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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> Technically, you are correct that the referenced rule (quoted by Chris and others) requiring 20% ownership or W-2 employee applies to an additional business entity application, and that’s where
the issue comes up the most and is the context in which the CILB exercises the most scrutiny. More often than not, though, the qualifier IS an employee at a minimum. I cannot conceive of how a non-employee and non-owner could truthfully say that he or she
has any control over the business operations (or, with an FRO, over at least the on-site construction operations) of the licensed entity. If the CILB approves single-company applications with no scrutiny of this issue, I would be willing to bet it does not
do so at all with additional business entity applications which, again, is where the CILB (probably for workload and resource reasons) focuses its efforts. But to your point (and Larry’s), the license holder qualifies a company over which he or she has no
real control at his or her peril, because he or she will be responsible for all construction activities undertaken by the company as if he or she had such control.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And as for an employee qualifier having bosses to answer to – well, the same point applies, except that, as an employee, you are actually in a position to know if the law is being violated by the company and
to do something about it (up to and including pulling your license from the company).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Reese<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gibbons, Michael [mailto:Michael.Gibbons@lowndes-law.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 5:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Larry Leiby'; 'Chris Cobb'; Reese J. Henderson, Jr.; lauriesams@comcast.net; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Larry:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> In our case, there was a FRO Application along with the QA Application. So, the issue of the non-officer controlling finances and business decisions of the company was properly addressed with the
statutorily permitted carve out of having an FRO. In many cases where the QA is not an Owner or Officer, I would expect that, as in our case, the QA would insist on the FRO as a condition of qualifying the company.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"> While you raise a fair point about the reality of control that might be exerted over a business organization’s construction operations by a non-owner and non-employee, the same argument would apply
to many QA’s who ARE employees or even minority owners but answer to Presidents, CEO’s and other “bosses” above them in the corporate world while the QA still nominally holds, by operation of statute, final construction authority. There is no simple way
of ensuring that the QA will actually be in position to exert final construction authority. Ultimately, as intended, it comes down to the QA desiring to maintain his or her license is motivated not to have improper acts occur on his or her watch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons"><span style="color:black">Bio</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Shareholder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">215 N. Eola Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Orlando, FL 32801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Phone: 407-418-6378<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Fax: 407-843-4444<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">email:
<a href="mailto:michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com"><span style="color:black">michael.gibbons@lowndes-law.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">website:
<a href="http://www.lowndes-law.com/"><span style="color:black">http://www.lowndes-law.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Larry Leiby
<a href="mailto:[mailto:Leiby@mkpalaw.com]">[mailto:Leiby@mkpalaw.com]</a> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 4:58 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gibbons, Michael; 'Chris Cobb'; 'Reese J. Henderson, Jr.'; <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">
lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You are certainly correct about the form for the QA. I also note that if the QA ceases to be ”affiliated” with the qualified business then the CILB must be notified. So if you have done it, then it must be
do-able. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">However, note the following from the statute:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">An application for registration or certification to qualify a business organization must include an affidavit on a form provided by the board attesting that the
<u>applicant has final approval authority for all construction work perfor</u>med by the business organization and that the applicant has
<u>final approval authority on all business matters</u>, including contracts, specifications, checks, drafts, or payments, regardless of the form of payment, made by the business organization, except where a financially responsible officer is approved.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">While the CILB may grant the license with a non-officer as a QA being “affiliated” I question whether if challenged that arrangement would not be seen to be a ruse where the QA does not have the authority to
do what the statute says. In theory it can take place by agreement. I would be concerned whether the QA actually meets what the law requires without being an officer. As I said, in theory it can be done by agreement.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">And what about the business acumen of a “contractor” not getting workers comp coverage on a person who really does what a QA is required to do?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold","sans-serif";color:#215868">Larry R. Leiby, Esq.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gibbons, Michael<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 4:23 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Chris Cobb'; 'Reese J. Henderson, Jr.'; <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">
lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The DBPR Form of licensure application simply asks for the name of the person “appointed” by the organization to be the qualifying agent. It is not that unusual to have a qualifier who is neither employee nor
owner.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons"><span style="color:black">Bio</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Shareholder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">215 N. Eola Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Orlando, FL 32801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 4:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gibbons, Michael; 'Reese J. Henderson, Jr.'; <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">
lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">6G4-15.0024 states - Documentation of one or more of the following:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="color:#1F497D"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">(1)<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">20% or more ownership of the business to be qualified;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="color:#1F497D">Other evidence of the means and methods utilized by the applicant to ensure control over the construction work of the proposed entity.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It is hard to establish number 3 without having number 1 and/or 2. But I will concede that it may be possible, but is certainly not the norm .
