HB 607

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to electrical contracting; amending s.
3	489.537, F.S.; revising authority of municipalities and
4	counties to require that certain electrical journeyman be
5	present on certain industrial or commercial construction
6	sites; 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 (3) of section 489.537, Florida
11	Statutes, is amended to read:
12	489.537  Application of this part.-
13	(3)  Nothing in This part does not limit act limits the
14	power of a municipality or county:
15	(a)  To regulate the quality and character of work
16	performed by contractors through a system of permits, fees, and
17	inspections which is designed to secure compliance with, and aid
18	in the implementation of, state and local building laws or to
19	enforce other local laws for the protection of the public health
20	and safety. However, a certified alarm system contractor or
21	certified electrical contractor is not subject to any additional
22	certification or licensure requirements that are not required by
23	this part.
24	(b)  To collect fees for business tax receipts and
25	inspections for engaging in contracting or examination fees from
26	persons who are registered with the local boards pursuant to
27	local examination requirements.
28	(c)  To adopt any system of permits requiring submission to
29	and approval by the municipality or county of plans and
30	specifications for work to be performed by contractors before
31	commencement of the work.
32	(d)  To require one bond for each electrical contractor in
33	an amount not to exceed $5,000, which bond shall be conditioned
34	only upon compliance with the Florida Building Code adopted
35	pursuant to s. 553.73. Any such bond must be equally available
36	to all electrical contractors without regard to the period of
37	time an electrical contractor has been certified or registered
38	and without regard to any financial responsibility requirements.
39	Any such bonds shall be payable to the Governor and filed in
40	each county or municipality in which a building permit is
41	requested. Bond reciprocity shall be granted statewide. All such
42	bonds shall be included in meeting any financial responsibility
43	requirements imposed by any statute or rule.
44	(e)1.  To refuse to issue permits or issue permits with
45	specific conditions to a contractor who has committed multiple
46	violations, when he or she has been disciplined for each of them
47	by the board and when each disciplinary action has involved
48	revocation or suspension of a license, imposition of an
49	administrative fine of at least $1,000, or probation.
50	2.  To issue permits with specific conditions to a
51	contractor who, within the previous 12 months, has had final
52	action taken against him or her, by the department or by a local
53	board or agency which licenses contractors and has reported the
54	action pursuant to paragraph (5)(c), for engaging in the
55	business or acting in the capacity of a contractor without a
56	license.
57	(f)  To require that one electrical journeyman, who
58	possesses a certificate of competency issued by the municipality
59	or county conditioned upon the journeyman's passage of a
60	competency examination is a graduate of the Institute of Applied
61	Technology in Construction Excellence or licensed pursuant to s.
62	489.5335, be present on an industrial or commercial new
63	construction site with a facility of 5,000 50,000 gross square
64	feet or more when electrical work in excess of 98 77 volts is
65	being performed in order to supervise or perform such work,
66	except as provided in s. 489.503.
67	Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.

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