Require licensure of commercial roofing contractors

As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
S. B. No. 125

2025-2026

Senator Patton

A
BILL

To
amend sections 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4740.02, 4740.04, 4740.12,
4740.13, and 4764.03 of the Revised Code
to
require licensure of commercial roofing contractors.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
sections 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4740.02, 4740.04, 4740.12,
4740.13, and 4764.03 of the Revised Code be amended to read as
follows:

Sec.
715.27.
(A)
Any municipal corporation may:

(1)
Regulate the erection of fences, billboards, signs, and other
structures, within the municipal corporation, and provide for the
removal and repair of insecure billboards, signs, and other
structures;

(2)
Regulate the construction and repair of wires, poles, plants, and all
equipment to be used for the generation and application of
electricity;

(3)
Provide for the licensing of house movers; plumbers; sewer tappers;
vault cleaners; and specialty contractors who are not required to
hold a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
Code;

(4)
Require all specialty contractors other than those who hold a valid
license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code, to
successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration of
technical skills, and may impose a fee and additional requirements
for a license or registration to engage in their respective
occupations within the jurisdiction of the municipal corporation.

(B)
No municipal corporation shall require any specialty contractor who
holds a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
Code to complete an examination, test, or demonstration of technical
skills to engage in the type of contracting for which the license is
held, within the municipal corporation.

(C)
A municipal corporation may require a specialty contractor who holds
a valid license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code
to register with the municipal corporation and pay any fee the
municipal corporation imposes before that specialty contractor may
engage within the municipal corporation in the type of contracting
for which the license is held. Any fee shall be the same for all
specialty contractors who engage in the same type of contracting. A
municipal corporation may require a bond and proof of all of the
following:

(1)
Insurance pursuant to division (B)(4) of section 4740.06 of the
Revised Code;

(2)
Compliance with Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code;

(3)
Registration with the tax department of the municipal corporation.

If
a municipal corporation requires registration, imposes such a fee, or
requires a bond or proof of the items listed in divisions (C)(1),
(2), and (3) of this section, the municipal corporation immediately
shall permit a contractor who presents proof of holding a valid
license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code, who
registers, pays the fee, obtains a bond, and submits the proof
described under divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this section, as
required, to engage in the type of contracting for which the license
is held, within the municipal corporation.

(D)
A municipal corporation may revoke the registration of a contractor
registered with that municipal corporation for good cause shown. Good
cause shown includes the failure of a contractor to maintain a bond
or the items listed in divisions (C)(1), (2), and (3) of this
section, if the municipal corporation requires those.

(E)
A municipal corporation that licenses specialty contractors pursuant
to division (A)(3) of this section may accept, for purposes of
satisfying its licensing requirements, a valid license issued
pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code that a specialty
contractor holds, for the construction, replacement, maintenance, or
repair of one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling houses or
accessory structures incidental to those dwelling houses.

(F)
A municipal corporation shall not register a specialty contractor who
is required to hold a license under Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code
but does not hold a valid license issued under that chapter.

(G)
If a municipal corporation regulates a profession, occupation, or
occupational activity under this section, the municipal corporation
shall comply with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code.

(H)
As used in this section, "specialty contractor" means a
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration
contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor,
or

hydronics
contractor,
or
roofing contractor,
as
those contractors are described in Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code.

Sec.
3781.102.
(A)
Any county or municipal building department certified pursuant to
division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code as of September
14, 1970, and that, as of that date, was inspecting single-family,
two-family, and three-family residences, and any township building
department certified pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of
the Revised Code, is hereby declared to be certified to inspect
single-family, two-family, and three-family residences containing
industrialized units, and shall inspect the buildings or classes of
buildings subject to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised
Code.

(B)
Each board of county commissioners may adopt, by resolution, rules
establishing standards and providing for the licensing of electrical
and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors who are
not required to hold a valid and unexpired license pursuant to
Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code.

Rules
adopted by a board of county commissioners pursuant to this division
may be enforced within the unincorporated areas of the county and
within any municipal corporation where the legislative authority of
the municipal corporation has contracted with the board for the
enforcement of the county rules within the municipal corporation
pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code. The rules shall not
conflict with rules adopted by the board of building standards
pursuant to section 3781.10 of the Revised Code or by the department
of commerce pursuant to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code. This
division does not impair or restrict the power of municipal
corporations under Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, to
adopt rules concerning the erection, construction, repair,
alteration, and maintenance of buildings and structures or of
establishing standards and providing for the licensing of specialty
contractors pursuant to section 715.27 of the Revised Code.

