HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1719 CS
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12	Representative Dean offered the following:
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14	Amendment (title amendment)
15	Between lines 62 and 63, insert:
16	Section 2. Subsection (7) of section 713.02, Florida
17	Statutes, is amended to read:
18	713.02 Types of lienors and exemptions.--
19	(7) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, no
20	lien shall exist in favor of any contractor, subcontractor, or
21	sub-subcontractor who is unlicensed as provided in s. 489.128 or
22	s. 489.532. Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 713.06, the
23	enforceability of an unlicensed contractor’s contract shall not
24	affect the rights of parties other than the unlicensed
25	contractor to enforce contract, lien, or bond remedies and shall
26	not affect the obligations of a surety that has provided a bond
27	on behalf of an unlicensed contractor. It shall not be a defense
28	to any claim on a bond or indemnity agreement that the principal
29	or indemnitor is unlicensed for purposes of this sectionunless
30	such contractor, subcontractor, or sub-subcontractor is
31	licensed, if required to be licensed, as a contractor pursuant
32	to the laws of the jurisdiction within which she or he is doing
33	business.
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37	Remove line 14, and insert:
38	contracts; amending s. 713.02, F.S.; providing that the rights
39	of persons other than unlicensed contractors to enforce certain
40	remedies shall not be affected by the fact that the contractor
41	was unlicensed; providing that the obligation of a surety that
42	has provided a bond on behalf of an unlicensed contractor
43	remains enforceable; amending s. 713.06, F.S.; providing an