Title 54, PROFESSIONS, VOCATIONS, AND BUSINESSES

54-1904A. Filing of notices and income tax returns — Payment of income taxes by contractors. Within thirty (30) days after any public works contractor who is required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter has been awarded a contract for construction to be performed within the s…

54-1904B. Relief from bids. (a) If an awarding authority for the public entity determines that a bidder is entitled to relief from a bid because of a mistake, the authority shall prepare a report in writing to document the facts establishing the existence of each element required…

54-1904C. Grounds for relief. The bidder shall establish to the satisfaction of the public entity that: (a) A clerical or mathematical mistake was made; (b) The bidder gave the public entity written notice within five (5) calendar days after the opening of the bids of the mistake…

54-1904D. Prohibition against further bidding. A bidder who claims a mistake or who forfeits their bid security shall be prohibited from participating in any rebidding of that project on which the mistake was claimed or security forfeited.

54-1904E. Award of contract to second or next lowest bidder. If the public entity deems it is in its best interest, it may, on refusal or failure of the successful bidder to execute the contract, award it to the second lowest responsible bidder. If the second lowest responsible b…

54-1905. Public works contractors license board created — Qualifications of appointees — Term — Removals. There is hereby created and made part of the division of occupational and professional licenses a public works contractors license board. It shall be the responsibility and d…

54-1907. Duties and powers of the board — Seal. The board is authorized and directed to prescribe and amend rules consistent with this chapter for the administration of this chapter and to effectuate the purpose thereof, and for the investigation, classification, examination and …

54-1908. Meetings — Quorum. The board shall hold not less than two (2) regular meetings each year for the purpose of transacting such business as may properly come before it. Each year the board shall elect officers. Special or regular monthly meetings of the board may be held at…

54-1910. Examinations, qualifications and applications. Under such rules as the board may adopt, the administrator shall have the power and authority to investigate, classify, and to qualify applicants for licenses under this chapter, by written or oral examinations, or both. The…

54-1911. Filing, issuance and denial of licenses — Fees not refunded. Applications for original licenses, together with the fees therefor, shall be filed with the administrator. After such examination and investigation as may be prescribed by rule, in accordance with the provisio…

54-1912. Expiration and renewal of licenses — Fees. (1) All contractors required by the provisions of this section to be licensed, shall be licensed for a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive calendar months. License renewal shall be in accordance with the provisions of section…

54-1913. Records, lists and information. The administrator shall maintain, open to public inspection during office hours, a complete record of all retained applications, licenses issued, licenses renewed, data collected through the provisions of section 54-1904A, Idaho Code, and …

54-1914. Administrative enforcement proceedings. (1) The administrator may upon his own motion or at the direction of the board, and shall upon the verified complaint in writing of any person, investigate the actions of any public works contractor within the state and may underta…

54-1916. Judicial review — Appeals procedure. (1) The applicant, public entity, or licensee, as the case may be, shall have the right to judicial review of an action of the administrator refusing issuance of a license, or actions taken by the board pursuant to section 54-1914, Id…

54-1917. Renewal of suspended or revoked license. After suspension or revocation of the license upon any of the grounds set forth in this chapter, the administrator may renew the license upon proof of compliance by the contractor with all provisions of the decision as to renewal …

54-1919. Revocation by court. The suspension or revocation of a license as provided in this act may also be included in any action otherwise proper in any court involving the licensee’s performance of his legal obligation as a contractor.

54-1920. Penalties. (1) Any person, firm, copartnership, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association or other organization acting in the capacity of a public works contractor within the meaning of this chapter, without a license as herein pr…

54-1921. occupational licenses fund — RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS. All fees, charges, and fines received by the board under the provisions of this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational licenses fund, and all costs and expenses incurred …

54-1922. Act superior to all laws in conflict. Wherever any provisions of the existing laws of the state of Idaho are in conflict with the provisions of this act, the provisions of this act shall control and supersede all such laws.

54-1923. Title. This act shall be known as "Public Works Contractors License Act."

54-1924. Separability. If any part or parts of this act shall be adjudged by the courts to be unconstitutional or invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of any part or parts thereof which can be given effect without the part or parts adjudged to be unconstitutional or in…

54-1925. Public Contracts Bond Act — Short title. This act may be cited as the Public Contracts Bond Act.

54-1926. Performance and payment bonds required of contractors for public buildings and public works of the state, political subdivisions and other public instrumentalities — Requirements for bonds — Governmental obligations. Before any contract equal to or greater than fifty tho…

54-1926A. Use of government obligations instead of surety bonds. (a) If a person is required under a law of the state of Idaho to give a surety bond, the person may give a government obligation, as defined in subsection (2)(h) of section 54-1901, Idaho Code. The government obliga…

54-1927. Claims for labor or material furnished or equipment supplied — Suit on contractor’s payment bond — Procedure — Limitation. Every claimant who has furnished labor or material or rented, leased, or otherwise supplied equipment in the prosecution of the work provided for in…

54-1928. Liability of public body for failure to obtain payment bond. Any public body subject to this act which shall fail or neglect to obtain the delivery of the payment bond as required by this act, shall, upon demand, itself promptly make payment to all persons who have suppl…

54-1929. Attorney’s fees allowed. In any action brought upon either of the bonds provided herein, or against the public body failing to obtain the delivery of the payment bond, the prevailing party, upon each separate cause of action, shall recover a reasonable attorney’s fee to …

54-1930. Meaning of terms used in act. The terms "person" and "claimant" and the masculine pronoun as used in this act shall include individuals, associations, copartnerships, or corporations.