The Florida Senate

CS/CS/HB 749: Consumer Services

GENERAL BILL by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee ; Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee ; Young

Consumer Services; Revises powers & duties of DOACS's Division of Consumer Services & merges Division of Standards into division; revises requirements for licensure, discipline, & continuing education of land surveyors & mappers; revises licensee application & disciplinary requirements for enforcement of child support orders; authorizes waiver of license fees upon excess trust fund balance; authorizes DOACS to administer oaths, take depositions & issue subpoenas; authorizes waiver of firearms training for private investigators, security officers, & recovery agents; provides for disciplinary action against certain licensees & schools or training facilities; revises notice requirements for health studio contracts; revises requirements for no sales solicitation calls listings; revises application requirements for commercial telephone sellers & telemarketing salespersons; revises registration requirements for antifreeze brands; authorizes temporary waiver of certain requirements for generators at retail motor fuel outlets used in emergency or major disaster in another state; revises requirements for registration, branding, & enforcement of brake fluid regulations; replaces criminal penalties with noncriminal fines & sanctions; revises notice by pawnshops for change of location; eliminates requirements that social security numbers of independent agents of sellers of business opportunities or sellers of travel be provided to DOACS; repeals provisions for financial assistance for motor vehicle repair shop employee training; repeals provisions establishing Division of Standards.

• Bill History
• Related Bills (1)
• Bill Text (4)
• Amendments (1)
• Analyses (3)
• Vote History (2)
• Citations (44)

Bill History

Date	Chamber	Action
11/22/2011	House	• Filed
11/29/2011	House	• Referred to Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 74
1/9/2012	House	• PCS on Committee agenda-- Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee, 01/11/12, 3:30 pm, Reed Hall
1/10/2012	House	• Introduced -HJ 73
1/11/2012	House	• CS by Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -HJ 229
1/17/2012	House	• Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS by Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 223
1/19/2012	House	• Now in Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee -HJ 235
1/23/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee, 01/25/12, 9:00 am, Reed Hall
1/25/2012	House	• CS/CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee; YEAS 13 NAYS 0 -HJ 284 • Pending review of CS under Rule 7.19(c) • CS/CS by Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee read 1st time -HJ 279
1/26/2012	House	• Now in Economic Affairs Committee -HJ 297
1/30/2012	House	• On Committee agenda-- Economic Affairs Committee, 02/01/12, 8:00 am, Reed Hall
2/1/2012	House	• Favorable by- Economic Affairs Committee; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -HJ 454 • Placed on Calendar -HJ 455
2/20/2012	House	• Placed on Special Order Calendar, 02/22/12
2/22/2012	House	• Read 2nd time -HJ 711 • Placed on 3rd reading
2/23/2012	House	• Read 3rd time -HJ 758 • CS passed; YEAS 114 NAYS 0 -HJ 760
2/24/2012	Senate	• In Messages
3/5/2012	Senate	• Received -SJ 819 • Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Regulated Industries; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 819
3/9/2012	Senate	• Withdrawn from Commerce and Tourism; Regulated Industries; Budget Subcommittee on General Government Appropriations; Budget -SJ 1142 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading -SJ 1142 • Substituted for CS/CS/CS/SB 888 -SJ 1143 • Read 2nd time -SJ 1142 • Read 3rd time -SJ 1143 • CS passed; YEAS 39 NAYS 0 -SJ 1143
3/9/2012	House	• Ordered enrolled -HJ 1713
3/30/2012		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
4/6/2012		• Approved by Governor
4/7/2012		• Chapter No. 2012-67

Related Bills

Bill Number	Subject	Filed By	Relationship	Last Action and Location	Track Bills
S 888 (c3)	Consumer Services	Flores	Identical	Last Action: 3/9/2012 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 749 (Ch. 2012-67) -SJ 1143 Location: Laid on Table

Bill Text

Version	Posted	Format
H 749 Filed	11/22/2011 9:56 AM	Web Page | PDF
H 749 c1	1/17/2012 8:51 AM	PDF
H 749 c2	1/25/2012 2:09 PM	PDF
H 749 er	3/9/2012 2:00 PM	PDF

