Florida Senate - 2021 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1966 Ì361442~Î361442 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/30/2021 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Regulated Industries (Diaz) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 355 and 356 4 insert: 5 Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 489.509, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended, and subsection (1) of that section is 7 republished, to read: 8 489.509 Fees.— 9 (1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be paid for 10 applications, examination, reexamination, transfers, licensing 11 and renewal, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. 12 The examination fee shall be in an amount that covers the cost 13 of obtaining and administering the examination and shall be 14 refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit for the 15 examination. The application fee is nonrefundable. The fee for 16 initial application and examination for certification of 17 electrical contractors may not exceed $400. The initial 18 application fee for registration may not exceed $150. The 19 biennial renewal fee may not exceed $400 for certificateholders 20 and $200 for registrants. The fee for initial application and 21 examination for certification of alarm system contractors may 22 not exceed $400. The biennial renewal fee for certified alarm 23 system contractors may not exceed $450. The board may establish 24 a fee for a temporary certificate as an alarm system contractor 25 not to exceed $75. The board may also establish by rule a 26 delinquency fee not to exceed $50. The fee to transfer a 27 certificate or registration from one business organization to 28 another may not exceed $200. The fee for reactivation of an 29 inactive license may not exceed $50. The board shall establish 30 fees that are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the 31 board. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the 32 revenue required to implement this part and the provisions of 33 law with respect to the regulation of electrical contractors and 34 alarm system contractors. 35(3) Four dollars of each fee under subsection (1) paid to36the department at the time of application or renewal shall be37transferred at the end of each licensing period to the38department to fund projects relating to the building39construction industry or continuing education programs offered40to persons engaged in the building construction industry in41Florida. The board shall, at the time the funds are transferred,42advise the department on the most needed areas of research or43continuing education based on significant changes in the44industry’s practices or on the most common types of consumer45complaints or on problems costing the state or local46governmental entities substantial waste. The board’s advice is47not binding on the department. The department shall ensure the48distribution of research reports and the availability of49continuing education programs to all segments of the building50construction industry to which they relate. The department shall51report to the board in October of each year, summarizing the52allocation of the funds by institution and summarizing the new53projects funded and the status of previously funded projects.54 55 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 56 And the title is amended as follows: 57 Between lines 23 and 24 58 insert: 59 488.509, F.S.; deleting requirements relating to 60 certain fees collected by the department for 61 electrical and alarm system contracting; amending s.