ORDER

2025A-06503-OMC-LS-ROC · Registrar of Contractors · 2025-10-10

IN THE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS

Arizona Registrar of Contractors,

COMPLAINANT,

Freedom Construction & Design, LLC

License Nos. ROC 333418, 343719, and 354606,

RESPONDENT.

No. 2025A-06503-OMC-LS-ROC

ORDER RE: REQUEST FOR

TRIBUNAL TO REQUIRE STATEMENT

FROM REGISTRAR REGARDING

APPLICABILITY OF A.R.S. § 41-

1092.08(I)

Pending before the Tribunal is Freedom Construction & Design, LLC’s (“Respondent”) Request for Tribunal to Require Statement from Registrar Regarding Applicability of A.R.S. § 41-1092.08(I), the Arizona Registrar of Contractors’ (“Registrar”) Motion to Strike Respondent’s Request for Tribunal to Require Statement, and Respondent’s Response to Motion to Strike.

Upon review and consideration,

IT IS ORDERED DENYING Respondent’s Request for Tribunal to Require Statement from Registrar Regarding Applicability of A.R.S. § 41-1092.08(I). The Tribunal does not have the authority to compel the Registrar to provide the requested “Statement.” The Office of Administrative Hearings is tasked with holding hearings that are referred to it by State Agencies, Boards, and Commissions. It is not within the purview of the Office of Administrative Hearings to require the Registrar to state its position on a matter that is unrelated to the issue as set forth in the Notice of Hearing. The Notice of Hearing sets forth the issue for hearing as follows:

PARTICULAR ARIZONA STATUTES AND RULES INVOLVED

The statutes and rules the Respondent is alleged to have violated are cited in the complaint and citation, which were served on the Respondent on August 4, 2025.

SHORT AND PLAIN STATEMENT OF THE MATTERS ASSERTED

The complaint and citation allege that the Respondent committed the following act(s):

Charge: 1 A.R.S. § 32-1154(A)(12) - A.R.S. § 32-1158

The requested “Statement” is in regard to how a Decision is treated by the Registrar post-hearing. Notably, it is the Office of Administrative Hearings’ practice in these types of cases to certify a Decision when a licensee provides notice to the Office of Administrative Hearings, within ten days of the issuance of a Decision, that it has accepted the Decision.

Done this day, October 10, 2025.

/s/ Sondra J. Vanella

Administrative Law Judge

Transmitted by e-mail to:

Tom Cole, Director

Registrar of Contractors

c/o Legal Department

[email redacted]

Charles S. Hover III

Assistant Attorney General

[email redacted]

James N. Hanson

Megan N. Schandle

LANG THAL KING & HANSON PC

[email redacted]

By: OAH Staff