Committee Amendments

H 749 c1

Amendment	Sponsor	Filed	Last Committee Action	Format
802203 - Amendment Remove lines 587-597	Young	1/23/2012 4:29 PM	Adopted without Objection 1/25/2012	PDF

Floor Amendments

No Floor Amendments Available

Bill Analyses

Type	Analysis	Author	Posted	Format
Bill Analysis	H 749	Business and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	4/10/2012 12:53 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 749	Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting)	1/25/2012 5:10 PM	PDF
Bill Analysis	H 749	Economic Affairs Committee (Post-Meeting)	2/1/2012 6:52 PM	PDF

Vote History - Committee

No Committee Vote History Available

Vote History - Floor

Vote	Date	Chamber	Result
H 749 c2	2/23/2012 1:56 PM	House	114 Yeas - 0 Nays
H 749 c2	3/9/2012 9:45 AM	Senate	39 Yeas - 0 Nays

Citations - Statutes (44)

Citation	Catchline	Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
20.14	Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.	Page 8 (pdf)
366.85	Responsibilities of Division of Consumer Services.	Page 8 (pdf)
472.005	Definitions.	Page 9 (pdf)
472.006	Department; powers and duties.	Page 9 (pdf)
472.011	Fees.	Page 10 (pdf)
472.0131	Examinations; development; administration.	Page 11 (pdf)
472.015	Licensure.	Page 11 (pdf)
472.018	Continuing education.	Page 13 (pdf)
472.0202	Inactive and delinquent status.	Page 15 (pdf)
472.0203	Renewal and cancellation notices.	Page 15 (pdf)
472.025	Seals.	Page 15 (pdf)
472.0337		Page 16 (pdf)
472.0351	Grounds for discipline; penalties; enforcement.	Page 16 (pdf)
493.6105	Initial application for license.	Page 21 (pdf)
493.6113	Renewal application for licensure.	Page 22 (pdf)
493.6118	Grounds for disciplinary action.	Page 24 (pdf)
493.6120	Violations; penalty.	Page 25 (pdf)
501.015	Health studios; registration requirements and fees.	Page 25 (pdf)
501.017	Health studios; contracts.	Page 25 (pdf)
501.059	Telephone solicitation.	Page 29 (pdf)
501.605	Licensure of commercial telephone sellers.	Page 31 (pdf)
501.607	Licensure of salespersons.	Page 32 (pdf)
501.911	Administration of act.	Page 32 (pdf)
501.913	Registration.	Page 32 (pdf)
507.04	Required insurance coverages; liability limitations; valuation coverage.	Page 34 (pdf)
525.07	Powers and duties of department; inspections; unlawful acts.	Page 34 (pdf)
526.143	Alternate generated power capacity for motor fuel dispensing facilities.	Page 35 (pdf)
526.50	Definition of terms.	Page 36 (pdf)
526.51	Registration; renewal and fees; departmental expenses; cancellation or refusal to issue or renew.	Page 36 (pdf)
526.52	Specifications; adulteration and misbranding.	Page 39 (pdf)
526.53	Enforcement; inspection and analysis, stop-sale and disposition, regulations.	Page 40 (pdf)
526.55	Violation and penalties.	Page 41 (pdf)
539.001	The Florida Pawnbroking Act.	Page 43 (pdf)
559.805	Filings with the department; disclosure of advertisement identification number.	Page 43 (pdf)
559.904	Motor vehicle repair shop registration; application; exemption.	Page 45 (pdf)
559.922	Motor vehicle repair training; financial assistance.	Page 45 (pdf)
559.928	Registration.	Page 45 (pdf)
559.9285	Certification of business activities.	Page 47 (pdf)
559.935	Exemptions.	Page 48 (pdf)
570.29	Departmental divisions.	Page 48 (pdf)
570.46	Division of Standards; powers and duties.	Page 49 (pdf)
570.47	Director; qualifications; duties.	Page 49 (pdf)
570.544	Division of Consumer Services; director; powers; processing of complaints; records.	Page 49 (pdf)
616.242	Safety standards for amusement rides.	Page 52 (pdf)

Citations - Constitution (0)

No Constitutional citations.

Citations - Chapter Law (0)

No Chapter Law citations.