BILL NUMBER: AB 341	CHAPTERED  07/07/03

	CHAPTER  34
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 7, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 7, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 16, 2003
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 25, 2003
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Aghazarian

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2003

   An act to amend Section 7027.5 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to contractors.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 341, Aghazarian.  Contractors:  landscape contractors.
   Existing law, the Contractors' State License Law, creates the
Contractors' State License Board within the Department of Consumer
Affairs and provides for the licensing and regulation of contractors.
  Existing law authorizes a landscape contractor working within the
classification of his or her license to design a system or facility
for work which he or she performs or supervises.
   This bill would authorize a landscape contractor working within
that license classification to enter into a prime contract for the
construction of a swimming pool, spa, or hot tub provided the
improvements are included within a landscape project the landscape
contractor is supervising and are subcontracted to a single licensed
swimming pool contractor or are performed by the landscape contractor
who is a licensed swimming pool contractor.  The bill would
authorize the contractor constructing the swimming pool, spa, or hot
tub to subcontract with other licensed contractors to complete
individual components of the construction.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 7027.5 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   7027.5.  (a) A landscape contractor working within the
classification for which the license is issued may design systems or
facilities for work to be performed and supervised by that
contractor.
   (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a
landscape contractor working within the classification for which the
license is issued may enter into a prime contract for the
construction of a swimming pool, spa, or hot tub provided the
improvements are included within the landscape project that the
landscape contractor is supervising and the construction of any
swimming pool, spa, or hot tub is  subcontracted to a single licensed
contractor holding a Swimming Pool (C-53) classification or
performed by the landscape contractor if the landscape contractor
also holds a Swimming Pool (C-53) classification.  The contractor
constructing the swimming pool, spa, or hot tub may subcontract with
other appropriately licensed contractors for the completion of
individual components of the construction.