House Bill hb1191

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 1191

        By Representative Waters






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to Pinellas County; amending

  3         chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, as amended;

  4         renaming aluminum contractors as specialty

  5         structure contractors for construction

  6         licensing purposes and revising the scope of

  7         work, to conform; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  Paragraph (k) of subsection (1) of section

12  11 of chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, created as paragraph

13  (m) of said subsection by section 1 of chapter 85-490, Laws of

14  Florida, and redesignated as paragraph (k) of said subsection

15  by section 1 of chapter 89-504, Laws of Florida, is amended to

16  read:

17         Section 11.  DEFINITIONS.--

18         (1)  "Contractor" means, except those herein exempted,

19  any person who, for compensation, undertakes to, or submits a

20  bid to, or does himself or by others, construct, repair,

21  alter, remodel, add to, subtract from, improve any building or

22  structure, including related improvements to real estate for

23  others, or for resale to others and who is responsible for

24  substantially the entire project. A contractor shall

25  subcontract the electrical, mechanical, plumbing, sheet metal,

26  roofing, commercial swimming pool, and air conditioning work

27  if an examination for a certificate of competency or a license

28  is required for such work, unless the contractor holds a

29  certificate of competency or license in such classification.

30  The term "contractor" includes the following:

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  1         (k)1.  "Specialty Structure Contractor" is a contractor

  2  whose services are limited to the execution of contracts

  3  requiring the experience, knowledge, and skill necessary for

  4  fabrication, assembling, handling, erection, installation,

  5  dismantling, adjustment, alteration, repair, servicing, and

  6  design work when not prohibited by law, in accordance with

  7  accepted engineering data, the manufacturer's specifications,

  8  or both, in aluminum, metal, canvas, vinyl, and fiberglass

  9  screening and allied construction materials.

10         2.  The scope of such work shall:

11         a.  Include and be limited to fabric coverings on metal

12  substructures, screened porches, screened enclosures, pool

13  enclosures, preformed panel-post and beam roofs, mobile home

14  panel roofovers, residential glass window and door enclosures,

15  vinyl panel window enclosures, guardrails and handrails,

16  window and door opening protectives, single-story

17  self-contained aluminum utility storage structures (not to

18  exceed 500 square feet), siding, soffit, fascia, and gutters.

19         b.  Include woodwork incidental to the aluminium and

20  allied materials construction work and be limited to the

21  construction of wood framing for the walls of uninhabitable

22  utility storage structures and raised wood decks for

23  enclosures and the repair or replacement of wood incidental to

24  the installation of glass windows and doors, siding, soffit,

25  fascia, gutters, and preformed panel-post and beam roofs.

26         c.  Include masonry concrete work and be limited to

27  foundations, slabs, and block kneewalls incidental to the

28  aluminum and allied construction materials construction work.

29         d.  Comply with all plans, specifications, codes, laws,

30  and regulations applicable.

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  1         3.  The specialty structure contractor, whose services

  2  are limited, shall not perform any work that alters the

  3  structural integrity of the building, including, but not

  4  limited to, roof trusses, lintels, load-bearing walls, and

  5  foundations.

  6         4.  The specialty structure contractor shall

  7  subcontract, with a licensed qualified contractor in the field

  8  concerned, all other work incidental to that which is defined

  9  herein but which is the work of a trade other than that of a

10  specialty structure contractor. Nothing in this definition

11  shall be construed to limit or infringe upon the scope of work

12  of any specialty contractor certified pursuant to sections

13  489.105(3) and 489.113(6), Florida Statutes.

14         (k)  "Aluminum Contractor" means any person whose

15  services are unlimited in the aluminum construction trade and

16  who has the experience, knowledge and skill necessary for the

17  manufacture, fabrication, assembling, handling, erection,

18  installation, dismantling, adjustment, alteration, repair,

19  servicing, and design when not prohibited by law, of aluminum

20  metal work. The scope of such work shall include, but not be

21  limited to, screen porches, screen enclosures, siding, soffit

22  and fascia, self-contained aluminum structures, and any other

23  types of construction consisting primarily of aluminum and

24  such masonry concrete which is incidental to the aluminum

25  work.

26         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

27  law.

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