A partnership contractor adds a new partner. What is the effect on the license?
Explanation
A license is issued to a particular partnership under B&P §7076, so adding or removing a partner creates a different legal entity: the CSLB must be notified, a new license is often required, and §7075.1 governs whether the old number may be reissued. (a) confuses the trade name with the licensee. (b) is the closest trap, because officers of a corporation genuinely are handled as personnel-of-record changes under §7083 — partners are not, because the partnership itself is the licensee. (d) invents an examination trigger; a new partner need not be a qualifier.
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