Naples Daily News by Editorial Board

February 19, 2018

Collier commissioners wisely declined this week to adopt a proposed ordinance that would have made it a crime for you to knowingly hire a contractor not licensed to work in the county.

Unlicensed contracting already is against the law for the person doing the work. Commissioner Bill McDaniel brought forward an extension of that law to also make you a guilty party for hiring someone to do a job if that worker isn’t licensed.

Staff told commissioners state law already covers that type of violation when it comes to hiring major building contractors. But the ordinance would have extended the reach to a person hiring specialty contractors, such as floor covering, cabinets or fencing crews.

Commissioners identified enforcement problems it would create and other flaws in the proposed ordinance.

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