A homeowner hires an unlicensed handyman for a $900 repair that is casual and complete in itself and needs no building permit. Is a license required?

解析

B&P §7048(a) exempts a project only when the aggregate contract price for labor, materials, and all other items is less than $1,000, the work is casual, minor, or inconsequential, and no building permit is required — this $900 repair clears all three. (b) counts labor alone; the statute adds materials and all other items together, which is how a job that looks exempt often is not. (c) invents a waiver: the threshold is statutory and a homeowner cannot consent it away. (d) is the evasion §7048(b) closes — work that is part of a larger operation, or a job divided into sub-$1,000 contracts, gets no exemption.