Florida Senate - 2022                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 714
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  01/25/2022           .                                
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Hooper) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with directory and title amendments)
    2  
    3         Between lines 80 and 81
    4  insert:
    5         (1) All asbestos consultants must be licensed by the
    6  department. Except for an asbestos consultant’s license issued
    7  by endorsement as provided under subsection (3) or otherwise
    8  expressly provided by law, an asbestos consultant’s license may
    9  be issued only to an applicant who holds a current, valid,
   10  active license as an architect issued under chapter 481; holds a
   11  current, valid, active license as a professional engineer issued
   12  under chapter 471; holds a current, valid, active license as a
   13  professional geologist issued under chapter 492; is a diplomat
   14  of the American Board of Industrial Hygiene; or has been awarded
   15  designation as a Certified Safety Professional by the Board of
   16  Certified Safety Professionals.
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   19  And the directory clause is amended as follows:
   20         Delete lines 78 - 79
   21  and insert:
   22  Florida Statutes, is redesignated as subsection (4), a new
   23  subsection (3) is added to that section, and subsection (1) of
   24  that section is amended, to read:
   25  
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   27  And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete line 9
   29  and insert:
   30         licensure; amending s. 469.004, F.S.; providing an
   31         exception for the issuance of an asbestos consultant’s
   32         license; requiring the