Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1252
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                              LEGISLATIVE ACTION                        
                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/11/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Detert) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 203 and 204
    4  insert:
    5         Section 3. Subsection (23) is added to section 489.103,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         489.103 Exemptions.—This part does not apply to:
    8         (23) A volunteer or a person acting out of charity and not
    9  for personal monetary or other personal gain who assists a
   10  property owner of a single-family residential building and its
   11  appurtenances in making improvements to the owner’s property.
   12  This subsection does not exempt a person who is employed by or
   13  has a contract with the property owner and who acts in the
   14  capacity of a contractor. This subsection does not exempt a
   15  person who advertises that he or she is a contractor or who
   16  otherwise represents that he or she is qualified to engage in
   17  contracting. The property owner must be present on the job site
   18  and must actively engage in and participate in the supervision
   19  of work performed by a volunteer or a person acting out of
   20  charity.
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   22  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   23         And the title is amended as follows:
   24         Between lines 13 and 14
   25  insert:
   26         amending s. 489.103, F.S.; providing an exemption to
   27         construction contracting;