Opinion No. 42-4203
December 22, 1942
TO: Mr. S. L. Kirk, Chairman Contractors' Licensing Board Santa Fe, New Mexico
{*292} You have requested an official opinion of this office concerning the question of a contractor who applied for renewal of his license and in so applying, misrepresented his gross business so as to pay a $ 3.00 fee for such renewal instead of a $ 10.00 fee if he had stated the proper figures.
In view of this fact situation, you wish to know whether the Contractors' Licensing Board may revoke such license.
It is my opinion that this license may be revoked under Section 51-1909, subsection (f), New Mexico Statutes Annotated, 1941, which provides that upon misrepresentation of a material fact by the applicant in obtaining a license, that such license may be revoked by the Board.
By HARRY L. BIGBEE,
Asst. Atty. General