Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2590
                        Barcode 963440
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11  The Committee on Regulated Industries (Aronberg) recommended
12  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.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section
19  489.128, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
20         489.128  Contracts entered into by unlicensed
21  contractors unenforceable.--
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23         (b)  For purposes of this section, an individual or
24  business organization may shall not be considered unlicensed
25  for failing to have an occupational license certificate issued
26  under the authority of chapter 205. A business organization
27  may shall not be considered unlicensed for failing to have a
28  certificate of authority as required by ss. 489.119 and
29  489.127. For purposes of this section, a business organization
30  entering into the contract may not be considered unlicensed
31  if, before the date established by paragraph (c), an
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    2:26 PM   03/31/06                              s2590.ri27.001

Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2590 Barcode 963440 1 individual possessing a license required by this part 2 concerning the scope of the work to be performed under the 3 contract had submitted an application for a certificate of 4 authority designating that individual as a qualifying agent 5 for the business organization entering into the contract, and 6 the application was not acted upon by the department or 7 applicable board within the applicable time limitations 8 imposed by s. 120.60. 9 Section 2. Section 1 is intended to be remedial in 10 nature and to clarify existing law. Section 1 shall apply 11 retroactively to all actions, including any action on a lien 12 or bond claim, initiated on or after, or pending as of, July 13 1, 2006. If the retroactivity of any provision of section 1 or 14 its retroactive application to any person or circumstance is 15 held invalid, the invalidity does not affect the retroactivity 16 or retroactive application of other provisions of section 1. 17 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. 18 19 20 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 21 And the title is amended as follows: 22 Delete everything before the enacting clause 23 24 and insert: 25 A bill to be entitled 26 An act relating to contracting; amending s. 27 489.128, F.S.; providing that a business 28 organization entering into a construction 29 contract is not deemed unlicensed under certain 30 conditions; providing for retroactive 31 application; providing an effective date. 2 2:26 PM 03/31/06 s2590.ri27.001