Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1544
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/25/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Fiscal Policy (Boyd) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 304 - 316.
    4         Delete lines 696 - 731.
    5         Delete lines 739 - 1167.
    6         Delete lines 1191 - 1197.
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    8  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
    9  And the title is amended as follows:
   10         Delete lines 43 - 105
   11  and insert:
   12         amending s. 469.006, F.S.; revising requirements for
   13         department rules governing evidence of financial
   14         responsibility of applicants seeking licensure as a
   15         business organization under ch. 469, F.S.; amending s.
   16         473.306, F.S.; requiring applicants for the
   17         accountancy licensure examination to create and
   18         maintain an online account with the department and
   19         provide an e-mail address; requiring applicants to
   20         maintain the accuracy of their contact information;
   21         requiring that address changes be submitted through
   22         the department’s online system within a specified
   23         timeframe; conforming cross-references; amending s.
   24         473.308, F.S.; requiring a person seeking licensure as
   25         a Florida certified public accountant, or a firm
   26         seeking to engage in public accountancy, to create and
   27         maintain an online account with the department and
   28         provide an e-mail address; requiring certified public
   29         accountants and accounting firms to maintain the
   30         accuracy of their contact information; requiring that
   31         address changes be submitted through the department’s
   32         online system within a specified timeframe; amending
   33         s. 475.181, F.S.; revising conditions regarding
   34         issuance of a licensure under part I of ch. 475, F.S.;
   35         amending s. 476.114, F.S.; revising eligibility
   36         requirements for licensure as a barber; making
   37         technical changes; amending s. 477.019, F.S.; revising
   38         eligibility requirements for licensure by examination
   39         to practice cosmetology; amending s. 489.131, F.S.;
   40         revising the types of penalties that may be
   41         recommended by a local jurisdiction enforcement body
   42         against a contractor; specifying requirements for any
   43         such recommended penalties; amending s. 489.143, F.S.;
   44         revising payment limitations for payments made from
   45         the department’s Florida Homeowners’ Construction
   46         Recovery Fund; amending s. 499.012, F.S.; revising
   47         requirements for certification as a designated
   48         representative of a prescription drug wholesale
   49         distributor; amending s. 561.17, F.S.; requiring
   50         persons or entities licensed or permitted by the
   51         Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or
   52         applying for such license or permit, to create and
   53         maintain an account with the division’s online system;
   54         specifying application requirements; prohibiting the
   55         division from processing applications not submitted
   56         through the online system; creating ss. 569.00256 and
   57         569.3156, F.S.; requiring certain persons or entities
   58         licensed or permitted by the division, or applying for
   59         such a license or permit, to create and maintain an
   60         account with the division’s online system; requiring
   61         licensees, permittees, and applicants to provide the
   62         division with an e-mail address and maintain accurate
   63         contact information; specifying application
   64         requirements; prohibiting the division from processing
   65         applications not submitted through the online system;
   66         amending ss. 210.16 and 476.144, F.S.; conforming
   67         cross-references and