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Florida House of Representatives - 2001 HB 805
By Representative Benson
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to swimming pool/spa servicing
3 contracting; amending s. 489.111, F.S.;
4 providing alternative eligibility requirements
5 to take the examination for certification as a
6 swimming pool/spa servicing contractor;
7 providing an effective date.
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9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11 Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 489.111, Florida
12 Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (5) of said section, and
13 a new subsection (4) is added to said section to read:
14 489.111 Licensure by examination.--
15 (2) A person shall be eligible for licensure by
16 examination if the person:
17 (c) Meets eligibility requirements according to one of
18 the following criteria:
19 1. Has received a baccalaureate degree from an
20 accredited 4-year college in the appropriate field of
21 engineering, architecture, or building construction and has 1
22 year of proven experience in the category in which the person
23 seeks to qualify. For the purpose of this part, a minimum of
24 2,000 person-hours shall be used in determining full-time
25 equivalency.
26 2. Has a total of at least 4 years of active
27 experience as a worker who has learned the trade by serving an
28 apprenticeship as a skilled worker who is able to command the
29 rate of a mechanic in the particular trade or as a foreman who
30 is in charge of a group of workers and usually is responsible
31 to a superintendent or a contractor or his or her equivalent,
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1 provided, however, that at least 1 year of active experience
2 shall be as a foreman.
3 3. Has a combination of not less than 1 year of
4 experience as a foreman and not less than 3 years of credits
5 for any accredited college-level courses; has a combination of
6 not less than 1 year of experience as a skilled worker, 1 year
7 of experience as a foreman, and not less than 2 years of
8 credits for any accredited college-level courses; or has a
9 combination of not less than 2 years of experience as a
10 skilled worker, 1 year of experience as a foreman, and not
11 less than 1 year of credits for any accredited college-level
12 courses. For the number of years of credits for any accredited
13 college-level courses, the applicant shall show completion of
14 an equal number of courses in the appropriate field of
15 engineering, architecture, or building construction. All
16 junior college or community college-level courses shall be
17 considered accredited college-level courses.
18 4.a. An active certified residential contractor is
19 eligible to take the building contractors' examination if he
20 or she possesses a minimum of 3 years of proven experience in
21 the classification in which he or she is certified.
22 b. An active certified residential contractor is
23 eligible to take the general contractors' examination if he or
24 she possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the
25 classification in which he or she is certified.
26 c. An active certified building contractor is eligible
27 to take the general contractors' examination if he or she
28 possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the
29 classification in which he or she is certified.
30 5.a. An active certified air-conditioning Class C
31 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class B
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1 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3
2 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
3 or she is certified.
4 b. An active certified air-conditioning Class C
5 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A
6 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4
7 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
8 or she is certified.
9 c. An active certified air-conditioning Class B
10 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A
11 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1
12 year of proven experience in the classification in which he or
13 she is certified.
14 6.a. An active certified swimming pool servicing
15 contractor is eligible to take the residential swimming pool
16 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3
17 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
18 or she is certified.
19 b. An active certified swimming pool servicing
20 contractor is eligible to take the swimming pool commercial
21 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4
22 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
23 or she is certified.
24 c. An active certified residential swimming pool
25 contractor is eligible to take the commercial swimming pool
26 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1
27 year of proven experience in the classification in which he or
28 she is certified.
29 (4) Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), a person shall
30 be eligible to take the examination for certification as a
31 swimming pool/spa servicing contractor if the person has
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1 completed 60 hours of instruction related to the scope of work
2 of such a contractor, as defined in s. 489.105(3)(l), through
3 courses approved by the board.
4 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.
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7 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Provides that a person shall be eligible to take the
9 examination for certification as a swimming pool/spa
servicing contractor if the person has completed a
10 specified number of hours of instruction related to the
scope of work of such a contractor through courses
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