HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. SB 1424
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  Representative(s) Harrington offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 1, line 20 of the bill
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17         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 475.182, Florida
18  Statutes, is amended to read:
19         475.182  Renewal of license; continuing education.--
20         (1)  The department shall renew a license upon receipt
21  of the renewal application and fee. The renewal application
22  for an active license as broker, broker-salesperson, or
23  salesperson shall include proof satisfactory to the commission
24  that the licensee has, since the issuance or renewal of her or
25  his current license, satisfactorily completed at least 14
26  classroom hours of 50 minutes each of a continuing education
27  course during each biennium, as prescribed by the commission.
28  The commission may accept as a substitute for such continuing
29  education course, on a classroom-hour-for-classroom-hour
30  basis, any satisfactorily completed education course that the
31  commission finds is adequate to educate licensees within the
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    File original & 9 copies    05/02/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1424 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 intent of this section. The commission shall accept as a 2 substitute for such continuing education courses bona fide 3 proof that the applicant is a member of the Legislature on the 4 date of filing of the application for renewal. However, the 5 commission may not require, for the purpose of satisfactorily 6 completing an approved correspondence course, a written 7 examination that is to be taken at a centralized location and 8 is to be monitored. 9 10 11 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 On page 1, line 3 14 remove from the title of the bill: all of said line 15 16 insert: 17 amending s. 475.182, F.S.; providing that bona 18 fide membership in the Legislature shall be 19 accepted as a substitute for continuing 20 education requirements for real estate broker 21 license renewal; amending s. 475.25, F.S.; 22 providing an 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 05/02/01 hep0001 10:10 am 01424-0072-603685