Item P03
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY
Meeting Date:
January 21, 2004
Division:
County Attorney
AGENDA ITEM WORDING:
Approval to advertise
An ordinance amending section 6-56, Monroe County Code, Buildirrgs and Construction in
order to amend contractors certification requirements.
ITEM BACKGROUND:
Testing will no longer be available for certain categories of contractors. The County should
terminate issuance of new licenses for such categories since the tests are the primary means of
determining competency. The testing formats for other categories are changing and it is more
efficient for the County to charge one fee regardless of the test for technical expertise.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT I AGREEMENT CHANGES:
STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS:
Approval to advertise for ONE PUBLIC HEARING on February 18, 2004 in Key Largo.
TOTAL COST:
BUDGETED: Yes
No
COST TO COUNTY:
Revenue Producing:
Amount Per Month - Year
APPROVED BY:
County Atty YES OMB/Purchasing N/A Risk Management N/A
DIVISION DIRECTOR APPROVAL(luk c::: 0'/0&./0'/
: ~ J. R. COLLINS
DOCUMENTATION: Included
x
To Follow
Not Required
AGENDA ITEM #
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ORDINANCE NO.
- 2004
AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA, AMENDING SECTION 6-56, MONROE
COUNTY CODE, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION; PROVIDING FOR
SEVERABILITY; PROVIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES
INCONSISTENT HEREWITH; PROVIDING FOR INCORPORATION INTO
THE MONROE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF MONROE
COUNTY, FLORIDA:
Section 1. Sec. 6-56(1), Monroe County Code, is hereby amended to read:
Engineering:
(1) A Class I General engineering contractor may perform the following
work:
a. Construct foundations including the excavating, forming and
placing of reinforcing steel and concrete and perform other incidental work
thereto; and
b. Other concrete and engineering work, including but not limited
to, harbors, docks, excavating, filling and grading, drainage, pile driving,
levees, pumping stations, and similar types of work in conjunction with water
power, water control, waterworks and water supply, paving and sidewalks,
curbs and gutters, streets and roads, bridges and overpasses and underpasses
in streets, roads and public thoroughfares, underground sewage collection and
disposal systems, bulkheading and underground utility line construction, both
sanitary and storm sewer systems and similar work.
Section 2. Sec. 6-56 Engineering (3), is hereby created to read:
erson not reviousl certified as a Class I General En::7ineerin... or as
Class II, Specialty Engineering Contractor in the subclasses pipeline, pile
driving and foundation, seawall and small dock, fuel transmission and
distribution line, and hYdraulic dredging, as of February 18, 2004, shall be
certified as a Class I General Engineering or Class II Specialty EnQineerin~
Contractor after February 18. 2004. However. the Contractors Examinin...
Board shall continue to certify and regulate those Class I and specified Class
II Engineering Contractors who were certified on February . 2004. proYided
that said engineering contractors maintain their certificates of competency in
good standing pur~uant to this chapter and rules oromulgated hereunder.
Section 3. Sec. 6-56 Engineering (3), is hereby renumbered as Sec. 6-56(4).
Section 4. Sec. 6-56 is hereby amended by the deletion of Sheet metal contractor.
Section 5. Sec. 6-56 Specialty Contractors, is hereby amended by the following' -
deletions:
Testing, except for administrative exams: Solar products
The following list of specialty trades shall always require testing for purposes of
licensure:
gasoline tank and pump
gunite and sandblasting
house moving
swimming pool servicing
welding
Section 6. Sec. 6-56, is hereby amended by adding after Specialty Contractors
(41) the following:
Commencing February 18, 2004. no person not oreviously certified as a
specialty contractor in the following soecialty list as of February 18. 2004.
shall be certified in the following specialty list after February 18. 2004.
However. the Contractors Examining Board shall continue to certify and
regulate those contractors who continue to maintain their certificates of
competency in good standing pursuant to this chapter and rules promulgated
hereunder the following specialty trades:
gasoline tank and oumo solar products welding
gunite and sandblasting swimming pool servicing
house moving thatched structure
Section 7. Sec. 6-62 Reciprocity is hereby amended to read as follows:
Every person who, under the terms of this article, is required to hold a
certificate of competency, and who has written proof from the City of Key
West, Florida, Building Department, or other county or municipality in the
State of Florida, stating that the applicant has scored a minimum grade of
seventy (70) percent on an independent examination agency which is
designated by the Contractors Examining Board may. upon payment of a $25
application fee. seek a reciprocal certificate of competency to be qualified to
conduct construction in Monroe County. Examination corresponding and
equivalent to any examination required for an existing category licensed under
this chapter and proctored by the examination agency shall be entitled to a
certificate of competency without examination; but such certificate shall be
subject to any restrictions and limitations carried by the current county
certificate and shall entitle the holder of such certificate to do business only in
the unincorporated areas of the county. The equivalency of the examinations
shall be determined by the Contractors Examining Board. All prerequisites,
other than testing, for a certificate of competency shall be met prior to
issuance of a reciprocal certificate. The terms of this section apply solely to
reciprocity with such counties and municipalities providing reciprocity to
contractors who hold a certificate of competency issued by Monroe County.
