HB 0489 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Pinellas County Construction
3	Licensing Board; amending s. 11, chapter 75-489, Laws of
4	Florida, as amended; providing that certain definitions in
5	general law which relate to contracting also apply to the
6	board; providing that specified definitions in chapter 75-
7	489, Laws of Florida, as amended, shall remain as rules of
8	the board, subject to amendment by it; providing for
9	severability; providing an effective date.
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11	WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that the Pinellas
12	County Construction Licensing Board has in the past, pursuant to
13	authority granted by special act, created specialty contractor
14	licensure classifications that were in turn incorporated by the
15	Legislature into the board's enabling legislation, and
16	WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that, as the
17	construction industry is constantly changing through time to
18	include new techniques, materials, and standards being used,
19	licensure classifications need to change concurrently to provide
20	for those new techniques, materials, and standards and prevent
21	unintended results, and
22	WHEREAS, the clear goal of the Legislature in creating the
23	board was to obtain and maintain consistency within construction
24	contracting licensure throughout Pinellas County, and
25	WHEREAS, since the initial passage of the board's enabling
26	legislation, the Legislature has added two other contractor
27	definitions in general law which, in the interest of
28	consistency, should be added to the board's enabling
29	legislation, and
30	WHEREAS, since the initial passage of the board's enabling
31	legislation, the definitions of contractor classifications have
32	changed in general law but those changes have not been
33	incorporated into that enabling legislation, NOW, THEREFORE,
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35	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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37	Section 1. Section 11 of chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida,
38	as amended by chapters 78-594, 85-490, 89-504, and 93-387, Laws
39	of Florida, is amended to read:
40	(Substantial rewording of section. See section 11, chapter 75-
41	489, Laws of Florida, as amended, for present text.)
42	Section 11. DEFINITIONS.--The definitions found in
43	sections 489.105(3) and (6) and 489.505(1), (2), (9), and (12),
44	Florida Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time,
45	apply to this entire act.
46	Section 2. Notwithstanding the amendment of section 11 of
47	chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, by this act, the definitions
48	found in section 11(1)(k), (l), and (r)-(z), (2), and (3) of
49	that act as those paragraphs and subsections existed before the
50	effective date of this act shall remain as rules of the Pinellas
51	County Construction Licensing Board and may be amended by the
52	board according to the powers granted to it in chapter 75-489,
53	Laws of Florida, as amended.
54	Section 3. If any provision of this act or its application
55	to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
56	does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
57	which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
58	application, and to this extent the provisions of this act are
59	declared severable.
60	Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.