A
board of county commissioners, pursuant to this division, may require
all electrical contractors and heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning contractors, other than those who hold a valid and
unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
Code, to successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration
of technical skills, and may impose a fee and additional requirements
for a license to engage in their respective occupations within the
jurisdiction of the board's rules under this division.

(C)
No board of county commissioners shall require any specialty
contractor who holds a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to
Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code to successfully complete an
examination, test, or demonstration of technical skills in order to
engage in the type of contracting for which the license is held,
within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any
municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with
the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the
municipal corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised
Code.

(D)
A board may impose a fee for registration of a specialty contractor
who holds a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter
4740. of the Revised Code before that specialty contractor may engage
in the type of contracting for which the license is held within the
unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal
corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with the board
for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal
corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the Revised Code, provided
that the fee is the same for all specialty contractors who wish to
engage in that type of contracting. If a board imposes such a fee,
the board immediately shall permit a specialty contractor who
presents proof of holding a valid and unexpired license and pays the
required fee to engage in the type of contracting for which the
license is held within the unincorporated areas of the county and
within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has
contracted with the board for the enforcement of county regulations
within the municipal corporation, pursuant to section 307.15 of the
Revised Code.

(E)
The political subdivision associated with each municipal, township,
and county building department the board of building standards
certifies pursuant to division (E) of section 3781.10 of the Revised
Code may prescribe fees to be paid by persons, political
subdivisions, or any department, agency, board, commission, or
institution of the state, for the acceptance and approval of plans
and specifications, and for the making of inspections, pursuant to
sections 3781.03 and 3791.04 of the Revised Code.

(F)
Each political subdivision that prescribes fees pursuant to division
(E) of this section shall collect, on behalf of the board of building
standards, fees equal to the following:

(1)
Three per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in
connection with nonresidential buildings;

(2)
One per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in
connection with residential buildings.

(G)(1)
The board shall adopt rules, in accordance with Chapter 119. of the
Revised Code, specifying the manner in which the fee assessed
pursuant to division (F) of this section shall be collected and
remitted monthly to the board. The board shall pay the fees into the
state treasury to the credit of the industrial compliance operating
fund created in section 121.084 of the Revised Code.

(2)
All money credited to the industrial compliance operating fund under
this division shall be used exclusively for the following:

(a)
Operating costs of the board;

(b)
Providing services, including educational programs, for the building
departments that are certified by the board pursuant to division (E)
of section 3781.10 of the Revised Code;

(c)
Paying the expenses of the residential construction advisory
committee, including the expenses of committee members as provided in
section 4740.14 of the Revised Code.

(H)
A board of county commissioners that adopts rules providing for the
licensing of electrical and heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning contractors, pursuant to division (B) of this section,
may accept, for purposes of satisfying the requirements of rules
adopted under that division, a valid and unexpired license issued
pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code that is held by an
electrical or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor,
for the construction, replacement, maintenance, or repair of
one-family, two-family, or three-family dwelling houses or accessory
structures incidental to those dwelling houses.

(I)
A board of county commissioners shall not register a specialty
contractor who is required to hold a license under Chapter 4740. of
the Revised Code but does not hold a valid license issued under that
chapter.

(J)
If a board of county commissioners regulates a profession,
occupation, or occupational activity under this section, the board
shall comply with Chapter 4796. of the Revised Code.

(K)
As used in this section, "specialty contractor" means a
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration
contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor,
or

hydronics
contractor,
or
roofing contractor,
as
those contractors are described in Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code.

Sec.
4740.01.
As
used in this chapter:

(A)
"License" means a license the Ohio construction industry
licensing board issues to an individual as a heating, ventilating,
and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration contractor, electrical
contractor, plumbing contractor,
or

hydronics
contractor
,
or roofing contractor
.

(B)
"Contractor" means any individual or contracting company
that satisfies both of the following:

(1)
Has responsibility for the means, method, and manner of construction,
improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance on a construction
project with respect to one or more trades and who offers,
identifies, advertises, or otherwise holds out or represents that the
individual or contracting company is permitted or qualified to
perform or have responsibility for the means, method, and manner of
construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance with
respect to one or more trades on a construction project;

(2)
Does either of the following:

(a)
Performs construction, improvement, or renovation on a construction
project with respect to the individual's or contracting company's
trade;

(b)
Employs tradespersons who perform construction, improvement, or
renovation on a construction project with respect to the individual's
or contracting company's trades.

(C)
"Contracting company" means a company in the construction
industry working on construction projects.

(D)
"Licensed trade" means a trade performed by a heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, a refrigeration
contractor, an electrical contractor, a plumbing contractor,
or

a
hydronics contractor
,
or a roofing contractor
.

