Business and Professions Code section 7001

All members of the board, except the public members, shall be contractors actively engaged in the contracting business, have been so engaged for a period of not less than five years preceding the date of their appointment and shall so continue in the contracting business during the term of their office. No one, except a public member, shall be eligible for appointment who does not at the time hold an unexpired license to operate as a contractor.
The public members shall not be licentiates of the board.

Source: Section 7001, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=BPC§ionNum=7001.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2001; accessed Jun. 25, 2025).

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