the examinations must be been conducted for the licensure by the particular
county or municipality with which Monroe County has a reciprocal agreement.
Section 8. Sec. 6-63 Fees is hereby amended to read:
(a) The board shall recommend to the Board of County Commissioners
reasonable fees to be paid for application, examination, certification and
renewal, and recordmaking and recordkeeping. Effective October 1, 1993, the
fees shall be established as follows:
General Contractor
Building Contractor
Residential Contractor
Engineering Contractor I
Engineering Contractor II
Engineering Contractor III
Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical Contractors
All other Contractors, including Specialty Trades
Master (Plumbing, Electrical and Mechanical)
Journeyman (Plumbing, Electrical and Mechanical)
Apprentice
Examination Fees:
Administr~ti',(c Business and Law Exam
All Three Hour Technical Exams
All Six Hour Exams
$200.00
150.00
150.00
200.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
150.00
100.00
70.00
30.00
35.00
75.00
55.00
155.00
150.00
The renewal fees shall cover two (2) years, and the certificate of competency
shall be issued for two (2) years. The renewal fees shall be due on October 1
of each odd-numbered year and shall be delinquent on November 1 of that
same year. The penalty for late renewal on or after November 1 of each odd-
numbered year, but prior to the expiration of twelve (12) months thereafter,
shall be forty dollars ($40.00). Upon expiration of one (1) year more after
October 31 of the year when the renewal fee is due, the contractor shall
appear before the Contractors Examining Board for assessment of the
appropriate renewal fee and need for reexamination pursuant to section 6-65.
Should an initial certificate of competency be issued subsequent to October of
any odd-numbered year and prior to October 1 of the next odd-numbered
year, the fees listed above shall be prorated on the basis of quarterly, or six-
month, increments of the two-year license period. Reduction of fees for
certifications issued for period of less than two (2) years shall be as follows:
Periods
October 2, odd year, to April 1, even year
April 2, even year, to October 1, even year
October 2, even year to April 1, odd year
April 2, odd year, to October 1, odd year
Reduction of Fee
0%
25%
50%
75%
(b) Honorary certificates shall be issued without charge to any person
over sixty (60) years of age providing that said person holds any of the
abovesaid licenses in the county. Thereafter, said person will not be permitted
to engage in business without first paying all renewal fees necessary to make
said license current.
Section 9. Sec. 6-65 Reexamination may be required for renewal or reinstatement
is hereby amended to read:
g} Where a certificate of competency has been revoked or has expired or
lapsed for any reason, the board:
(1) May require complete reexamination before a certificate of competency
is renewed or reinstated.
(2) Require a fee of five hundred dollars ($500.00) or a fee equal to five (5)
years of renewal fees in the certificate holder's particular category, whichever
is less.
(3) After five (5) years of a certificate of competency being lapsed, the
applicant shall be reexamined.
b) Where a certificate of competency is no longer issued for a trade other
than contractors who have continuously maintained their certificate of
competency in good standing, a contractor shall not be permitted to reinstate
an exoired, revoked, or lapsed certificate.
Section 10. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or provision of this
ordinance is held invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected by such
invalidity .
Section 11. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance are
hereby repealed to the extent of said conflict.
Section 12. The provisions of this ordinance shall be included and incorporated in
the Code of Ordinances of the County of Monroe, Florida, as an addition or amendment
thereto, and shall be appropriately renumbered to conform to the uniform numbering
system of the Code.
Section 13. This ordinance shall take effect immediately upon receipt of official
notice from the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Florida that this ordinance
has been filed with said Office.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of County Commissioners of Monroe County,
Florida, at a regular meeting of said Board held on the day of
2004.
Mayor Nelson
Mayor Pro Tem Rice
Commissioner McCoy
Commissioner Neugent
Commissioner Speh,.ar
(SEAL)
Attest: DANNY L.KOLHAGE, Clerk
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
OF MONROE COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Mayor/Chairperson
Deputy Clerk
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