply to the commissioner in writing, on a form provided by the commissioner. The application shall include the applicant's name, residence address, business address, business telephone number and such other information as the commissioner may require.

(b) Each application for a certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty dollars, except that no such application fee shall be required in any year during which such person has paid the registration fee required under section 20-417b or in any year in which such person's registration as a new home construction contractor is valid.

(c) Each application for a certificate of registration as a salesman shall be accompanied by a fee of one hundred twenty dollars.

(d) The application fee for a certificate of registration as a home improvement contractor acting solely as the contractor of record for a corporation, shall be waived, provided the contractor of record shall use such registration for the sole purpose of directing, supervising or performing home improvements for such corporation.

(P.A. 79-606, S. 4, 14; P.A. 88-269, S. 4; P.A. 89-251, S. 148, 203; P.A. 96-117, S. 1; P.A. 98-3, S. 64; P.A. 99-246, S. 10; P.A. 06-73, S. 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 259.)

History: P.A. 88-269 amended Subsec. (a) to include a business telephone number; P.A. 89-251 increased the fees for both home improvement contractors and salesmen from $30 to $60; P.A. 96-117 added Subsec. (d) re waiver of the application fee for a certificate of registration for the contractor of record; P.A. 98-3 made technical changes in Subsec. (a); P.A. 99-246 amended Subsec. (b) to specify conditions under which no application fee is required; P.A. 06-73 amended Subsec. (b) to replace reference to Sec. 20-417c with Sec. 20-417b, effective May 30, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsecs. (b) and (c) to increase application fees from $60 to $120.