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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to swimming pool specialty contracting 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | services; amending s. 489.117, F.S.; authorizing 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | certain persons under the supervision of specified 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | licensed contractors to perform certain specialty 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | contracting services for commercial or residential 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | swimming pools, interactive water features, hot tubs, 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | and spas; providing that such supervision does not 8 |
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| 22 | 22 | | require a direct contract between those persons; 9 |
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| 23 | 23 | | providing construction; providing an effective date. 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 12 |
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| 27 | 27 | | Section 1. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (4) of 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | section 489.117, Florida Statutes, to read: 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | 489.117 Registration; specialty con tractors.— 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (e) Any person who is not certified or registered may 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | perform the work of a specialty contractor whose scope of 19 |
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| 33 | 33 | | practice is limited to the type of work specified under s. 20 |
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| 34 | 34 | | 489.105(3)(j), (k), or (l) for the construction, remodeling, 21 |
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| 35 | 35 | | repair, or improvement of commercial or residential swimming 22 |
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| 36 | 36 | | pools, interactive water features as defined in the Florida 23 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Building Code, hot tubs, and spas without obtaining a local 24 |
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| 38 | 38 | | license or certification as a specialty contractor if he or she 25 |
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| 51 | 51 | | is supervised by a contractor who is certified or registered 26 |
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| 52 | 52 | | under s. 489.105(3)(j), (k), or (l); the work is within the 27 |
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| 53 | 53 | | scope of the supervising contractor's license; the supervising 28 |
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| 54 | 54 | | contractor is responsible for the work; and the work does not 29 |
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| 55 | 55 | | require certification or re gistration under s. 489.105(3)(d) -30 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (i), (m)-(o), or s. 489.505. Such supervision does not require a 31 |
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| 57 | 57 | | direct contract between the contractor certified or registered 32 |
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| 58 | 58 | | under s. 489.105(3)(j), (k), or (l) and the person performing 33 |
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| 59 | 59 | | the work, or for the person perf orming the work to be an 34 |
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| 60 | 60 | | employee of the contractor certified or registered under s. 35 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 489.105(3)(j), (k), or (l). This paragraph does not limit the 36 |
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| 62 | 62 | | exemptions provided in s. 489.103 and may not be construed to 37 |
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| 63 | 63 | | expand the scope of a contractor certified or r egistered under 38 |
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| 64 | 64 | | s. 489.105(3)(j), (k), or (l) to provide plumbing or electrical 39 |
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| 65 | 65 | | services for which certification or registration is required by 40 |
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| 66 | 66 | | this part or part II. 41 |
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| 67 | 67 | | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 42 |
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