Florida Senate - 2009                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2262
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             04/29/2009 04:17 PM       .                                
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       Senator Gaetz moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Between lines 1942 and 1943
    4  insert:
    5         Section 59. Effective upon this act becoming a law,
    6  paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 489.128, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         489.128 Contracts entered into by unlicensed contractors
    9  unenforceable.—
   10         (1) As a matter of public policy, contracts entered into on
   11  or after October 1, 1990, by an unlicensed contractor shall be
   12  unenforceable in law or in equity by the unlicensed contractor.
   13         (a) For purposes of this section, an individual is
   14  unlicensed if the individual does not have a license required by
   15  this part concerning the scope of the work to be performed under
   16  the contract. A business organization is unlicensed if the
   17  business organization does not have a primary or secondary
   18  qualifying agent in accordance with this part concerning the
   19  scope of the work to be performed under the contract. For
   20  purposes of this section, if a no state or local license is not
   21  required for the scope of work to be performed under the
   22  contract, the individual performing that work is shall not be
   23  considered unlicensed.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26         And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 212
   28  and insert:
   29         made to s. 455.227, F.S., in references thereto;
   30         amending s. 489.128, F.S.; revising the circumstances
   31         under which a person is considered an unlicensed
   32         contractor;