(E)
"Tradesperson" means any individual who is employed by a
contractor and who engages in construction, improvement, renovation,
repair, or maintenance of buildings or structures without assuming
responsibility for the means, method, or manner of that construction,
improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.

(F)
"Construction project" means a construction project
involving a building or structure subject to Chapter 3781. of the
Revised Code and the rules adopted under that chapter, but not an
industrialized unit or a residential building as defined in section
3781.06 of the Revised Code.

(G)
"Training agency" means an entity approved by the
administrative section of the board to provide continuing education
courses.

Sec.
4740.02.
(A)
There is hereby created within the department of commerce, the Ohio
construction industry licensing board, consisting of
seventeen

twenty-two

residents
of this state. The board shall have an administrative section and

three

four

specialty
sections: a plumbing and hydronics section, an electrical section,

and

a
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration section
,
and a roofing section
.
The director of commerce shall appoint all members of the board. The
director or the director's designee shall serve as a member of the
administrative section and the director shall appoint to the section
to represent the public, one member who is not a member of any group
certified by any section of the board. Each section, other than the
administrative section, shall annually elect a member of its section
to serve a one-year term on the administrative section.

(B)
The plumbing and hydronics section consists of five members, one of
whom is a plumbing inspector employed by the department of commerce,
a municipal corporation, or a health district, two of whom are
plumbing contractors who have no affiliation with any union
representing plumbers, and two of whom are plumbing contractors who
are signatories to agreements with unions representing plumbers.

The
plumbing and hydronics section has primary responsibility for the
licensure of plumbing contractors and hydronics contractors.

(C)
The electrical section consists of five members, one of whom is an
electrical inspector employed by the department of commerce, a
municipal corporation, or a county, two of whom are electrical
contractors who have no affiliation with any union representing
electricians, and two of whom are electrical contractors who are
signatories to agreements with unions representing electricians.

The
electrical section has primary responsibility for the licensure of
electrical contractors.

(D)
The heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration section
consists of five members, one of whom is a heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, and refrigeration inspector employed by either the
department of commerce or a municipal corporation; two of whom are
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors or
refrigeration contractors who have no affiliation with any union
representing heating, ventilating, and air conditioning tradespersons
or refrigeration tradespersons; and two of whom are heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning contractors or refrigeration
contractors who are signatories to agreements with unions
representing heating, ventilating, and air conditioning tradespersons
or refrigeration tradespersons.

The
heating, ventilating, air conditioning, and refrigeration section has
primary responsibility for the licensure of heating, ventilating, and
air conditioning contractors and refrigeration contractors.

(E)

The roofing section consists of five members, one of whom is a
building inspector employed by the department of commerce or a
municipal corporation, two of whom are roofing contractors who have
no affiliation with any union representing roofers, and two of whom
are roofing contractors who are signatories to agreements with unions
representing roofers. The roofing section has primary responsibility
for the licensure of roofing contractors.

(F)(1)

Within
ninety days after July 31, 1992, initial appointments shall be made
to the board. Of the initial appointments to the board, two
appointments in each section, other than the administrative section,
are for terms ending one year after July 31, 1992, and two are for
terms ending two years after July 31, 1992. All other appointments to
the board are for terms ending three years after July 31, 1992.

Within
ninety days after the effective date of this amendment, initial
appointments shall be made to the roofing section of the board. Two
initial appointments in the section shall be for terms ending one
year after the effective date of this amendment, two initial
appointments shall be for terms ending two years after the effective
date of this amendment, and the remaining initial appointment shall
be for a term ending three years after the effective date of this
amendment.

(2)

Thereafter,
terms of office are for three years, each term ending on the same day
of the same month of the year as did the term that it succeeds. Each
member shall hold office from the date of appointment until the end
of the term for which the member was appointed. Members may be
reappointed. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for
original appointments. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy
occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which the member's
predecessor was appointed shall hold office as a member for the
remainder of that term. A member shall continue in office subsequent
to the expiration of a term until a successor takes office or until a
period of sixty days has elapsed, whichever occurs first.

(F)

(G)

Before
entering upon the discharge of official duties, each member shall
take the oath of office required by Section 7 of Article XV, Ohio
Constitution.

(G)

(H)

Each
member, except for the director or the director's designee, shall
receive a per diem amount fixed pursuant to section 124.15 of the
Revised Code when actually attending to matters of the board and for
the time spent in necessary travel, and all actual and necessary
expenses incurred in the discharge of official duties.

(H)

(I)

The
director of commerce may remove any member of the board the director
appoints for malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance.

