(1)(a) If the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries receives a valid wage claim filed against a contractor or a business subject to licensing under ORS Chapter 701 for unpaid wages, the commissioner shall notify the Construction Contractors Board and the contractor or the business of the claim within 30 days of the commissioner’s receipt of the claim.

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(b) If wages are found due and the contractor or business fails to pay the unpaid wages upon demand, the commissioner shall serve upon the contractor or business an order of determination as prescribed under ORS § 652.332.

(2)(a) If an order issued under ORS § 652.332 for the payment of a wage claim described under subsection (1) of this section becomes final, the commissioner shall notify the board of the final order.

(b) The commissioner shall notify the board if the contractor or business fails to pay the amounts due pursuant to the final order within 60 days of the date of the order, unless a motion to stay the order is pending or has been granted by the commissioner under ORS § 183.482.

(3) As used in this section, ‘contractor’ has the meaning given that term in ORS § 701.005. [2019 c.444 § 2]