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HOUSE AMENDMENT
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11 Representative(s) J. Miller and Ogles offered the following:
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13 Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 24. Section 489.118, Florida Statutes, is
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20 489.118 Certification of registered contractors;
21 grandfathering provisions.--The board shall, upon receipt of a
22 completed application and appropriate fee, issue a certificate
23 in the appropriate category to any contractor registered under
24 this part who makes application to the board and can show that
25 he or she meets each of the following requirements:
26 (1) Currently holds a valid registered local license
27 in one of the contractor categories defined in s.
28 489.105(3)(a)-(p).
29 (2) Has, for that category, passed a written
30 examination that the board finds to be substantially similar
31 to the examination required to be licensed as a certified
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1 contractor under this part. For purposes of this subsection, a
2 written, proctored examination such as that produced by the
3 National Assessment Institute, Block and Associates, or
4 NAI/Block, Experior Assessments, Professional Testing, Inc.,
5 or Assessment Systems, Inc., shall be considered to be
6 substantially similar to the examination required to be
7 licensed as a certified contractor. The board may not impose
8 or make any requirements regarding the nature or content of
9 these cited examinations.
10 (3) Has at least 5 years of experience as a contractor
11 in that contracting category, or as an inspector or building
12 administrator with oversight over that category, at the time
13 of application. For contractors, only time periods in which
14 the contractor license is active and the contractor is not on
15 probation shall count toward the 5 years required by this
16 subsection.
17 (4) Has not had his or her contractor's license
18 revoked at any time, had his or her contractor's license
19 suspended within the last 5 years, or been assessed a fine in
20 excess of $500 within the last 5 years.
21 (5) Is in compliance with the insurance and financial
22 responsibility requirements in s. 489.115(5).
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24 Applicants wishing to obtain a certificate pursuant to this
25 section must make application by November 1, 2004.
26 Section 25. Section 489.514, Florida Statutes, is
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28 489.514 Certification for registered contractors;
29 grandfathering provisions.--
30 (1) The board shall, upon receipt of a completed
31 application, and appropriate fee, and proof of compliance with
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1 the provisions of this section, issue: a certification in the
2 appropriate category to
3 (a) To an applying registered electrical contractor a
4 certificate as an electrical contractor, as defined in s.
5 489.505(12); or
6 (b) To an applying registered alarm system contractor
7 a certificate in the matching alarm system contractor
8 category, as defined in s. 489.505(2)(a) or (b); or
9 (c) To an applying registered electrical speciality
10 contractor a certificate in the matching electrical speciality
11 contractor category, as defined in s. 489.505(19).
12 (2) Any any contractor registered under this part who
13 makes application under this section to the board shall and
14 can show that he or she meets meet each of the following
15 requirements for certification:
16 (a)(1) Currently holds a valid registered local
17 license in the category of electrical contractor, or alarm
18 system contractor, or electrical speciality contractor.
19 (b)(2)Has, for that category, passed a written,
20 proctored examination that the board finds to be substantially
21 similar to the examination required to be licensed as a
22 certified contractor under this part. For purposes of this
23 subsection, a written, proctored examination such as that
24 produced by the National Assessment Institute, Block and
25 Associates, or NAI/Block, Experior Assessments, Professional
26 Testing, Inc., or Assessment Systems, Inc., shall be
27 considered to be substantially similar to the examination
28 required to be licensed as a certified contractor. The board
29 may not impose or make any requirements regarding the nature
30 or content of these cited examinations.
31 (c)(3) Has at least 5 years of experience as a
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1 contractor in that contracting category, or as a inspector or
2 building administrator with oversight over that category, at
3 the time of application. For contractors, only time periods in
4 which the contractor license is active and the contractor is
5 not on probation shall count toward the 5 years required under
6 this subsection.
7 (d)(4) Has not had his or her contractor's license
8 revoked at anytime, had his or her contractor's license
9 suspended in the last 5 years, or been assessed a fine in
10 excess of $500 in the last 5 years.
11 (e)(5) Is in compliance with the insurance and
12 financial responsibility requirements in s. 489.515(1)(b).
13 (3) An applicant must make application by November 1,
14 2004, to be licensed pursuant to this section.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
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22 amending s. 489.118, F.S.; limiting the time
23 period during which registered applicants must
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