Cooper Realty Investments Inc. v. Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

Appellant Cooper Realty Investments, Inc. (Cooper), appeals from an Order and Judgment ordering it to pay $16,056.00 plus interest for civil penalties assessed against its contractor and subcontractors. The penalties stemmed from a failure of the contractors to obtain a contractor’s license and to be bonded. Cooper contends that the appellee, Arkansas Contractors Licensing Board, erred in assessing these civil penalties against it and raises four points for reversal: (1) the circuit court construed the applicable statute (Ark. Code Ann. § 17-25-403 (Repl. 2001)) too…