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11 Representative(s) Betancourt offered the following:
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17 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 455.271, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 455.271 Inactive and delinquent status.--
20 (6)(a) A delinquent status licensee must affirmatively
21 apply with a complete application, as defined by rule of the
22 board, or the department when there is no board, for active or
23 inactive status during the licensure cycle in which a licensee
24 becomes delinquent. Failure by a delinquent status licensee to
25 become active or inactive before the expiration of the current
26 licensure cycle shall render the license void null without any
27 further action by the board or the department. Any subsequent
28 licensure shall be as a result of applying for and meeting all
29 requirements imposed on an applicant for new licensure.
30 (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the board or the
31 department, if there is no board, may, at its discretion,
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1 reinstate the license of an individual whose license has
2 become void if the individual has made a good faith effort to
3 comply with this section but has failed to comply because of
4 illness or unusual hardship. The individual must apply to the
5 board or the department, if there is no board, for
6 reinstatement in a manner prescribed by rules of the board or
7 the department, if there is no board, and shall pay an
8 application fee in an amount determined by rule. The board or
9 the department, if there is no board, shall require that such
10 individual meet all continuing education requirements
11 prescribed by law, pay appropriate licensing fees, and
12 otherwise be eligible for renewal of licensure under this
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14 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 473.313, Florida
15 Statutes, is amended to read:
16 473.313 Inactive status.--
17 (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 455.271, The
18 board may, at its discretion, reinstate the license of an
19 individual whose license has become null and void if the
20 individual has made a good faith effort to comply with this
21 section but has failed to comply because of illness or unusual
22 hardship. The individual must shall apply to the board for
23 reinstatement in a manner prescribed by rules of the board and
24 shall pay an application fee in an amount determined by rule
25 of the board. The board shall require that such an individual
26 meet all continuing education requirements as provided in s.
27 473.312, pay appropriate licensing fees, and otherwise be
28 eligible for renewal of licensure under this chapter.
29 Section 3. Subsection (2) of section 489.111, Florida
30 Statutes, is amended to read:
31 489.111 Licensure by examination.--
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1 (2) A person shall be eligible for licensure by
2 examination if the person:
3 (a) Is 18 years of age;
4 (b) Is of good moral character; and
5 (c) Meets eligibility requirements according to one of
6 the following criteria:
7 1. Has received a baccalaureate degree from an
8 accredited 4-year college in the appropriate field of
9 engineering, architecture, or building construction and has 1
10 year of proven experience in the category in which the person
11 seeks to qualify. For the purpose of this part, a minimum of
12 2,000 person-hours shall be used in determining full-time
13 equivalency.
14 2. Has a total of at least 4 years of active
15 experience as a worker who has learned the trade by serving an
16 apprenticeship as a skilled worker who is able to command the
17 rate of a mechanic in the particular trade or as a foreman who
18 is in charge of a group of workers and usually is responsible
19 to a superintendent or a contractor or his or her equivalent,
20 provided, however, that at least 1 year of active experience
21 shall be as a foreman.
22 3. Has a combination of not less than 1 year of
23 experience as a foreman and not less than 3 years of credits
24 for any accredited college-level courses; has a combination of
25 not less than 1 year of experience as a skilled worker, 1 year
26 of experience as a foreman, and not less than 2 years of
27 credits for any accredited college-level courses; or has a
28 combination of not less than 2 years of experience as a
29 skilled worker, 1 year of experience as a foreman, and not
30 less than 1 year of credits for any accredited college-level
31 courses. For the number of years of credits for any accredited
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1 college-level courses, the applicant shall show completion of
2 an equal number of courses in the appropriate field of
3 engineering, architecture, or building construction. All
4 junior college or community college-level courses shall be
5 considered accredited college-level courses.
6 4.a. An active certified residential contractor is
7 eligible to take the building contractors' examination if he
8 or she possesses a minimum of 3 years of proven experience in
9 the classification in which he or she is certified.
10 b. An active certified residential contractor is
11 eligible to take the general contractors' examination if he or
12 she possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the
13 classification in which he or she is certified.
14 c. An active certified building contractor is eligible
15 to take the general contractors' examination if he or she
16 possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the
17 classification in which he or she is certified.
18 5.a. An active certified air-conditioning Class C
19 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class B
20 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3
21 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
22 or she is certified.
23 b. An active certified air-conditioning Class C
24 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A
25 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4
26 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
27 or she is certified.
28 c. An active certified air-conditioning Class B
29 contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A
30 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1
31 year of proven experience in the classification in which he or
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1 she is certified.
2 6.a. An active certified swimming pool servicing
3 contractor is eligible to take the residential swimming pool
4 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3
5 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
6 or she is certified.
7 b. An active certified swimming pool servicing
8 contractor is eligible to take the swimming pool commercial
9 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4
10 years of proven experience in the classification in which he
11 or she is certified.
12 c. An active certified residential swimming pool
13 contractor is eligible to take the commercial swimming pool
14 contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1
15 year of proven experience in the classification in which he or
16 she is certified.
17 d. An applicant is eligible to take the swimming
18 pool/spa servicing contractor's examination if he or she has
19 satisfactorily completed 60 hours of instruction in courses
20 related to the scope of work covered by that license and
21 approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board by rule
22 and has at least 1 year of proven experience related to the
23 scope of work of such a contractor.
24 Section 4. Subsections (6), (7), and (8) of section
25 489.116, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (7),
26 (8), and (9), respectively, and a new subsection (6) is added
27 to said section, to read:
28 489.116 Inactive and delinquent status; renewal and
29 cancellation notices.--
30 (6) Notwithstanding subsections (4) and (5), the board
31 may, at its discretion, reinstate the license of an individual
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1 whose license has become void if the individual has made a
2 good faith effort to comply with this section but has failed
3 to comply because of illness or unusual hardship. The
4 individual must apply to the board for reinstatement in a
5 manner prescribed by rules of the board and shall pay an
6 application fee in an amount determined by rule of the board.
7 The board shall require that such individual meet all
8 continuing education requirements as provided in s. 489.115,
9 pay appropriate licensing fees, and otherwise be eligible for
10 renewal of licensure under this chapter.
11 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.
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15 And the title is amended as follows:
16 remove everything before the enacting clause
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19 A bill to be entitled
20 An act relating to professions; amending s.
21 455.271, F.S.; providing general authority for
22 the reinstatement of licenses that have become
23 void; amending s. 473.313, F.S., relating to
24 the reinstatement of certain public accountancy
25 licenses that have become void, to conform;
26 amending s. 489.111, F.S.; deleting certain
27 educational course requirements for purposes of
28 qualifying for licensure by examination as a
29 construction contractor; amending s. 489.116,
30 F.S.; providing for the reinstatement of
31 certain contracting licenses that have become
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