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Florida Senate - 1998 CS for SB 2056
By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senator Lee
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to contractor licensing;
3 amending s. 489.103, F.S.; exempting certain
4 real estate licensees from the contractor
5 licensing provisions; amending s. 489.503,
6 F.S.; exempting certain real estate licensees
7 from the contractor licensing provisions;
8 providing an effective date.
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10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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12 Section 1. Subsection (17) is added to section
13 489.103, Florida Statutes, to read:
14 489.103 Exemptions.--This part does not apply to:
15 (17) Any work or operation contracted by any person
16 licensed under part I of chapter 475, as single agents or
17 transaction brokers for owners of real property, provided that
18 the person is acting within the scope of his or her license
19 and provided that the aggregate contract for labor, materials,
20 and all other items is less than $5,000, but this exemption
21 does not apply:
22 (a) If the construction, repair, remodeling, or
23 improvement is a part of a larger or major operation, whether
24 undertaken by the same or a different contractor, or in which
25 a division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts
26 less than $5,000 for the purpose of evading this part or
27 otherwise.
28 (b) To a person who advertises that he or she is
29 qualified to engage in contracting.
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1 Unless otherwise qualified, the person acting under the
2 exemption provided in this subsection shall not perform the
3 construction work, and shall contract with properly licensed
4 persons to perform the work.
5 Section 2. Subsection (17) is added to section
6 489.503, Florida Statutes, to read:
7 489.503 Exemptions.--This part does not apply to:
8 (17) Any work or operation contracted by any person
9 licensed under part I of chapter 475, as single agents or
10 transaction brokers for owners of real property, provided that
11 the person is acting within the scope of his or her license
12 and provided that the aggregate contract for labor, materials,
13 and all other items is less than $5,000, but this exemption
14 does not apply:
15 (a) If the construction, repair, remodeling, or
16 improvement is a part of a larger major operation, whether
17 undertaken by the same or different contractor, or in which a
18 division of the operation is made in contracts of amounts less
19 than $5,000 for the purpose of evading this part or otherwise.
20 (b) To a person who advertises that he or she is a
21 contractor or otherwise represents that he or she is qualified
22 to engage in contracting.
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24 Unless otherwise qualified, the person acting under the
25 exemption provided in this subsection shall not perform the
26 construction work, and shall contract with properly licensed
27 persons to perform the work.
28 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 1998.
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1 STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
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4 Limits the exemption for real estate professionals from
licensure as a contractor to contracts less than $5,000 and
5 extends the exemption to electrical and alarm contracting,
under chapter 489, part II, F.S., as well as construction
6 contracting under ch. 489, part I, F.S.
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