Florida Senate - 2017                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 802
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/04/2017           .                                
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       The Committee on Judiciary (Passidomo) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 186
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Paragraph (h) of subsection (2) of section
    6  287.055, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         287.055 Acquisition of professional architectural,
    8  engineering, landscape architectural, or surveying and mapping
    9  services; definitions; procedures; contingent fees prohibited;
   10  penalties.—
   11         (2) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section:
   12         (h) A “design-build firm” means a partnership, corporation,
   13  or other legal entity that:
   14         1. Is certified under s. 489.119 to engage in contracting
   15  through a certified or registered general contractor or a
   16  certified or registered building contractor as the qualifying
   17  agent; or
   18         2. Is certified under s. 471.023 to practice or to offer to
   19  practice engineering; qualified certified under s. 481.219 to
   20  practice or to offer to practice architecture; or qualified
   21  certified under s. 481.319 to practice or to offer to practice
   22  landscape architecture.
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   25  And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete line 3
   27  and insert:
   28         occupations; amending s. 287.055, F.S.; redefining the
   29         term “design-build firm”; amending s. 326.004, F.S.;
   30         deleting a