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Sec. 14.372. License required; exception. (a) It is unlawful for any person to perform construction work subject to this article unless the person is licensed as a contractor or is exempt under one of the following: (1) A maintenance person may perform maintenance work only upon property owned by the person's employer. A maintenance person who performs work upon the property of more than one property owner is deemed to be performing work for the general public and shall be licensed as a city residential or general contractor. (2) A property owner may perform construction work with the owner's own hands in/on an existing residence owned and occupied by the owner as his homestead. All work is subject to permit, inspection and approval in accordance with this chapter. (3) An approved authorized single representative of a political subdivision. Each subdivision is authorized to submit one person to serve as general representative for projects under $8,000.00 for purposes of permitting. This exception does not authorize work outside the political subdivision unless the person holds a general contractors license under this section. (b) A contractor holding a license issued prior to January 1, 2003, may continue to perform construction work under that license until it expires. Upon expiration of a contractor license issued prior to January 1, 2003, an applicant shall comply with all licensing requirements of this article, except that a contractor may receive three permits after January 1, 2003 before the contractor is required to have passed the examination. Sec. 14.373. Qualifications for license or registration. (a) Residential contractor. This designation applies to construction limited to one and two family dwellings, swimming pools and accessory buildings. A person applying for a residential contractor's license shall provide verifiable documentation of five years or more experience in the construction of one and two family dwellings as a lead carpenter, construction foreman, or superintendent of construction in the home building industry, and pass the required examination for the license. A person may obtain a residential contractor license without passing the examination if he has a license from a reciprocating jurisdiction under section 14.378, and has five years or more experience in the construction of one and two family dwellings as a lead carpenter, construction foreman, or superintendent of construction in the home building industry. (b) General contractor. This designation applies to construction limited to multi - family dwellings, office buildings, shopping centers, restaurants and similar structures. A person applying for a general, contractor's license shall provide verifiable documentation of five years or more experience in any of the above construction types or a combination thereof, as a job foreman, job superintendent, or project manager in the commercial building industry, and pass the required examination for the license. A person may obtain a general contractor license