Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 21, November 4, 2024
Section 13:45A-17A.3 - Registration required(a) On or after October 1, 2014, no person shall engage in the business of making or selling home elevations in this State unless registered with the Division in accordance with this subchapter, except as provided in (a)1 below: 1. If a home improvement contractor has entered into a contract with a consumer to perform home elevation services, prior to October 1, 2014, and the contractor maintains written proof that the consumer has been apprised of the requirements that became effective October 1, 2014, including those required at 13:45A-17A.4(b)and 17A.11(b) which will be implemented on June 17, 2015, and has knowingly elected to proceed under the terms of that contract, the contractor will be deemed in compliance with this subchapter.(b) No person shall advertise indicating that the person is a home elevation contractor in this State unless the person is registered with the Division in accordance with this subchapter.(c) Any person registered as a home improvement contractor wishing to perform home elevations shall convert his or her home improvement registration into a home elevation registration at no additional fee by completing a home elevation contractor application. The initial term of such home elevation registration shall be the unexpired term of the home improvement registration that was converted.(d) A person registered as a home elevation contractor shall be exempt from the requirement to register as a home improvement contractor pursuant to N.J.A.C. 13:45A-17.3(a)9; provided that if a person's home elevation registration is surrendered, suspended, revoked, not renewed, or otherwise is no longer valid, such person shall register as a home improvement contractor under N.J.A.C. 13:45A-17.3 prior to engaging in the business of making or selling home improvements and shall obtain a new badge identifying the person as a home improvement contractor.(e) Contractors that hire sub-contractors to make home elevations, but do not themselves perform home elevations, shall not be required to register as a home elevation contractor with the Division in accordance with this subchapter.(f) Officers and employees of a registered home elevation contractor shall not be required to register separately from the registered business entity provided that the officers and employees sell or make home elevations within their respective scopes of employment for that registered business entity.N.J. Admin. Code § 13:45A-17A.3
Adopted by 47 N.J.R. 1014(b), effective 4/21/2015.Administrative Change, 47 N.J.R. 1344(b).Amended by 49 N.J.R. 334(a), effective 2/21/2017