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The 2000 Florida Statutes

Title XXXII
REGULATION OF PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS
Chapter 489
Contracting
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Chapter 489, Part I, Florida Statutes 2000

PART I

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING

489.101  Purpose.

489.103  Exemptions.

489.105  Definitions.

489.107  Construction Industry Licensing Board.

489.108  Rulemaking authority.

489.109  Fees.

489.111  Licensure by examination.

489.113  Qualifications for practice; restrictions.

489.1136  Medical gas certification.

489.114  Evidence of workers' compensation coverage.

489.115  Certification and registration; endorsement; reciprocity; renewals; continuing education.

489.116  Inactive and delinquent status; renewal and cancellation notices.

489.117  Registration; specialty contractors.

489.118  Certification of registered contractors; grandfathering provisions.

489.119  Business organizations; qualifying agents.

489.1195  Responsibilities.

489.121  Emergency registration upon death of contractor.

489.124  Business records requirements; address of record; service.

489.125  Prequalification of certificateholders.

489.126  Moneys received by contractors.

489.127  Prohibitions; penalties.

489.128  Contracts performed by unlicensed contractors unenforceable.

489.129  Disciplinary proceedings.

489.13  Unlicensed contracting; authority to issue or receive a building permit.

489.131  Applicability.

489.132  Prohibited acts by unlicensed principals; investigation; hearing; penalties.

489.133  Pollutant storage systems specialty contractors; definitions; certification; restrictions.

489.134  Authority of licensed job scope.

489.140  Construction Industries Recovery Fund.

489.141  Conditions for recovery; eligibility.

489.142  Board powers relating to recovery.

489.1425  Duty of contractor to notify residential property owner of recovery fund.

489.143  Payment from the fund.

489.144  Investment of the fund.

489.145  Energy efficiency contracting.

489.1455  Journeyman; reciprocity; standards.

489.146  Privatization of services.