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By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

As we gather for the Thanksgiving holiday many families take time to look back at the year past and ahead to the New Year coming. For our Capitol Connection

‘family’ of readers it has been a busy year for the Legislature in creating new laws, promoting new bills and adding to the complex nature of doing business as a contractor.

In 2013 we got new rules on Indemnity, Retention, Insurance, Worker’s Compensation, Employees, Public Works, Environment and, of course, new Licensing regulation.

San Jose Unified School District is inviting all licensed contractors to submit the name of your firm for inclusion of the Bidder’s List for 2014.  Contractors can register the following at SJUSD.org on the Bonds and Construction page:

• Company Name
• Contract name and mailing address
• Contact phone number, fax number, and email address
• Type of work contractor is interested in
• Type of work contractor is licensed to perform
• Contractor’s license class and number

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

Always a good idea to keep your license and business information up-to-date with the Board, and file a copy for your own reference later. Another contractor will be appalled, as he discovers own failure to understand the full extent of a license regulation leaves him with no appeal…

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

An angry contractor shows there is a fine line between knowing something and actually proving it. We primarily serve contractor and industry licensing needs, but are also ready, willing and able to help consumers with questions. This also helps licensed contractors by exposing those unlicensed scam artists ‘un-leveling’ the playing field or driveway as the case may be…

Friday, October 11, 2013

By Shauna Krause, President, Capitol Services, Inc.

With our federal government gridlocked and default pending, you may begin to understand how the Romans felt while Rome burned and Nero fiddled. None of that is changing how you obtain your contractor’s license or any of the rules already written in black and white…

Q:  Is the government shut down going to effect how quickly I get my license?

From Jay Drake, Reuben, Junius & Rose LLP