HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                      Bill No. CS/HB 465, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Goodlette and Turnbull offered the

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14         Amendment 

15         On page 3, lines 16 through 30,

16  remove from the bill:  all of said lines

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18  and insert in lieu thereof:

19         (3)  HOME INSPECTION SERVICES; STANDARDS OF PRACTICE.--

20         (a)  The Department of Agriculture and Consumer

21  Services shall adopt, by incorporation, one or more nationally

22  recognized minimum standards of practice for home inspection

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24         (b)  The department shall adopt, by incorporation, one

25  or more nationally recognized minimum standards of practice

26  for home inspector to claim to be a "certified home

27  inspector."  Any such standard shall require that a home

28  inspector have experience requirements and have successfully

29  passed an examination regarding home inspections.

30         (c)  In adopting the rules required by this subsection,

31  the department is not to promulgate specific rules setting

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                      Bill No. CS/HB 465, 1st Eng.

    Amendment No.     (for drafter's use only)





 1  forth standards, but to simply adopt by incorporation

 2  standards developed by nationally recognized organizations.

 3  In adopting the rules required  by this subsection, the

 4  department shall consult with representatives of the Florida

 5  home inspection industry, the Florida Building Code

 6  Administrators and INspectors Board, the Construction Industry

 7  LIcensing Board, and the Electrical Contractors' Licensing

 8  Board.

 9         (d)  The purpose and intent to this legislation is not

10  to create or impose a bureau or other agency of state

11  government to regulate the affairs of home inspectors.

12  Accordingly, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer

13  Services shall not license a home inspector, collect fees from

14  a home inspector for licensure, or file an administrative

15  complaint against a home inspector for violation of this

16  section or for violation of administrative code and rules

17  promulgated pursuant to this section.

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