Rhode Island § 5-65-9 - Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board
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§ 5-65-9. Contractors’ Registration and Licensing Board
R.I. Gen. Laws § 5-65-9
§ 5-65-9. Registration fee — Report.
(a) Each applicant shall pay to the board for original registration or renewal of registration, a fee of one hundred and fifty dollars ($150).
(b) All fees and fines collected by the board shall be deposited into a restricted-receipt account for the exclusive use of supporting programs established by this chapter.
(c) On or before January 15, 2018, and annually thereafter, the board shall file a report with the speaker of the house and the president of the senate, with copies to the chairpersons of the house and senate finance committees, detailing:
(1) The total number of fines issued, broken down by category, including the number of fines issued for a first violation and the number of fines issued for a subsequent violation;
(2) The total dollar amount of fines levied;
(3) The total amount of fees, fines, and penalties collected and deposited for the most recently completed fiscal year; and
(4) The account balance as of the date of the report.
(d) Each year, the department of business regulation shall prepare a proposed budget to support the programs approved by the board. The proposed budget shall be submitted to the board for its review. A final budget request shall be submitted to the legislature as part of the department of business regulation’s annual request.
(e) New or renewal registrations may be filed online or with a third party approved by the board, with the additional cost incurred to be borne by the registrant.
History of Section.
P.L. 1989, ch. 222, § 1; P.L. 1992, ch. 381, § 1; P.L. 1994, ch. 350, § 2; P.L. 1995,
ch. 370, art. 40, § 34; P.L. 1996, ch. 322, § 1; P.L. 2003, ch. 282, § 1; P.L. 2006,
ch. 648, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 73, art. 32, § 1; P.L. 2007, ch. 228, § 2; P.L. 2017,
ch. 302, art. 7, § 14; P.L. 2018, ch. 47, art. 3, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 162, art. 6,
§ 1, effective July 1, 2021; P.L. 2022, ch. 251, § 1, effective June 28, 2022; P.L.
2022, ch. 252, § 1, effective June 28, 2022.
Source: official Rhode Island text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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