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[Music] my name is John Simonson I'm the president owner of Big Bear Electric Incorporated I'm actually the chairman of the board for dopl to be a contractor in the state of Utah you have to show proof of insurance and also hold a license which to get the license you have to show proof of experience I'm Mark steinegel I am the division director of the division of Professional Licensing it is very important to make sure your contractor is licensed because it significantly reduces the likelihood of problems there are many things we see go wrong with a project when someone hires an unlicensed contractor there's a lot of pressure tactics to enter into the agreement or start before checking a license or pay a lot of money up front there's often a challenge when you use an unlicensed individual that they will not go through the building permit process in 2018 we had 854 citations through the years going up to 2022 it's 1254. it's an average of over 100 extra citations a year that we've been