| 1 | Representative Plakon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 1955 and 1956, insert: |
| 5 | Section 60. Paragraph (k) is added to subsection (2) of |
| 6 | section 20.165, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 20.165 Department of Business and Professional |
| 8 | Regulation.--There is created a Department of Business and |
| 9 | Professional Regulation. |
| 10 | (2) The following divisions of the Department of Business |
| 11 | and Professional Regulation are established: |
| 12 | (k) Division of Service Operations. |
| 13 | Section 61. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section |
| 14 | 455.217, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 15 | 455.217 Examinations.--This section shall be read in |
| 16 | conjunction with the appropriate practice act associated with |
| 17 | each regulated profession under this chapter. |
| 18 | (1) The Division of Service Operations Technology of the |
| 19 | Department of Business and Professional Regulation shall |
| 20 | provide, contract, or approve services for the development, |
| 21 | preparation, administration, scoring, score reporting, and |
| 22 | evaluation of all examinations. The division shall seek the |
| 23 | advice of the appropriate board in providing such services. |
| 24 | (a) The department, acting in conjunction with the |
| 25 | Division of Service Operations Technology and the Division of |
| 26 | Real Estate, as appropriate, shall ensure that examinations |
| 27 | adequately and reliably measure an applicant's ability to |
| 28 | practice the profession regulated by the department. After an |
| 29 | examination developed or approved by the department has been |
| 30 | administered, the board or department may reject any question |
| 31 | which does not reliably measure the general areas of competency |
| 32 | specified in the rules of the board or department, when there is |
| 33 | no board. The department shall use qualified outside |
| 34 | professional testing vendors services for the development, |
| 35 | preparation, and evaluation of examinations, when such services |
| 36 | are economically and viably available and approved by the |
| 37 | department board. |
| 38 | Section 62. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section |
| 39 | 471.003, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 40 | 471.003 Qualifications for practice; exemptions.-- |
| 41 | (2) The following persons are not required to be licensed |
| 42 | under the provisions of this chapter as a licensed engineer: |
| 43 | (h) Any electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning, or |
| 44 | mechanical contractor whose practice includes the design and |
| 45 | fabrication of electrical, plumbing, air-conditioning, or |
| 46 | mechanical systems, respectively, which she or he installs by |
| 47 | virtue of a license issued under chapter 489, under part I of |
| 48 | chapter 553, or under any special act or ordinance when working |
| 49 | on any construction project which: |
| 50 | 1. Requires an electrical or plumbing or air-conditioning |
| 51 | and refrigeration system with a value of $125,000 $50,000 or |
| 52 | less; and |
| 53 | 2.a. Requires an aggregate service capacity of 600 amperes |
| 54 | (240 volts) or less on a residential electrical system or 800 |
| 55 | amperes (240 volts) or less on a commercial or industrial |
| 56 | electrical system; |
| 57 | b. Requires a plumbing system with fewer than 250 fixture |
| 58 | units; or |
| 59 | c. Requires a heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning |
| 60 | system not to exceed a 15-ton-per-system capacity, or if the |
| 61 | project is designed to accommodate 100 or fewer persons. |
| 62 | Section 63. The Office of Program Policy Analysis and |
| 63 | Government Accountability shall perform a study and make |
| 64 | recommendations to the Legislature by December 1, 2009, |
| 65 | regarding the enactment of laws to provide for protection and |
| 66 | remedies from existing and unregulated online poker activities, |
| 67 | which currently lack oversight and consumer protection under s. |
| 68 | 849.086, Florida Statutes. |
| 69 | Section 64. Effective upon this act becoming a law, the |
| 70 | amendments made by this act to ss. 489.128(1)(a) and |
| 71 | 489.532(1)(a), Florida Statutes, shall apply retroactively to |
| 72 | contracts entered into on or after October 1, 2000, and shall |
| 73 | apply retroactively to all actions pending when this act becomes |
| 74 | a law. |
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| 77 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 78 | Remove line 204 and insert: |
| 79 | made to s. 455.227, F.S., in references thereto; amending s. |
| 80 | 20.165, F.S.; creating the Division of Service Operations of the |
| 81 | department; amending s. 455.217, F.S.; conforming provisions and |
| 82 | transferring to the Division of Service Operations from the |
| 83 | Division of Technology certain responsibilities related to |
| 84 | examinations; revising certain requirements for the department |
| 85 | concerning the use of outside vendors for the development, |
| 86 | preparation, and evaluation of examinations; amending s. |
| 87 | 471.003, F.S.; revises the types of construction projects for |
| 88 | which certain contractors are exempt from licensure as an |
| 89 | engineer; requiring that the Office of Program Policy Analysis |
| 90 | and Government Accountability perform a study and make certain |
| 91 | recommendations to the Legislature by a specified date regarding |
| 92 | the enactment of laws to provide for protection and remedies |
| 93 | from certain online poker activities; providing for retroactive |
| 94 | application; repealing |