Bill > S1544

Introduced Session

An act relating to the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; amending s. 210.15 and creating s. 210.32, F.S.; requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the department’s Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division’s online system and provide an e-mail address to the division; specifying application requirements; prohibiting the division from processing applications not submitted through the online system; amending s. 210.40, F.S.; revising the amount of an initial corporate surety bond required as a condition of licensure as a tobacco product distributor; requiring the division to review corporate surety bond amounts on a specified basis; authorizing the division to increase a bond amount, subject to specified conditions; authorizing the division to adjust bond amounts by rule; authorizing the division to reduce a bond amount upon a showing of good cause; defining terms; prohibiting the division from reducing a bond amount under specified circumstances; requiring the division to notify distributors in writing if their corporate surety bond requirements change; providing applicability; authorizing the division to adopt rules; amending s. 310.0015, F.S.; deleting a provision requiring a competency-based mentor program at ports; deleting a requirement that the department submit an annual report on the mentor program; amending s. 310.081, F.S.; deleting a requirement that the department consider certain characteristics for applicants for certification as a deputy pilot; making technical changes; creating s. 399.18, F.S.; requiring certain persons or entities certified or registered under the Elevator Safety Act, or applying for such certifications or registrations, to create and maintain an online account with the department’s Division of Hotels and Restaurants and provide an e mail address to the division; requiring such persons and entities to maintain the accuracy of their contact information; requiring the division to adopt rules; amending s. 468.521, F.S.; authorizing the department to exercise all powers and duties granted to the Board of Employee Leasing Companies if the board lacks the number of appointed members needed to constitute a quorum; amending s. 469.006, F.S.; revising requirements for department rules governing evidence of financial responsibility of applicants seeking licensure as a business organization under ch. 469, F.S.; amending s. 471.003, F.S.; expanding an exemption from certain engineering licensing requirements under ch. 471, F.S., to include regular full-time employees of certain business organizations, rather than regular full-time employees of certain corporations licensed under ch. 471, F.S.; amending s. 473.306, F.S.; requiring applicants for the accountancy licensure examination to create and maintain an online account with the department and provide an e-mail address; requiring applicants to maintain the accuracy of their contact information; requiring that address changes be submitted through the department’s online system within a specified timeframe; conforming cross-references; amending s. 473.308, F.S.; requiring a person seeking licensure as a Florida certified public accountant, or a firm seeking to engage in public accountancy, to create and maintain an online account with the department and provide an e-mail address; requiring certified public accountants and accounting firms to maintain the accuracy of their contact information; requiring that address changes be submitted through the department’s online system within a specified timeframe; amending s. 476.114, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for licensure as a barber; making technical changes; amending s. 477.019, F.S.; revising eligibility requirements for licensure by examination to practice cosmetology; amending s. 489.131, F.S.; revising the types of penalties that may be recommended by a local jurisdiction enforcement body against a contractor; specifying requirements for any such recommended penalties; amending s. 489.143, F.S.; revising payment limitations for payments made from the department’s Florida Homeowners’ Construction Recovery Fund; amending s. 489.505, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “specialty contractor”; amending s. 499.012, F.S.; revising requirements for certification as a designated representative of a prescription drug wholesale distributor; amending s. 561.15, F.S.; revising the requirements for the issuance of a license under the Beverage Law; making technical changes; amending s. 561.17, F.S.; requiring persons or entities licensed or permitted by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, or applying for such license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division’s online system; specifying application requirements; prohibiting the division from processing applications not submitted through the online system; creating ss. 569.00256 and 569.3156, F.S.; requiring certain persons or entities licensed or permitted by the division, or applying for such a license or permit, to create and maintain an account with the division’s online system; requiring licensees, permittees, and applicants to provide the division with an e-mail address and maintain accurate contact information; specifying application requirements; prohibiting the division from processing applications not submitted through the online system; amending ss. 210.16 and 476.144, F.S.; conforming cross-references; providing an effective date.

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Ed Hooper (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (2)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 1335 (on 03/05/2024)

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