Practice of Architecture & CCNA

Practice of Architecture

SB 78: Electrical Contracting - Sponsored by Wise
Electrical Contracting; Revising the authority of municipalities and counties to require that certain electrical journeyman be present on certain industrial or commercial construction sites, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

HB 683: Electrical Contracting - Sponsored by Perman
Electrical Contracting; Revises authority of municipalities & counties to require that certain licensed electricians be present on certain industrial or commercial construction sites.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

CS/SB 600: Electronic Filing of Construction Plans - Sponsored by Community Affairs; Bennett
Electronic Filing of Construction Plans; Providing for certain documents to be electronically signed and sealed by the licensee and electronically transmitted to a building code administrator or building official for approval, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

CS/SB 820: Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems - Sponsored by Environmental Preservation and Conservation; Dean
Onsite Sewage Treatment and Disposal Systems; Providing for any permit issued and approved by the Department of Health for the installation, modification, or repair of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system to transfer with the title of the property; providing circumstances in which an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system is not considered abandoned; providing for the validity of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system permit if rules change before final approval of the constructed system; providing that a system modification, replacement, or upgrade is not required unless a bedroom is added to a single-family home; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to notify those counties or municipalities of the use of, and access to, certain state and federal program funds and to provide certain guidance and technical assistance upon request, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law

SB 1544: Swimming Pools and Spas - Sponsored by Altman
Swimming Pools and Spas; Revising the definition of the terms “contractor,” “commercial pool/spa contractor,” “residential pool/spa contractor,” and “swimming pool/spa servicing contractor” to include the cleaning, maintenance, and water treatment of swimming pools and spas; revising eligibility requirements to take the swimming pool/spa servicing contractors’ examination, etc.

Effective Date: October 1, 2013

HB 1259: Swimming Pool and Spa Contracting - Sponsored by Ahern
Swimming Pool and Spa Contracting; Revises definition of "contractor" with respect to cleaning, maintenance, & water treatment of swimming pools & spas; revises scope of work of commercial pool/spa contractors, residential pool/spa contractors, & swimming pool/spa servicing contractors; revises eligibility requirements for taking swimming pool/spa servicing contractor's licensure examination.

Effective Date: October 1, 2013

HB 517: Reducing and Streamlining Regulations - Sponsored by Grant; (CO-INTRODUCER) Brandes
Reducing and Streamlining Regulations; Revises continuing education requirements for reactivating license, certificate, or registration to practice certain professions & occupations regulated by DBPR or board or council within department, including community association management, home inspection, mold-related services, real estate appraisal, cosmetology, architecture & interior design, landscape architecture, construction contracting, & electrical & alarm system contracting; revises registration requirements for appraisal management companies; revises provisions relating to auctioneering, real estate brokering & appraisal, barbering, & cosmetology to revise language with respect to certain penalties & grounds for discipline to which penalties apply; requires Florida Real Estate Appraisal Board to adopt rules establishing professional practice standards; requires certain appraisers to follow specific standards of professional practice in appraisals involving restoration of Lake Apopka Basin.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

SB 762: Practice of Professions Regulated by Department of Business and Professional Regulation - Sponsored by Hays
Practice of Professions Regulated by Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Providing for the use of the standards of professional practice established by the Real Estate Appraisal Board in connection with the purchase of land to restore Lake Apopka; reducing the maximum amount of continuing education that may be required by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation or one of its boards to reactivate certain inactive licenses; exempting certain types of misconduct relating to auction businesses from being penalized as a felony; reducing the maximum amount of continuing education that may be required by the Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers to reactivate an inactive license; deleting a provision prohibiting a person from violating a lawful order or rule of the Real Estate Commission; deleting a provision subjecting a person to criminal penalties for engaging in willful or repeated violations of laws or rules regulating cosmetology, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

HB 693: Business and Professional Regulation - Sponsored by Ingram
Business and Professional Regulation; Deletes provision requiring business & nonmedical professional licensees of DBPR to complete licensure cycle on active status before returning to inactive status.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

SB 1120: Department of Business and Professional Regulation - Sponsored by Jones
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; Deleting a provision that allows the cigarette tax to be paid by affixing a stamp insignia through a metering machine; requiring retail dealers of cigarettes, rather than wholesale dealers, to affix to each such machine, in a conspicuous place, an identification sticker furnished by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; deleting a provision that requires an applicant for a real estate license who is not a resident of this state to file an irrevocable consent regarding lawsuits and actions commenced against the applicant; deleting the requirement that an applicant to be chief administrator of a proprietary real estate school or state institution meet certain qualifications for licensure as a broker associate or sales associate and other minimal requirements, etc.

Effective Date: upon becoming a law

CCNA

SB 246: Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services - Sponsored by Bennett
Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services; Revising the definition of “continuing contract” and defining “best value selection”; clarifying provisions with respect to selection of firms by an agency under the competitive selection process; providing that an agency has the right to reject any or all submissions received in response to a public announcement under the competitive selection process; authorizing an agency to award contracts to multiple firms under the competitive negotiation process; providing for a best value selection process; requiring agencies to adopt rules governing the use of the process; providing minimum requirements with respect to best value selection procedures, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

HB 155: Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services - Sponsored by Costello
Procurement of Professional Architectural, Engineering, Landscape Architectural, or Surveying and Mapping Services; Revises definition of "continuing contract" & defines "best value selection"; clarifies provisions with respect to selection of firms by agency under competitive selection process; provides that agency has right to reject any or all submissions received in response to public announcement under competitive selection process; authorizes agency to award contracts to multiple firms under competitive negotiation process; provides for best value selection process; requires agencies to adopt rules governing use of such process; provides minimum requirements with respect to best value selection procedures.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

Expidited Permitting

SB 786: Growth Enterprise Development - Sponsored by Ring
Growth Enterprise Development; Requiring the Department of Economic Opportunity to establish a One-Stop Permitting System in cooperation with certain participating agencies; authorizing local governments to establish growth enterprise development programs that provide for master development approval for the development or expansion of certain sites owned and operated by growth enterprises; providing for the development and distribution of literature explaining the One-Stop Permitting System and identifying local growth enterprise development programs; repealing provisions relating to the One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program and the Quick Permitting County Designation Program of the former State Technology Office, etc.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012

HB 515: Growth Enterprise Development - Sponsored by Ray
Growth Enterprise Development; Requires DEO to establish One-Stop Permitting System in cooperation with certain participating agencies; requires DEO to establish one-stop application for expedited review & approval of certain state or regional development permits; provides procedures for filing & expedited processing of one-stop applications; authorizes local governments to establish growth enterprise development programs that provide for master development approval for development or expansion of certain sites owned & operated by growth enterprises; authorizes development of such site consistent with master development order without requiring certain additional local development approvals; requires local governments to declare intent whether to establish growth enterprise development programs; requires DEO to adopt model ordinance; provides requirements for contents of local government's growth enterprise development program ordinance; provides requirements for abolishing growth enterprise development programs; provides for development & distribution of literature explaining One-Stop Permitting System & identifying local growth enterprise development programs; repeals provisions relating to One-Stop Permitting System Grant Program & Quick Permitting County Designation Program of former STO.

Effective Date: July 1, 2012