| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the Pinellas County Construction |
| 3 | Licensing Board; amending s. 11, chapter 75-489, Laws of |
| 4 | Florida, as amended; providing that certain definitions in |
| 5 | general law which relate to contracting also apply to the |
| 6 | board; providing that specified definitions in chapter 75- |
| 7 | 489, Laws of Florida, as amended, shall remain as rules of |
| 8 | the board, subject to amendment by it; providing for |
| 9 | severability; providing an effective date. |
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| 11 | WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that the Pinellas |
| 12 | County Construction Licensing Board has in the past, pursuant to |
| 13 | authority granted by special act, created specialty contractor |
| 14 | licensure classifications that were in turn incorporated by the |
| 15 | Legislature into the board's enabling legislation, and |
| 16 | WHEREAS, the Legislature recognizes that, as the |
| 17 | construction industry is constantly changing through time to |
| 18 | include new techniques, materials, and standards being used, |
| 19 | licensure classifications need to change concurrently to provide |
| 20 | for those new techniques, materials, and standards and prevent |
| 21 | unintended results, and |
| 22 | WHEREAS, the clear goal of the Legislature in creating the |
| 23 | board was to obtain and maintain consistency within construction |
| 24 | contracting licensure throughout Pinellas County, and |
| 25 | WHEREAS, since the initial passage of the board's enabling |
| 26 | legislation, the Legislature has added two other contractor |
| 27 | definitions in general law which, in the interest of |
| 28 | consistency, should be added to the board's enabling |
| 29 | legislation, and |
| 30 | WHEREAS, since the initial passage of the board's enabling |
| 31 | legislation, the definitions of contractor classifications have |
| 32 | changed in general law but those changes have not been |
| 33 | incorporated into that enabling legislation, NOW, THEREFORE, |
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| 35 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 37 | Section 1. Section 11 of chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, |
| 38 | as amended by chapters 78-594, 85-490, 89-504, and 93-387, Laws |
| 39 | of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 40 | (Substantial rewording of section. See section 11, chapter 75- |
| 41 | 489, Laws of Florida, as amended, for present text.) |
| 42 | Section 11. DEFINITIONS.--The definitions found in |
| 43 | sections 489.105(3) and (6) and 489.505(1), (2), (9), and (12), |
| 44 | Florida Statutes, as they may be amended from time to time, |
| 45 | apply to this entire act. |
| 46 | Section 2. Notwithstanding the amendment of section 11 of |
| 47 | chapter 75-489, Laws of Florida, by this act, the definitions |
| 48 | found in section 11(1)(k), (l), and (r)-(z), (2), and (3) of |
| 49 | that act as those paragraphs and subsections existed before the |
| 50 | effective date of this act shall remain as rules of the Pinellas |
| 51 | County Construction Licensing Board and may be amended by the |
| 52 | board according to the powers granted to it in chapter 75-489, |
| 53 | Laws of Florida, as amended. |
| 54 | Section 3. If any provision of this act or its application |
| 55 | to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity |
| 56 | does not affect other provisions or applications of the act |
| 57 | which can be given effect without the invalid provision or |
| 58 | application, and to this extent the provisions of this act are |
| 59 | declared severable. |
| 60 | Section 4. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |