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An Ordinance of the County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to facilitate the reporting and recording of information by contractors operating within Allegheny County, as well as for the licensing of the same.
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The Council of the County of Allegheny hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Authorization and Scope.
Allegheny County hereby authorizes and approves the establishment of a licensing system for all contractors operating within the County for the purpose of establishing a tracking system to allow the general public to identify and compare contractors within the County, as well as to allow local, regional, and federal authorities to track, monitor and share information regarding employment eligibility of individuals employed by contractors, as well as the status of property taxes owed by the contractors' businesses.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this article, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this section, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
Contractor means any person, including a subcontractor or employee of another contractor, who owns and operates a home or business improvement business or who undertakes, offers to undertake or agrees to perform any home or business improvement on a per job or contract basis, regardless of the form or extent of the contract itself. The term does not include a person for whom the total cash value of all of that person's home improvements is less than $25,000 during any period of 12 consecutive months nor a person who is improving his own home or business through their own labor. For the purposes of this ordinance, employees whose job description...
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