HB 0353 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
7	the following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to the Pinellas County Construction
13	Licensing Board, Pinellas County; amending part II of
14	chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, as amended; revising
15	composition of the board; providing for severability;
16	providing an effective date.
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18	WHEREAS, the Pinellas County Gulf Beach Communities have
19	construction issues unique to those beach communities which
20	warrant permanent representation on the Pinellas County
21	Construction Licensing Board, NOW, THEREFORE,
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23	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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25	Section 1. Subsections (1) and (3) of section 12 of part
26	II of chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapters
27	78-594, 81-466, 86-444, 89-504, 93-387, and 2002-350, Laws of
28	Florida, are amended to read:
29	PART II
30	Section 12. PINELLAS COUNTY CONSTRUCTION LICENSING BOARD:
31	ORGANIZATION: MEETINGS AND POWERS.--
32	(1) The Pinellas County Construction Licensing Board is
33	created within the county of Pinellas, consisting of twenty-one
34	(21)twenty (20)members, two (2) of whom are primarily engaged
35	in business as general contractors; two (2) of whom are
36	primarily engaged in business as building contractors, two (2)
37	of whom are primarily engaged in business as residential
38	contractors, one (1) who is a Florida registered architect doing
39	business in Pinellas County, one (1) who is an electrical
40	contractor, one (1) who is a plumbing contractor, one (1) who is
41	a mechanical contractor, one who is a roofing or sheet metal
42	contractor, one (1) who is a swimming pool, aluminum or veneer
43	specialty contractor, two (2) fire marshals, the three (3)
44	building directors of the following: City of St. Peters burg,
45	City of Clearwater and County of Pinellas, one (1) North county
46	building director from one of the following municipalities:
47	Tarpon Springs, Dunedin, Oldsmar, Safety Harbor, Belleair,
48	Belleair Beach, Belleair Bluffs, Belleair Shores,or Largo,
49	Indian Shores, or Indian Rocks Beach, one (1) South county
50	building director from one of the following municipalities:
51	South Pasadena, Gulfport, St. Petersburg Beach, Treasure Island,
52	Madeira Beach, Seminole, Kenneth City, Redington Beach, No.
53	Redington Beach, Redington Shores, or Pinellas Park, one (1)
54	Beach Community building director from one of the following: the
55	Town of Belleair Beach, the Town of Belleair Shores, the City of
56	Redington Beach, the City of North Redington Beach, the City of
57	Madeira Beach, the City of Indian Rocks Beach, the Town of
58	Indian Shores, the Town of Redington Shores, the City of
59	Treasure Island, and the City of St. Pete Beach, and one (1)
60	consumer member who is a resident and citizen of Pinellas County
61	and who is not and never has been a member or practitioner of
62	any of the trades or professions regulated by the board or a
63	member or practitioner of any closely related trade or
64	profession. All members of the board shall be residents of
65	Pinellas County and appointed by the Chairman of the Board of
66	County Commissioners.
67	(3) Members of the board shall be selected as follows:
68	The three (3) building directors of the City of Clearwater,
69	City of St. Petersburg and the County of Pinellas; one (1) North
70	county building director and one (1) South county building
71	director selected by the Chairman of the Board of County
72	Commissioners from the municipalities listed in subsection (1);
73	one (1) Beach Community building director appointed from a list
74	of three (3) nominees submitted by The Barrier Island
75	Governmental Council; a Florida Registered Architect appointed
76	from a list of three recommended architects submitted by the
77	American Institute of Architects Florida Central Chapter, St.
78	Petersburg and Clearwater Sections; two (2) of whom are
79	primarily engaged in business as general contractors from a list
80	of five (5) submitted by the Associated General Contractors of
81	Mid-Florida, Inc.; two (2) of whom are primarily engaged in
82	business as Building Contractors from a list of five (5)
83	submitted by the Contractors and Builders Association of
84	Pinellas County; two (2) of whom are primarily engaged in the
85	business as residential building contractors from a list of five
86	(5) submitted by the Contractors and Builders Association of
87	Pinellas County; one (1) who is an electrical contractor from a
88	list of five (5) supplied by the Electrical Council of Florida,
89	Pinellas County Chapter; one (1) who is a Plumbing contractor
90	from a list of five (5) supplied by the Pinellas Association of
91	Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors, Inc.; two (2) of whom are
92	fire marshals, who shall be active members of the Tampa Bay Area
93	Fire Marshals Association, from a list of five (5) supplied by
94	said association, one (1) of whom shall serve an initial term of
95	three (3) years, the other to serve an initial term of two (2)
96	years, with successors to serve for a term of two (2) years
97	thereafter; one (1) who is a mechanical or Class A air
98	conditioning contractor from a list of five (5), supplied by the
99	Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors’ Association
100	(“RACCA”); one (1) roofing or sheet metal contractor and one (1)
101	swimming pool, aluminum or veneer specialty contractor selected
102	by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners; one
103	consumer member to be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of
104	County Commissioners in accordance with paragraph 2(a). The
105	building director members from the City of Clearwater, from the
106	City of St. Petersburg and Pinellas County, shall be permanent
107	members of the board. All other members shall serve terms of two
108	(2) years. The following members shall commence their terms in
109	even-numbered years: the Florida registered architect, one (1)
110	general contractor, one (1) building contractor or, one (1)
111	residential building contractor, one (1) electrical contractor,
112	one (1) fire marshal, the North county,and South county, and
113	Beach Communitybuilding directors. The following members shall
114	commence their terms in odd-numbered years: one (1) general
115	contractor, one (1) building contractor, one (1) residential
116	building contractor, one (1) mechanical contractor, one (1)
117	plumbing contractor, one (1) fire marshal, one (1) roofing or
118	sheet metal contractor, one (1) swimming pool, aluminum or
119	veneer specialty contractor, and one (1) consumer member. As
120	the terms of members expire, the Chairman of the Board of County
121	Commissioners of Pinellas County shall appoint a member to fill
122	the vacancy for a term of two (2) years in the same manner as
123	that membership was originally filledfiled. The architect,
124	contractor, electrical, plumbing and mechanical members shall be
125	selected from the county at large. The board shall elect one of
126	its members to serve as chairman and one of its members to serve
127	as vice-chairman, for a term to be set by the board. All terms
128	of office expire on September 30 of the last year of the term.
129	Vacancies in the membership occurring prior to the end of a
130	member’s term for any cause shall be filled by appointment in
131	the same manner as that membership was originally filled.
132	Section 2. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause,
133	phrase, or provision of this act is for any reason held invalid
134	or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such
135	holding shall not be construed to render the remaining
136	provisions of this act invalid or unconstitutional.
137	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.