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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB's 4 & 380, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.    

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 164, between lines 2 and 3,

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17         Section 9739.  Effective July 1, 2001, subsection (3)

18  of section 489.109, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

19         489.109  Fees.--

20         (3)  In addition to the fees provided in subsection (1)

21  for application and renewal for certification and

22  registration, all certificateholders and registrants must pay

23  a fee of $4 to the department at the time of application or

24  renewal. The funds must be transferred at the end of each

25  licensing period to the Department of Community Affairs

26  Education to fund projects relating to the building

27  construction industry or continuing education programs offered

28  to persons engaged in the building construction industry in

29  Florida, to be selected by the Florida Building Commission.

30  The board shall, at the time the funds are transferred, advise

31  the Department of Community Affairs Education on the most

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1  needed areas of research or continuing education based on

 2  significant changes in the industry's practices or on changes

 3  in the state building code or on the most common types of

 4  consumer complaints or on problems costing the state or local

 5  governmental entities substantial waste. The board's advice is

 6  not binding on the Department of Community Affairs Education.

 7  The Department of Education must allocate 50 percent of the

 8  funds to a graduate program in building construction in a

 9  Florida university and 50 percent of the funds to all

10  accredited private and state universities and community

11  colleges within the state offering approved courses in

12  building construction, with each university or college

13  receiving a pro rata share of such funds based upon the number

14  of full-time building construction students enrolled at the

15  institution. The Department of Community Affairs Education

16  shall ensure the distribution of research reports and the

17  availability of continuing education programs to all segments

18  of the building construction industry to which they relate.

19  The Department of Community Affairs Education shall report to

20  the board in October of each year, summarizing the allocation

21  of the funds by institution and summarizing the new projects

22  funded and the status of previously funded projects.

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28  And the title is amended as follows:

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1         amending s. 489.109, F.S.; providing for

 2         administration of certain fees by the

 3         Department of Community Affairs instead of the

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