(A) The Secretary of each contractors’ qualifying board may, upon his/her own motion, or shall, upon a sworn complaint in writing of any person, investigate or cause to be investigated by an investigator appointed by the Board the charges against any contractor issued a local business tax receipt hereunder and submit a written report to such contractors’ qualifying board. Upon the filing of petition of bankruptcy by or against a contractor having a local business tax receipt, or should a contractor fail to keep in force the insurance policy required in § 151.024(A), the Secretary of the Board shall immediately suspend the local business tax receipt and report the matter to such contractors’ qualifying board for revocation action.
(B) The Board, upon receipt of the report aforesaid, shall examine the same and if, in the opinion of the majority of the Board, it appears that there is a prima facie showing of a violation of this chapter, shall take one of the following actions or both:
(1) Instruct the Secretary to send, by registered mail, a letter to the contractor having a local business tax receipt to his last-known address, as shown by the Board’s records, setting out the name of the complainant, the time of commission of the alleged offense, and the substance of the section herein alleged to be violated, giving the section number, and notifying the contractor or having the local business tax receipt to appear before the Board at a time and place fixed, not sooner than five days from the mailing of the registered letter, to show cause why this local business tax receipt should not be suspended or revoked.
(2) Instruct the investigator or complainant to file a sworn affidavit for the arrest of the contractor having the local business tax receipt for appearance before the appropriate court.
(‘72 Code, § 10-69) (Ord. O-66-22, passed - - ; Am. Ord. O-2007-07, passed 4-18-07)