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only way they can avoid the potential prosecution is to get you paid or file bankruptcy. Consult your attorney. Just because it is not being done today doesn’t mean that you cannot use it to your benefit in the future.

Failure to Pay For Equipment Could be time in the Poky Arkansans are honest and trusting people. If a roofer, air conditioning guy, plumber, window installer, etc. asks for a down payment, we just give it to them. Sometimes 50%. After the money is collected, the work may or not get done. There has been little done to those contractors who take money and leave the customer with only part of the job completed. NOW, maybe that can be rectified. Greg Crow at the Contractor’s Licensing Board provided the following two laws that may be able to help the consumer or, at least, bring the malefactor to justice. It appears that maybe, just maybe, under 18-44-132, imprisonment up to a year in the county jail. Under 5-37-525, the offense could be a misdemeanor or even a Class D felony if the amount is over $5,000. The NewsMagazine is not portending to be an attorney or give legal advice; however, we do try to find ways that consumers can be protected from charlatans acting as legitimate HVACR dealers. Not only do these guys hurt the consumer, they give a terrible reputation to the HVACR industry. By the way, distributors and suppliers, this might also be a way for you to add a little pressure to guys who are on the way out and intend on leaving you with a seriously overdue account. Reading the law, you can see that the the contractor could be found guilty of a misdemeanor with a fine and/or

Senator English Convenes Task Force on Technical and

Workforce Education

Under the authority of ACT 951, Senator Jane English and 15

others as determined by the law held their first meeting on August 22. Senate Bill 441, sponsored by Senator English, became law as Act 951 during the 2017 legislative session. It’s purpose is TO CREATE A LEGISLATIVE TASK FORCE TO REVIEW TECHNICAL AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND RECOMMEND WAYS TO ALIGN THE PROGRAMS TO PRODUCE AN EFFICIENT, TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED TECHNICAL AND WORKFORCE EDUCATION SYSTEM. You can download the law by clicking on the on the subtitle given above. The taskforce met in the Capitol with the 16 members in attendance as well as several guests. Task force members related their difficulty in finding qualified employees. Each were committed to the goals of the Task Force and to working together and will all parties to recruit and train Arkansans to fill existing positions and to supply the labor force needed for growth in the state.