(I)

(J)

Membership
on the board and holding any office of the board does not constitute
holding a public office or employment within the meaning of any
section of the Revised Code, or an interest, either direct or
indirect, in a contract or expenditure of money by the state or any
municipal corporation, township, special district, school district,
county, or other political subdivision. No member or officer of the
board is disqualified from holding any public office or employment
nor shall the officer or member forfeit any public office or
employment by reason of holding a position as an officer or member of
the board.

(J)

(K)

The
board, and each section of the board, shall meet only after adequate
advance notice of the meeting has been given to each member of the
board or section, as appropriate.

Sec.
4740.04.
The
administrative section of the Ohio construction industry licensing
board is responsible for the administration of this chapter and shall
do all of the following:

(A)
Schedule the contractor examinations each of the other sections of
the board directs. Each type of examination shall be held at least
four times per year.

(B)
Select and contract with one or more persons to do all of the
following relative to the examinations:

(1)
Prepare, administer, score, and maintain the confidentiality of the
examinations;

(2)
Be responsible for all the expenses required to fulfill division
(B)(1) of this section;

(3)
Charge an applicant a fee in an amount the administrative section of
the board authorizes for administering the examination.

(C)
Issue and renew licenses as follows:

(1)
Issue a license to any individual who the appropriate specialty
section of the board determines is qualified pursuant to section
4740.06 of the Revised Code to hold a license and has attained,
within the twelve months preceding the individual's application for
licensure, a score on the examination that the appropriate specialty
section authorizes for the licensed trade.

(a)
Each license shall include the contractor's name, license number,
expiration date, and the name of the contracting company associated
with the individual, as applicable.

(b)
Each license issued to an individual who holds more than one valid
license shall contain the same license number and expiration date as
the original license issued to that individual.

(2)
Renew licenses for individuals who meet the renewal requirements of
section 4740.06 of the Revised Code.

(D)
Make an annual written report to the director of commerce on
proceedings had by or before the board for the previous year and make
an annual statement of all money received and expended by the board
during the year;

(E)
Keep a record containing the name, address, the date on which the
board issues or renews a license to, and the license number of, every
heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, refrigeration
contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor,
and

hydronics
contractor
,
and roofing contractor

issued a license pursuant to this chapter;

(F)
Regulate a contractor's use and display of a license issued pursuant
to this chapter and of any information contained in that license;

(G)
Adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code as
necessary to properly discharge the administrative section's duties
under this chapter. The rules shall include, but not be limited to,
the following:

(1)
Application procedures for examinations;

(2)
Specifications for continuing education requirements for license
renewal that address all of the following:

(a)
A requirement that an individual who holds any number of valid and
unexpired licenses accrue a total of ten hours of continuing
education courses per year;

(b)
Fees the board charges to persons who provide continuing education
courses, in an amount of twenty-five dollars annually for each person
approved to provide courses, not more than ten dollars plus one
dollar per credit hour for each course submitted to a specialty
section of the board for approval according to division (F) of
section 4740.05 of the Revised Code, and one dollar per credit hour
of instruction per attendee;

(c)
A provision limiting approval of continuing education courses to one
year.

(3)
Requirements for criminal records checks of applicants under section
4776.03 of the Revised Code.

(H)
Adopt any continuing education curriculum as the other sections of
the board establish or approve pursuant to division (F) of section
4740.05 of the Revised Code;

(I)
Keep a record of its proceedings and do all things necessary to carry
out this chapter.

Sec.
4740.12.
(A)
No political subdivision, district, or agency of the state may adopt
an ordinance or rule that requires contractor registration and the
assessment of a registration or license fee unless that ordinance or
rule also requires any contractor who registers and pays the
registration or license fee to be licensed in the contractor's trade
pursuant to this chapter.

(B)
Except as provided in division (A) of this section, nothing in this
chapter shall be construed to limit the operation of any statute or
rule of this state or any ordinance or rule of any political
subdivision, district, or agency of the state that does either of the
following:

(1)
Regulates the installation, repair, maintenance, or alteration of
plumbing systems, hydronics systems, electrical systems, heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning systems,
or

refrigeration
systems
,
or roofing systems
;

(2)
Requires the registration and assessment of a registration or license
fee of tradespersons who perform heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning, refrigeration, electrical, plumbing,
or

hydronics
,
or roofing

construction, improvement, renovation, repair, or maintenance.

Sec.
4740.13.
(A)

No

Except
as provided in division (E) of this section, no
person
shall act as or claim to be a type of contractor that this chapter
licenses unless that person holds or has been assigned a license
issued pursuant to this chapter for the type of contractor that
person is acting as or claiming to be.

