Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1544
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  02/12/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Boyd) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 304 - 316.
    4         Delete lines 696 - 731.
    5         Delete lines 739 - 1167.
    6         Delete lines 1191 - 1197
    7  and insert:
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    9  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   10  And the title is amended as follows:
   11         Delete lines 43 - 105
   12  and insert:
   13         amending s. 469.006, F.S.; revising requirements for
   14         department rules governing evidence of financial
   15         responsibility of applicants seeking licensure as a
   16         business organization under ch. 469, F.S.; amending s.
   17         473.306, F.S.; requiring applicants for the
   18         accountancy licensure examination to create and
   19         maintain an online account with the department and
   20         provide an e-mail address; requiring applicants to
   21         maintain the accuracy of their contact information;
   22         requiring that address changes be submitted through
   23         the department’s online system within a specified
   24         timeframe; conforming cross-references; amending s.
   25         473.308, F.S.; requiring a person seeking licensure as
   26         a Florida certified public accountant, or a firm
   27         seeking to engage in public accountancy, to create and
   28         maintain an online account with the department and
   29         provide an e-mail address; requiring certified public
   30         accountants and accounting firms to maintain the
   31         accuracy of their contact information; requiring that
   32         address changes be submitted through the department’s
   33         online system within a specified timeframe; amending
   34         s. 475.181, F.S.; revising conditions regarding
   35         issuance of a licensure under part I of ch. 475, F.S.;
   36         amending s. 476.114, F.S.; revising eligibility
   37         requirements for licensure as a barber; making
   38         technical changes; amending s. 477.019, F.S.; revising
   39         eligibility requirements for licensure by examination
   40         to practice cosmetology; amending s. 489.131, F.S.;
   41         revising the types of penalties that may be
   42         recommended by a local jurisdiction enforcement body
   43         against a contractor; specifying requirements for any
   44         such recommended penalties; amending s. 489.143, F.S.;
   45         revising payment limitations for payments made from
   46         the department’s Florida Homeowners’ Construction
   47         Recovery Fund; amending s. 499.012, F.S.; revising
   48         requirements for certification as a designated
   49         representative of a prescription drug wholesale
   50         distributor; amending s. 561.17, F.S.; requiring
   51         persons or entities licensed or permitted by the
   52         Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or
   53         applying for such license or permit, to create and
   54         maintain an account with the division’s online system;
   55         specifying application requirements; prohibiting the
   56         division from processing applications not submitted
   57         through the online system; creating ss. 569.00256 and
   58         569.3156, F.S.; requiring certain persons or entities
   59         licensed or permitted by the division, or applying for
   60         such a license or permit, to create and maintain an
   61         account with the division’s online system; requiring
   62         licensees, permittees, and applicants to provide the
   63         division with an e-mail address and maintain accurate
   64         contact information; specifying application
   65         requirements; prohibiting the division from processing
   66         applications not submitted through the online system;
   67         amending ss. 210.16 and 476.144, F.S.; conforming
   68         cross-references and