| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to local oversight of contractors; |
| 3 | amending s. 489.105, F.S.; providing a definition; |
| 4 | amending s. 489.113, F.S.; providing powers and duties of |
| 5 | local enforcement boards relating to certified |
| 6 | contractors; providing an effective date. |
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| 8 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 10 | Section 1. Subsection (20) is added to section 489.105, |
| 11 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 12 | 489.105 Definitions.--As used in this part: |
| 13 | (20) "Local enforcement board" means a local board that |
| 14 | exercises disciplinary control and oversight over locally |
| 15 | licensed contractors under s. 489.131(10). |
| 16 | Section 2. Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section |
| 17 | 489.113, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 18 | 489.113 Qualifications for practice; restrictions.-- |
| 19 | (4) |
| 20 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a), a |
| 21 | local construction regulation board or local enforcement board |
| 22 | may deny, suspend, or revoke the authority of a certified |
| 23 | contractor to obtain a building permit or limit such authority |
| 24 | to obtaining a permit or permits with specific conditions, if |
| 25 | the local construction regulation board or local enforcement |
| 26 | board has found such contractor, through the public hearing |
| 27 | process, to be guilty of fraud or a willful building code |
| 28 | violation within the county or municipality that the local |
| 29 | construction regulation board or local enforcement board |
| 30 | represents or if the local construction regulation board or |
| 31 | local enforcement board has proof that such contractor, through |
| 32 | the public hearing process, has been found guilty in another |
| 33 | county or municipality within the past 12 months, of fraud or a |
| 34 | willful building code violation and finds, after providing |
| 35 | notice of an opportunity to be heard to the contractor, that |
| 36 | such fraud or violation would have been fraud or a violation if |
| 37 | committed in the county or municipality that the local |
| 38 | construction board or local enforcement board represents. |
| 39 | Notification of and information concerning such permit denial |
| 40 | shall be submitted to the department within 15 days after the |
| 41 | local construction regulation board or local enforcement board |
| 42 | decides to deny the permit. |
| 43 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |