Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1102
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Gruters
       
       
       
       
       
       578-03426-20                                          20201102c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to specialty contracting services;
    3         amending s. 489.117, F.S.; revising the types of
    4         buildings for which individuals who are not required
    5         to obtain certain registrations or certifications may
    6         perform contracting services without a local license;
    7         authorizing certain persons under the supervision of
    8         specified licensed contractors to perform certain
    9         specialty contracting services for commercial or
   10         residential swimming pools, hot tubs or spas, or
   11         interactive water features; providing that such
   12         supervision does not require a direct contract between
   13         those persons; providing an effective date.
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   15  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   17         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
   18  489.117, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (e) is
   19  added to that subsection, to read:
   20         489.117 Registration; specialty contractors.—
   21         (4)
   22         (d) Any person who is not required to obtain registration
   23  or certification pursuant to s. 489.105(3)(d)-(o) may perform
   24  contracting services for the construction, remodeling, repair,
   25  or improvement of single-family residences, including a
   26  townhouse as defined in the Florida Building Code, and
   27  clubhouses or recreation buildings in a residential development
   28  without obtaining a local license if such person is under the
   29  supervision of a certified or registered general, building, or
   30  residential contractor. Such As used in this paragraph,
   31  supervision does not shall not be deemed to require the
   32  existence of a direct contract between the certified or
   33  registered general, building, or residential contractor and the
   34  person performing specialty contracting services.
   35         (e) Any person who is not required to be certified or
   36  registered under s. 489.105(3)(d)-(i) or s. 489.105(3)(m)-(o)
   37  may perform specialty contracting services for the construction,
   38  remodeling, repair, or improvement of commercial or residential
   39  swimming pools, hot tubs or spas, or interactive water features,
   40  as defined in the Florida Building Code, without obtaining a
   41  local contractor license or specialty contractor license if such
   42  person is under the supervision of a person who is certified or
   43  registered under s. 489.105(3)(j)-(l), provided that the work is
   44  within the scope of the supervising contractor’s license. Such
   45  supervision does not require a direct contract between a person
   46  certified or registered under s. 489.105(3)(j)-(l) and the
   47  person performing specialty contracting services.
   48         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.