Bonney Plumbing Reach Settlement

Contractors State License Board, Bonney Plumbing Reach Settlement

Company agrees to multiple terms, including consumer restitution and new business plans

SACRAMENTO – The Contractors State License Board (CSLB) and Bonney Plumbing Heating Air & Rooter Service (Bonney), of Rancho Cordova, have agreed to a stipulated settlement to end an administrative case that could have led to revocation of the company’s three contractor licenses (#696355, #983208, and #987387), as well as the sole ownership license of long-time company owner Richard Mark Bonney (#397205).

CSLB filed an accusation against the licenses in September 2014, after receiving several consumer complaints about the company overcharging customers, failing to pull necessary building permits, misrepresenting work that needed to be done, and using unregistered salespeople when contracting for home improvement work. Several of the customers were in their 80s and 90s.

The founder and initial qualifier of Bonney Plumbing, Mark Bonney, disassociated from the company’s main license (#696355) in November 2014. The complaints were filed for work done while Mr. Bonney was responsible for the company’s operations.

Under the settlement, CSLB has agreed to withdraw its accusation to suspend or revoke Bonney’s licenses; instead, CSLB is issuing six citations, per Business and Professions Code section 7099. Those citations carry a total fine amount of $12,000, and will be disclosed on CSLB’s license look-up feature for five years.

“We are pleased that Bonney’s new owners addressed this matter promptly,” said CSLB Registrar Cindi A. Christenson. “The company has agreed to provide restitution for financially injured customers, and develop a series of business plans to avoid the potential for future contracting law violations.”

As part of the settlement, CSLB also will have increased authority to review Bonney contracts and related documents.

The Bonney Plumbing case highlights the need for consumers to understand the difference between a service and repair contract and a home improvement contract.

A “service and repair” contract is used when immediate or emergency work is needed and the total cost will be under $750, such as for a broken air conditioner or plumbing issue; and the “home improvement contract,” which is any job that is not an emergency and will cost $500 or more in combined labor and material costs.

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1 thought on “Bonney Plumbing Reach Settlement”

  1. The CSLB is a criminal enterprise run by gangsters. They rip off Californians with their obscene workpalcve benefits, salary and retirement payment program for employees, then attack contractors pricing who are just trying to earn a fair living and pay their employees fairly. This even though they have no authority to regulate selling pries of contractors, in fact they are statutorily prohibited form doing so, yet they go on TV and complain about contractors selling prices.

    The CSLB deliberately misinterpret laws, they try to enforce laws they have no jurisdiction to do so, they demand contractor’s employees have a home improvement salesman license, then they proceed to violate the employee’s privacy by selling their home address and tel # without consent. Then they attack a contractor firm for selling services and accuse them of being salesman all while demanding they register as salesmen and pay the CSLB bribe money for registering.

    The CSLB tries to force contractors into binding and rigged arbitration, but then denies the contractor the right to counter arbitrate.

    The CSLB is a criminal enterprise that traffics in contractor abuse.

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