(B)
Upon the request of the appropriate specialty section of the Ohio
construction industry licensing board, the attorney general may bring
a civil action for appropriate relief, including but not limited to a
temporary restraining order or permanent injunction in the court of
common pleas of the county where the unlicensed person resides or is
acting as or claiming to be a licensed contractor.

(C)
A contractor licensed under this chapter may install, service, and
maintain the related or interfaced control wiring for equipment and
devices related to their specific license, on the condition that the
control wiring is less than twenty-five volts.

(D)
A person is not an electrical contractor subject to licensure under
this chapter for work that is limited to the construction,
improvement, renovation, repair, testing, or maintenance of the
following systems using less than fifty volts of electricity: fire
alarm or burglar alarm, cabling, tele-data sound, communication, and
landscape lighting and irrigation.

(E)
A person may act as or claim to be a roofing contractor without
holding or being assigned a roofing contractor's license issued
pursuant to this chapter on a construction project for which the
installation, repair, maintenance, or alteration of the roofing
system is fairly estimated to cost less than twenty thousand dollars.
No person shall subdivide a construction project into component parts
so that the cost of the roofing system is fairly estimated to be less
than twenty thousand dollars unless the project's component parts are
conceptually separate and unrelated to each other or encompass
independent and unrelated needs.

Sec.
4764.03.
Section
4764.02 of the Revised Code does not apply to any person described as
follows if the person is acting within the scope of practice of the
person's respective profession:

(A)
A person who is employed by or whose services otherwise are retained
by this state or a political subdivision of this state for the
purpose of enforcing building codes;

(B)
A person holding a valid certificate to practice architecture issued
under Chapter 4703. of the Revised Code;

(C)
A person registered as a professional engineer under Chapter 4733. of
the Revised Code;

(D)
A heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor,
refrigeration contractor, electrical contractor, plumbing contractor,

or

hydronics
contractor
,
or roofing contractor

who is licensed under Chapter 4740. or section 3781.102 of the
Revised Code or who is licensed or registered under section 715.27 of
the Revised Code;

(E)
A real estate broker, real estate salesperson, foreign real estate
dealer, or foreign real estate salesperson who is licensed under
Chapter 4735. of the Revised Code;

(F)
A real estate appraiser who is licensed under Chapter 4763. of the
Revised Code;

(G)
A public insurance adjuster who holds a valid certificate of
authority issued under Chapter 3951. of the Revised Code or an
employee or representative of an insurer licensed to transact
business in this state under Title XXXIX of the Revised Code who
conducts an inspection of any property or structure for purposes
related to the business of insurance;

(H)
A commercial applicator of pesticide who is licensed under Chapter
921. of the Revised Code.

Section
2.
That
existing sections 715.27, 3781.102, 4740.01, 4740.02, 4740.04,
4740.12, 4740.13, and 4764.03 of the Revised Code are hereby
repealed.

Section
3.
(A)
On or before one hundred twenty days after the effective date of this
section, the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board shall send
notice by regular mail to the legislative authority of a municipal
corporation and to the board of county commissioners of every county
that, prior to the effective date of this section, provided for the
licensing or registration of roofing contractors, informing the
municipal corporation and board of county commissioners of the
provisions of this act.

(B)
Within ninety days after the effective date of this section, the Ohio
Construction Industry Licensing Board shall publish notice of the
provisions of this act in appropriate trade publications and in a
newspaper of general circulation in each of the nine most populous
metropolitan areas of this state, once a week for three consecutive
weeks.

Section
4.
(A)
The roofing section of the Ohio Construction Industry Licensing Board
shall issue a roofing license, to any individual who meets the
criteria described in division (B) of this section.

(B)
The individual does all of the following:

(1)
Has been actively engaged as a roofing contractor in this state for
at least three years immediately prior to the effective date of this
section;

(2)
Applies to the roofing section of the Board within twelve months
after the effective date of this section;

(3)
Pays the appropriate fee determined by the roofing section of the
Board;

(4)
Furnishes business records or other evidence to verify the experience
required under division (B)(1) of this section;

(5)
Provides evidence of all of the following:

(a)
Current contractor's liability insurance including, without
limitation, complete operations coverage in the amount of five
hundred thousand dollars;

(b)
Compliance with Chapters 4121. and 4123. of the Revised Code;

(c)
Compliance with any other applicable legal requirements to do
business in this state, as determined by the Board.

(C)
Notwithstanding division (B)(5)(a) of this section, when more than
one individual affiliated with a contracting company is issued a
license pursuant to division (B) of this section, those individuals
collectively shall provide to the appropriate section of the Board
evidence of current contractor's liability coverage, including
complete operations coverage, in the total amount of five hundred
thousand dollars.