Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 1090
                        Barcode 485096
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11  The Committee on Environmental Preservation (Baker)
12  recommended the following amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         Delete everything after the enacting clause
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17  and insert:  
18         Section 1.  Subsection (11) is added to section
19  373.323, Florida Statutes, to read:
20         373.323  Licensure of water well contractors;
21  application, qualifications, and examinations; equipment
22  identification.--
23         (11)  A licensed water well contractor may act as a
24  prime contractor where the majority of work to be performed
25  under the contract is within the scope of his or her license.
26  A licensed water well contractor may subcontract to other
27  contractors licensed to perform the remaining work which is
28  part of the project contracted.
29         Section 2.  Subsection (3) of section 373.324, Florida
30  Statutes, is amended, and subsections (7) and (8) are added to
31  that section, to read:
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1090 Barcode 485096 1 373.324 License renewal.-- 2 (3) The department shall prescribe by rule the method 3 for renewal of a license, which shall include continuing 4 education requirements of not less than 12 classroom hours for 5 each renewal cycle. However, if a water well contractor has 6 received his or her first license within 180 days before the 7 end of the biennium renewal of licenses, the continuing 8 education requirements shall be waived for the licensee's 9 first renewal cycle. Notwithstanding s. 373.329, the 10 department by rule shall establish an administrative fee based 11 on the actual costs incurred in administering the 12 responsibilities related to continuing education requirements. 13 (7) Notwithstanding the renewal requirements of 14 subsection (3), any water well contractor who is serving on 15 active duty as a member of the Armed Forces of the United 16 States who, at the time of becoming an active-duty member, had 17 an active water well contractor license issued under this part 18 and was entitled to practice or engage in water well 19 contracting in this state shall be kept in active-license 20 status, and shall be exempt from license renewal provisions, 21 as long as he or she is an active-duty member of the Armed 22 Forces of the United States and for a period of 6 months after 23 discharge from active-duty status, provided he or she is not 24 engaged in water well contracting in the private sector for 25 profit. Additionally, in adopting rules exempting such active 26 duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States, the 27 department shall adopt rules exempting the spouses of 28 active-duty members of the Armed Forces of the United States 29 from licensure renewal provisions when the family must 30 relocate out of state due to active-duty assignment. 31 Section 3. Paragraph (c) of subsection (5) of section 2 2:58 PM 01/30/06 s1090.ep20.001
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1090 Barcode 485096 1 373.333, Florida Statutes, is amended and subsection (8) is 2 added to said section to read: 3 373.333 Disciplinary guidelines; adoption and 4 enforcement; license suspension or revocation.-- 5 (5) When the water management district finds a person 6 guilty of any of the grounds set forth in subsection (4), it 7 may enter an order imposing one or more of the following 8 disciplinary actions: 9 (c) Imposition of an administrative fine not to exceed 10 $5,000 $1,000 for each count or separate offense. 11 (8) The water management district may impose through 12 an order an administrative fine not to exceed $5,000 against 13 an unlicensed person when it determines that the unlicensed 14 person has engaged in the practice of water well contracting, 15 for which a license is required. 16 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. 17 18 19 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 20 And the title is amended as follows: 21 Delete everything before the enacting clause 22 23 and insert: 24 A bill to be entitled 25 An act relating to the regulation of wells; 26 amending s. 373.323, F.S.; authorizing licensed 27 water well contractors to act as prime 28 contractors for certain work and to subcontract 29 with other contractors; amending s. 373.324, 30 F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental 31 Protection to include the an administrative fee 3 2:58 PM 01/30/06 s1090.ep20.001
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 1090 Barcode 485096 1 in its license-renewal method prescribed by 2 rule; waiving continuing education requirements 3 for license renewal of certain water well 4 contractors; providing exemptions from 5 continuing education requirements for water 6 well contractors on active military duty; 7 requiring the department to adopt rules 8 exempting the spouses of active-duty military 9 personnel from license renewal requirements 10 under certain circumstances; amending s. 11 373.333, F.S.; increasing the amount of the 12 administrative fine a water management district 13 may impose for certain water well contracting 14 violations; allowing the water management 15 district to impose an administrative fine 16 against unlicensed water well contractors; 17 providing an effective date. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 4 2:58 PM 01/30/06 s1090.ep20.001