HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/SB 1902
1	CHAMBER ACTION
2	Senate House
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12	Representative Bowen offered the following:
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14	Amendment (with title amendment)
15	On page 4, line(s) 4-23,
16	remove: all of said lines
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18	and insert:
19	(a) The Department of Business and Professional Regulation
20	shall adopt and incorporate by rule the Standards of Practice of
21	the American Society of Home Inspectors in effect on January 1,
22	2003, or any other consensus-based home inspection standard
23	deemed equivalent by the Department of Business and Professional
24	Regulation, including minimum standards required for a home
25	inspector to claim to be a "certified home inspector." Any such
26	standard shall require that a home inspector have experience and
27	have successfully passed an examination regarding home
28	inspections.
29	(b) In adopting the rules required by this subsection, the
30	department shall consult with representatives of the Florida
31	home inspection industry, the Florida Building Code
32	Administrators and Inspectors Board, the Construction Industry
33	Licensing Board, and the Electrical Contractors' Licensing
34	Board.
35	(c) The purpose and intent of this subsection is not to
36	create or impose a bureau or other state agency to regulate the
37	affairs of home inspectors. Accordingly, the Department of
38	Business and Professional Regulation shall not license a home
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41	On page 1, line(s) 8-12,
42	remove: all of said lines
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44	and insert: standards; providing exemptions; requiring,