Bill Text: FL S0604 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Registered Contractor Licensing
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-30 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 763 (Ch. 2019-84) [S0604 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S0604-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 604 By Senator Pizzo 38-01556-19 2019604__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to registered contractor licensing; 3 amending s. 489.514, F.S.; extending the date by which 4 an applicant must make application for a license to be 5 grandfathered; providing an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 8 9 Section 1. Section 489.514, Florida Statutes, is amended to 10 read: 11 489.514 Certification for registered contractors; 12 grandfathering provisions.— 13 (1) The board shall, upon receipt of a completed 14 application, appropriate fee, and proof of compliance with the 15 provisions of this section, issue: 16 (a) To an applying registered electrical contractor, a 17 certificate as an electrical contractor, as defined in s. 18 489.505(12); 19 (b) To an applying registered alarm system contractor, a 20 certificate in the matching alarm system contractor category, as 21 defined in s. 489.505(2)(a) or (b); or 22 (c) To an applying registered electrical specialty 23 contractor, a certificate in the matching electrical specialty 24 contractor category, as defined in s. 489.505(19). 25 (2) Any contractor registered under this part who makes 26 application under this section to the board shall meet each of 27 the following requirements for certification: 28 (a) Currently holds a valid registered local license in the 29 category of electrical contractor, alarm system contractor, or 30 electrical specialty contractor. 31 (b) Has, for that category, passed a written, proctored 32 examination that the board finds to be substantially similar to 33 the examination required to be licensed as a certified 34 contractor under this part. For purposes of this subsection, a 35 written, proctored examination such as that produced by the 36 National Assessment Institute, Block and Associates, NAI/Block, 37 Experior Assessments, Professional Testing, Inc., or Assessment 38 Systems, Inc., shall be considered to be substantially similar 39 to the examination required to be licensed as a certified 40 contractor. The board may not impose or make any requirements 41 regarding the nature or content of these cited examinations. 42 (c) Has at least 5 years of experience as a contractor in 43 that contracting category, or as an inspector or building 44 administrator with oversight over that category, at the time of 45 application. For contractors, only time periods in which the 46 contractor license is active and the contractor is not on 47 probation shall count toward the 5 years required under this 48 subsection. 49 (d) Has not had his or her contractor’s license revoked at 50 any time, had his or her contractor’s license suspended in the 51 last 5 years, or been assessed a fine in excess of $500 in the 52 last 5 years. 53 (e) Is in compliance with the insurance and financial 54 responsibility requirements in s. 489.515(1)(b). 55 (3) An applicant must make application by November 1, 2021 562015, to be licensed pursuant to this section. 57 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.