(1) Except as provided in subsections (4) and (5) of this section, any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any rule adopted by the Construction Contractors Board shall forfeit and pay into the General Fund of the State Treasury a civil penalty in an amount determined by the board of not more than $5,000 for each offense.

Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 701.992

  • Board: means the Construction Contractors Board. See Oregon Statutes 701.005
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Contractor: means any of the following:

    (a) A person that, for compensation or with the intent to sell, arranges or undertakes or offers to undertake or submits a bid to construct, alter, repair, add to, subtract from, improve, inspect, move, wreck or demolish, for another, a building, highway, road, railroad, excavation or other structure, project, development or improvement attached to real estate, or to do any part thereof. See Oregon Statutes 701.005

  • Person: includes individuals, corporations, associations, firms, partnerships, limited liability companies and joint stock companies. See Oregon Statutes 174.100
  • State Treasury: includes those financial assets the lawful custody of which are vested in the State Treasurer and the office of the State Treasurer relating to the custody of those financial assets. See Oregon Statutes 174.100

(2) Civil penalties under this section must be imposed as provided in ORS § 183.745.

(3) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in lieu of any other penalty or sanction provided by law.

(4) The board shall impose sanctions for a violation of ORS § 701.098 (1)(k) on the person to whom a contract is awarded and the person who awards the contract, and sanctions on a contractor for a violation of ORS § 701.117 (2), as follows:

(a) A penalty not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for the first offense;

(b) A penalty not less than $1,000 nor more than $2,000 for the second offense;

(c) Suspension of the person’s license for six months for a third offense;

(d) Suspension of the person’s license for three years for a fourth offense; and

(e) Revocation of the person’s license for a fifth offense.

(5) The board may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each violation of ORS § 87.007 (3). [1971 c.740 § 21; 1979 c.874 § 5; 1981 c.618 § 14; 1983 c.616 § 16; 1983 c.696 § 27; 1991 c.734 § 90; 1995 c.216 § 4; 1995 c.771 § 6; 1999 c.402 § 41; 2003 c.14 § 441; 2003 c.778 § 7; 2005 c.432 § 17; 2007 c.836 § 38; 2023 c.277 § 7]

 

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