Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1966
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  03/30/2021           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Diaz) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 355 and 356
    4  insert:
    5         Section 6. Subsection (3) of section 489.509, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended, and subsection (1) of that section is
    7  republished, to read:
    8         489.509 Fees.—
    9         (1) The board, by rule, shall establish fees to be paid for
   10  applications, examination, reexamination, transfers, licensing
   11  and renewal, reinstatement, and recordmaking and recordkeeping.
   12  The examination fee shall be in an amount that covers the cost
   13  of obtaining and administering the examination and shall be
   14  refunded if the applicant is found ineligible to sit for the
   15  examination. The application fee is nonrefundable. The fee for
   16  initial application and examination for certification of
   17  electrical contractors may not exceed $400. The initial
   18  application fee for registration may not exceed $150. The
   19  biennial renewal fee may not exceed $400 for certificateholders
   20  and $200 for registrants. The fee for initial application and
   21  examination for certification of alarm system contractors may
   22  not exceed $400. The biennial renewal fee for certified alarm
   23  system contractors may not exceed $450. The board may establish
   24  a fee for a temporary certificate as an alarm system contractor
   25  not to exceed $75. The board may also establish by rule a
   26  delinquency fee not to exceed $50. The fee to transfer a
   27  certificate or registration from one business organization to
   28  another may not exceed $200. The fee for reactivation of an
   29  inactive license may not exceed $50. The board shall establish
   30  fees that are adequate to ensure the continued operation of the
   31  board. Fees shall be based on department estimates of the
   32  revenue required to implement this part and the provisions of
   33  law with respect to the regulation of electrical contractors and
   34  alarm system contractors.
   35         (3) Four dollars of each fee under subsection (1) paid to
   36  the department at the time of application or renewal shall be
   37  transferred at the end of each licensing period to the
   38  department to fund projects relating to the building
   39  construction industry or continuing education programs offered
   40  to persons engaged in the building construction industry in
   41  Florida. The board shall, at the time the funds are transferred,
   42  advise the department on the most needed areas of research or
   43  continuing education based on significant changes in the
   44  industry’s practices or on the most common types of consumer
   45  complaints or on problems costing the state or local
   46  governmental entities substantial waste. The board’s advice is
   47  not binding on the department. The department shall ensure the
   48  distribution of research reports and the availability of
   49  continuing education programs to all segments of the building
   50  construction industry to which they relate. The department shall
   51  report to the board in October of each year, summarizing the
   52  allocation of the funds by institution and summarizing the new
   53  projects funded and the status of previously funded projects.
   54  
   55  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   56  And the title is amended as follows:
   57         Between lines 23 and 24
   58  insert:
   59         488.509, F.S.; deleting requirements relating to
   60         certain fees collected by the department for
   61         electrical and alarm system contracting; amending s.