Florida Senate - 2026                       CS for CS for SB 800
       
       
        
       By the Committees on Fiscal Policy; and Regulated Industries;
       and Senator Mayfield
       
       
       
       
       594-03162-26                                           2026800c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to engineering; amending s. 471.033,
    3         F.S.; providing penalties for persons who repeatedly
    4         engage in the unlicensed practice of engineering;
    5         providing an effective date.
    6          
    7  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
    8  
    9         Section 1. Present subsection (4) of section 471.033,
   10  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (5), and a new
   11  subsection (4) is added to that section, to read:
   12         471.033 Disciplinary proceedings.—
   13         (4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a person who violates
   14  this section by engaging in the unlicensed practice of
   15  engineering, upon a second or subsequent violation, is subject
   16  to a fine imposed by the department which increases as follows:
   17         (a) For a second violation, a fine of $10,000.
   18         (b) For a third violation, a fine of $15,000.
   19         (c) For a fourth violation, a fine of $20,000.
   20         (d) For a fifth and any subsequent violation, a fine of
   21  $25,000.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.