Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1064
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Soto) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (142260) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Between lines 4 and 5
    5  insert:
    6         Section 1. Subsections (7) and (8) are added to section
    7  468.8411, Florida Statutes, to read:
    8         468.8411 Definitions.—As used in this part, the term:
    9         (7) “Professional water damage restorer” means any person
   10  who performs water damage restoration.
   11         (8) “Water damage restoration” means water removal,
   12  demolition, dehumidification, or other treatment related to
   13  water damage or water-contaminated matter greater than 10 square
   14  feet.
   15         Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 468.8414, Florida
   16  Statutes, is amended, present subsection (4) is redesignated as
   17  subsection (6) of that section, and new subsections (4) and (5)
   18  are added to that section, to read:
   19         468.8414 Licensure.—
   20         (1) The department shall license any applicant who the
   21  department certifies is qualified to practice mold assessment,
   22  or mold remediation, or water damage restoration.
   23         (4) The department shall certify for licensure as a
   24  professional water damage restorer an applicant who:
   25         (a) Is of good moral character;
   26         (b) Has the insurance coverage required under s. 468.8421;
   27  and
   28         (c) Satisfies the Institute of Inspection, Cleaning and
   29  Restoration Certification S500 standards.
   30         (5) The prohibitions and penalties described in s. 468.8419
   31  apply to a professional water damage restorer.
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   34  And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete line 75
   36  and insert:
   37         468.8411, F.S.; defining the terms “professional water
   38         damage restorer” and “water damage restoration”;
   39         amending s. 468.8414, F.S.; requiring the Department
   40         of Business and Professional Regulation to license an
   41         applicant who the department certifies as qualified to
   42         practice water damage restoration; specifying
   43         requirements for such licensure; providing that
   44         certain prohibitions and penalties apply to a licensed
   45         professional water damage restorer; amending s.
   46         489.129, F.S.; providing that the Construction