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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to swimming pool/spa servicing

  3         contractors; amending s. 489.111, F.S.;

  4         providing eligibility requirements to take the

  5         licensure examination for the swimming pool/spa

  6         servicing contractor's license; providing an

  7         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.  Subsection (2) of section 489.111, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         489.111  Licensure by examination.--

14         (2)  A person shall be eligible for licensure by

15  examination if the person:

16         (a)  Is 18 years of age;

17         (b)  Is of good moral character; and

18         (c)  Meets eligibility requirements according to one of

19  the following criteria:

20         1.  Has received a baccalaureate degree from an

21  accredited 4-year college in the appropriate field of

22  engineering, architecture, or building construction and has 1

23  year of proven experience in the category in which the person

24  seeks to qualify. For the purpose of this part, a minimum of

25  2,000 person-hours shall be used in determining full-time

26  equivalency.

27         2.  Has a total of at least 4 years of active

28  experience as a worker who has learned the trade by serving an

29  apprenticeship as a skilled worker who is able to command the

30  rate of a mechanic in the particular trade or as a foreman who

31  is in charge of a group of workers and usually is responsible


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  1  to a superintendent or a contractor or his or her equivalent,

  2  provided, however, that at least 1 year of active experience

  3  shall be as a foreman.

  4         3.  Has a combination of not less than 1 year of

  5  experience as a foreman and not less than 3 years of credits

  6  for any accredited college-level courses; has a combination of

  7  not less than 1 year of experience as a skilled worker, 1 year

  8  of experience as a foreman, and not less than 2 years of

  9  credits for any accredited college-level courses; or has a

10  combination of not less than 2 years of experience as a

11  skilled worker, 1 year of experience as a foreman, and not

12  less than 1 year of credits for any accredited college-level

13  courses. For the number of years of credits for any accredited

14  college-level courses, the applicant shall show completion of

15  an equal number of courses in the appropriate field of

16  engineering, architecture, or building construction. All

17  junior college or community college-level courses shall be

18  considered accredited college-level courses.

19         4.a.  An active certified residential contractor is

20  eligible to take the building contractors' examination if he

21  or she possesses a minimum of 3 years of proven experience in

22  the classification in which he or she is certified.

23         b.  An active certified residential contractor is

24  eligible to take the general contractors' examination if he or

25  she possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the

26  classification in which he or she is certified.

27         c.  An active certified building contractor is eligible

28  to take the general contractors' examination if he or she

29  possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the

30  classification in which he or she is certified.

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  1         5.a.  An active certified air-conditioning Class C

  2  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class B

  3  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3

  4  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

  5  or she is certified.

  6         b.  An active certified air-conditioning Class C

  7  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A

  8  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4

  9  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

10  or she is certified.

11         c.  An active certified air-conditioning Class B

12  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A

13  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1

14  year of proven experience in the classification in which he or

15  she is certified.

16         6.a.  An active certified swimming pool servicing

17  contractor is eligible to take the residential swimming pool

18  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3

19  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

20  or she is certified.

21         b.  An active certified swimming pool servicing

22  contractor is eligible to take the swimming pool commercial

23  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4

24  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

25  or she is certified.

26         c.  An active certified residential swimming pool

27  contractor is eligible to take the commercial swimming pool

28  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1

29  year of proven experience in the classification in which he or

30  she is certified.

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  1         d.  An applicant is eligible to take the swimming

  2  pool/spa servicing contractor's examination if he or she has

  3  satisfactorily completed 60 hours of instruction in courses

  4  related to the scope of work covered by that license and

  5  approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board by rule

  6  and has at least 1 year of proven experience related to the

  7  scope of work of such a contractor.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2001.

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