NJ Electricians

[celtic]

I have notified the NJ Examining board ....

How?
By phone ~ (973) 504-6410.
or "hard copy ~ Complaint Form
You'll get better results from a hardcopy, sent to the Board certified-reciept requested. There can be no denying they never recieved your complaint.

...and they have done nothing!

It isn't as simple as just rounding up a posse and bringin' 'em in.

Mr. Aicher stated that it is not fair to the licensed electrical contractors who may have to pay higher licensing fees because the Board is spending money trying to locate unlicensed individuals.


Ms. Kane stated that the Board should be consistent in the amount of civil penalties assessed. The Board must separate the penalties assessed from its costs as the Board can collect monies expended for Enforcement Bureau activity. If the Board is charged $1,000.00 by the Enforcement Bureau to locate an individual, or is charged for the appearance of the court reporter and for the transcript that has been ordered, the Board can then incorporate those costs onto the unlicensed individual when preparing a settlement offer

January 3, 2007 Minutes

That posse needs to get paid.
And they should be.
These individuals operating outside the law are criminals and should be treated as such right from the first encounter...similar to how the authorities deal with a robbery in progress ~ it can be dangerous work to tell someone that they "out of business". The agents need to be prepared to for all sorts of responses from these folks....from the simple "Oh, gee..I didn't know" ...to the the "Who the FAQ are you and what army is gonna stop me!" mentalities.

After one of these individuals is "brought to justice"...they get to pay, and pay they do:

Check in the amount of $100.00 received from "Mr. John Doe", Unlicensed, as the thirteenth installment of a civil penalty in the amount of $2,500.00 for violation of N.J.S.A. 45:5A-9 and N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 et seq. Payments started November 29, 2005 and the balance due is $1,100.00.

Personal Money Order in the amount of $500.00 received from "Mr. John Doe", Unlicensed, as the third installment of a civil penalty in the amount of $5,000.00 for violation of N.J.S.A. 45:5A-9. Payments started April 13, 2006 and the balance due is $2,500.00.


Check in the amount of $25.00 received from "Mr. John Doe", Unlicensed, as the fourteenth installment of a civil penalty in the amount of $1,000.00 for violation of N.J.S.A. 45:5A-9 and N.J.S.A. 56:8-1 et seq.
(EDIT: Only 26 more $25 payments to make.)

Check in the amount of $500.00 received from "Mr. John Doe", Unlicensed, as the seventh installment of a civil penalty in the amount of $6,000.00 for violation of N.J.S.A. 45:5A-9. Payments started January 26, 2006 and the balance due is $1,500.00.

"Mr. John Doe" has been edited-in to protect the individuals.
You can see the real names at the site linked below.

These are just a few....there is also plenty of LICENSED guys caught doing what they shouldn't.

All this costs money to enforce:

The Board reviewed a memorandum dated July 17, 2006, received from Darlene Kane, Budget Officer, Division of Consumer Affairs, stating that for the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2006, the Board/Committee was directly billed for 187.3 hours of Deputy Attorney General/Paralegal services totaling $22,265.33.

That's about $90k annually.
Hopefully (that means legally), the Board will be able to pass this tab onto the lawbreakers and let 'em pay THEIR own dam bill.


You can read about the shenanigans here:
January 3, 2007
and here:
Past Minutes