Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 474
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Commerce and Tourism (Albritton) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 1853 - 1878
    4  and insert:
    5  license was last active. Within 30 days after receiving a
    6  license, the licensee must complete a board-approved 4-hour
    7  continuing education course on the Florida Building Code and a
    8  1-hour course on the laws and rules of this state relating to
    9  contracting. The required courses may be completed online.
   10         Section 63. Subsection (5) of section 489.511, Florida
   11  Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         489.511 Certification; application; examinations;
   13  endorsement.—
   14         (5) The board shall certify as qualified for certification
   15  by endorsement any individual applying for certification who:
   16         (a) Meets the requirements for certification as set forth
   17  in this section; has passed a national, regional, state, or
   18  United States territorial licensing examination that is
   19  substantially equivalent to the examination required by this
   20  part; and has satisfied the requirements set forth in s.
   21  489.521; or
   22         (b) Holds a valid license to practice electrical or alarm
   23  system contracting issued by another state or territory of the
   24  United States, if the criteria for issuance of such license was
   25  substantially equivalent to the certification criteria that
   26  existed in this state at the time the certificate was issued; or
   27         (c) Has held a valid, current license to practice
   28  electrical or alarm system contracting issued by another state
   29  or territory of the United States for at least 10 years before
   30  the date of application and is applying for the same or similar
   31  license in this state, subject to ss. 489.510 and 489.521(3)(a),
   32  and subparagraph (1)(b)1. Such application must be made either
   33  when the license in another state or territory is active or
   34  within 2 years after such license was last active. Within 30
   35  days after receiving a license, the licensee must complete a
   36  board-approved 4-hour continuing education course on the Florida
   37  Building Code and a 1-hour course on the laws and rules of this
   38  state relating to electrical and alarm system contracting. The
   39  required courses may be completed online.
   40  
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   42  And the title is amended as follows:
   43         Delete lines 176 - 181
   44  and insert:
   45         circumstances; requiring such applicant to complete
   46         certain training by a specified time after receiving a
   47         license; amending s. 489.511, F.S.; requiring the
   48         board to certify as qualified for certification by
   49         endorsement any applicant who holds a specified
   50         license to practice electrical or alarm system
   51         contracting issued by another state or territory of
   52         the United States under certain circumstances;
   53         requiring such applicant to complete certain training
   54         by a specified time after receiving a license;