Senate Bill sb2454

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                  SB 2454

    By Senator Wise





    5-1115-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to construction contracting;

  3         amending s. 489.111, F.S.; revising the

  4         requirements for licensure by examination;

  5         requiring an applicant to provide a set of

  6         fingerprints and reimbursement for the expense

  7         of a criminal background check; requiring a

  8         convicted felon to have had his or her civil

  9         rights restored in order to be licensed;

10         amending s. 489.115, F.S.; revising and

11         clarifying criteria for certification or

12         registration; providing an effective date.

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14  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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16         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 489.111, Florida

17  Statutes, is amended to read:

18         489.111  Licensure by examination.--

19         (2)  A person is shall be eligible for licensure by

20  examination if the person:

21         (a)  Is 18 years of age;

22         (b)  Is of good moral character; and

23         (c)  Has submitted to the department a set of

24  fingerprints on a form specified by the department and payment

25  equal to the cost incurred by the department for the criminal

26  background check of the applicant;

27         (d)  Has had his or her civil rights restored if they

28  have previously been lost due to a felony conviction; and

29         (e)(c)  Meets eligibility requirements according to one

30  of the following criteria:

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 1         1.  Has received a baccalaureate degree from an

 2  accredited 4-year college in the appropriate field of

 3  engineering, architecture, or building construction and has 1

 4  year of proven experience in the category in which the person

 5  seeks to qualify. For the purpose of this part, a minimum of

 6  2,000 person-hours shall be used in determining full-time

 7  equivalency.

 8         2.  Has a total of at least 4 years of active

 9  experience as a worker who has learned the trade by serving an

10  apprenticeship as a skilled worker who is able to command the

11  rate of a mechanic in the particular trade or as a foreman who

12  is in charge of a group of workers and usually is responsible

13  to a superintendent or a contractor or his or her equivalent,

14  provided, however, that at least 1 year of active experience

15  shall be as a foreman.

16         3.  Has a combination of not less than 1 year of

17  experience as a foreman and not less than 3 years of credits

18  for any accredited college-level courses; has a combination of

19  not less than 1 year of experience as a skilled worker, 1 year

20  of experience as a foreman, and not less than 2 years of

21  credits for any accredited college-level courses; or has a

22  combination of not less than 2 years of experience as a

23  skilled worker, 1 year of experience as a foreman, and not

24  less than 1 year of credits for any accredited college-level

25  courses. All junior college or community college-level courses

26  shall be considered accredited college-level courses.

27         4.a.  An active certified residential contractor is

28  eligible to take the building contractors' examination if he

29  or she possesses a minimum of 3 years of proven experience in

30  the classification in which he or she is certified.

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 1         b.  An active certified residential contractor is

 2  eligible to take the general contractors' examination if he or

 3  she possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the

 4  classification in which he or she is certified.

 5         c.  An active certified building contractor is eligible

 6  to take the general contractors' examination if he or she

 7  possesses a minimum of 4 years of proven experience in the

 8  classification in which he or she is certified.

 9         5.a.  An active certified air-conditioning Class C

10  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class B

11  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3

12  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

13  or she is certified.

14         b.  An active certified air-conditioning Class C

15  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A

16  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4

17  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

18  or she is certified.

19         c.  An active certified air-conditioning Class B

20  contractor is eligible to take the air-conditioning Class A

21  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1

22  year of proven experience in the classification in which he or

23  she is certified.

24         6.a.  An active certified swimming pool servicing

25  contractor is eligible to take the residential swimming pool

26  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 3

27  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

28  or she is certified.

29         b.  An active certified swimming pool servicing

30  contractor is eligible to take the swimming pool commercial

31  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 4

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 1  years of proven experience in the classification in which he

 2  or she is certified.

 3         c.  An active certified residential swimming pool

 4  contractor is eligible to take the commercial swimming pool

 5  contractors' examination if he or she possesses a minimum of 1

 6  year of proven experience in the classification in which he or

 7  she is certified.

 8         d.  An applicant is eligible to take the swimming

 9  pool/spa servicing contractors' examination if he or she has

10  satisfactorily completed 60 hours of instruction in courses

11  related to the scope of work covered by that license and

12  approved by the Construction Industry Licensing Board by rule

13  and has at least 1 year of proven experience related to the

14  scope of work of such a contractor.

15         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 489.115, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         489.115  Certification and registration; endorsement;

18  reciprocity; renewals; continuing education.--

19         (2)(a)  The department shall issue a certificate or

20  registration to each person who meets the qualifications in s.

21  489.111 and this section and who is qualified by the board and

22  upon receipt of the original license fee.

23         (b)  Certification allows the certificateholder to

24  engage in contracting only for the type of work covered by the

25  certificate and only while the certificate is on active

26  status.

27         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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 3    Revises provisions relating to contract or licensing.
      Requires applicants to submit fingerprints and
 4    reimbursement for background checks. Requires convicted
      felons to have had their civil rights restored. Clarifies
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