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. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 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.