71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1030
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         House Bill 2193
                Ordered by the House February 12
          Including House Amendments dated February 12
 
Ordered printed by the Speaker pursuant to House Rule 12.00A (5).
  Presession filed (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for State Landscape Contractors Board)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Requires landscape contractor  { + or person operating as
landscaping business + } to notify State Landscape Contractors
Board of change of address for contractor or landscaping
business.  Provides that mail directed by board to last-known
address of landscape contractor  { + or business + } is
considered delivered to contractor  { + or business + } when
sent.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to landscape contractors; creating new provisions; and
  amending ORS 671.600.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + Section 2 of this 2001 Act is added to and made
a part of ORS 671.510 to 671.710. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) A landscape contractor or person operating
as a landscaping business shall notify the State Landscape
Contractors Board of a change of address for the contractor or
business that occurs while the contractor or business is licensed
by the board or within one year after a license becomes inactive.
The landscape contractor or landscaping business shall ensure
that the board receives notice of the change of address no later
than the 10th day after the change of address occurs.
  (2) Initial notice of a contested case or arbitration directed
by the board to the last-known address of record for a landscape
contractor or landscaping business is considered delivered to the
contractor or business when deposited in the United States mail
and sent registered, certified or post office receipt secured.
Any other communication directed by the board to the last-known
address of record for a landscape contractor or landscaping
business is considered delivered to the contractor or business
when deposited in the United States mail, regular mail. + }
  SECTION 3. ORS 671.600 is amended to read:
  671.600. A new license   { - shall be - }   { + is + } required
whenever there is a change in ownership, irrespective of whether
the business name is changed.   { - If a licensee moves to
another location, relicensing is not required but the licensee
must notify the State Landscape Contractors Board promptly of the
new address. - }  { +  A change in licensee location does not
require a new license. + }
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