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Gibbons, Michael [<a href="mailto:Michael.Gibbons@lowndes-law.com">mailto:Michael.Gibbons@lowndes-law.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 4:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Reese J. Henderson, Jr.'; Chris Cobb; <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">
lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Qualifiers are not required to be employees or owners of the qualified business organization. They are required to have ultimate authority over all construction issues on projects where their license is used
for a permit. I have assisted business organizations with Ch. 489 qualifiers who were neither owners nor employees.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons"><span style="color:black">Bio</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">215 N. Eola Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Orlando, FL 32801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Phone: 407-418-6378<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Reese J. Henderson, Jr. [<a href="mailto:Reese.Henderson@gray-robinson.com">mailto:Reese.Henderson@gray-robinson.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 3:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Chris Cobb; <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; Gibbons, Michael; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon';
<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I agree with Chris – you have a bigger problem than WC here. You have potential aiding and abetting issues . . . .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Cobb<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 3:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">lauriesams@comcast.net</a>; Gibbons, Michael; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon';
<a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Also makes you wonder how the sister can qualify the company if she is
<u>not</u> a member and <u>not</u> an employee……<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:#595959">Board Certified in Construction Law<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";font-variant:small-caps;color:#595959">Jimerson & Cobb, P.A.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:lauriesams@comcast.net">lauriesams@comcast.net</a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 3:21 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gibbons, Michael; 'White, Patrick G.'; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">I believe everyone is way over thinking this. I think the issue is the sister (the one holding the license) does not have a workers comp exemption. To obtain a workers comp
exemption you must own at least 10%. If its a single member LLC, your client would be the one with the exemption. She does not own any of the LLC, as such she cannot be exempt. He needs to either have her as a % owner and file for the 2 year exemption or
he needs to get it for her.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:PWhite@porterwright.com" title="PWhite@porterwright.com">'White, Patrick G.'</a> ;
<a href="mailto:bsolomon@solomon-law.com" title="bsolomon@solomon-law.com">'Brian Solomon'</a> ;
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Monday, March 10, 2014 2:50 PM<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Thanks for the statutory cites Patrick. However, I’m not sure that resolves the issue. Ch. 489 simply requires the licensed contractor to comply with the WC insurance requirements of Ch. 440. Ch. 440 meanwhile
expressly permits certain principal owned companies to be WC exempt and I am unaware of a provision that eliminates GC’s from taking advantage of this statutory exemption (which seems wrong and was basis for my original post). Based on the fact that I have
encountered several licensed GC’s without WC coverage, I am assuming that DBPR does not require WC coverage as a condition of licensure. Apparently, DBPR only requires the contractor to comply with Ch. 440 which then allows the very small closely owned contractor
to exempt itself from coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons"><span style="color:black">Bio</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 2:17 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Gibbons, Michael; 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue">Sounds like Pasco County has it almost right in that they wouldn’t be able to issue a BP, see Secs. 489.113 (4)(c) 489.114, so why grant the license! They wouldn’t here in Collier
either-<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">(c)<span style="font-family:"Cambria Math","serif""> </span>The local government may also deny issuance of, or may suspend, any outstanding building permit where a contractor fails or refuses to provide proof of public liability and property
damage insurance coverage as required by s. <a href="index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.115.html">
489.115</a>(5) and workers’ compensation insurance coverage as required by s. <a href="index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=0400-0499/0489/Sections/0489.114.html">
489.114</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">
<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Gibbons, Michael<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 1:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Brian Solomon'; <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">
clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I have not. And sorry for hijacking your post, Brian, but I have occasionally run into the WC exempt GC and it always seemed wrong to me. The GC is supposed to be the “statutory employer” under Ch. 440 if,
as happens, an injured subcontractor employee is not covered by the workers compensation policy of the subcontractor employer. When the GC itself is exempt, that safety net is lost. It’s been a while since I read the CILB FAC governing licensing requirements
but it used to mandate a minimum amount of GL insurance coverage and compliance with workers compensation insurance coverage requirements. I realize that some GC entities are small enough to qualify as WC exempt but I’m surprised that neither Ch. 440 nor
FAC apparently expressly prohibits a General Contractor from operating without workers compensation coverage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Michael R. Gibbons (<a href="http://lowndes-law.com/our-people/michael-r-gibbons"><span style="color:black">Bio</span></a>)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1F497D">Shareholder</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">215 N. Eola Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:green">Orlando, FL 32801<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a> [<a href="mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org">mailto:clc-discussion-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Brian Solomon<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 10, 2014 12:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org">clc-discussion@lists.flabarrpptl.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CLC-Discussion] Local Licensing<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My client is a single member LLC with a certificate of workers compensation insurance exemption. The company is qualified as a general contractor by his sister, who does not work for the company, she only qualifies the company. Pasco
County is refusing to give my client a county license because the qualifier doesn’t have proof of workers compensation insurance.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Has anyone run into this situation?<o:p></o:p></p>
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