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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I disagree with Fred. Since the amendment that took effect in 2003, section 489.128(1)(a) provides that a business organization is unlicensed
if it does not have a primary or secondary qualifying agent. The <st1:place w:st="on">
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Eola</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> case recognized that the legislature had directed the courts to look at whether an organization has a qualifying agent rather than whether it has the necessary
paperwork to demonstrate this fact. This is consistent with the Baker County Medical Services case as well as state court cases. The Board of Trustees v. Morgan case focused its attention of whether the building professionals involved were licensed as did
Promontory and Martin Daytona Corp. In those cases the organization actually had the properly licensed individuals, just not the paperwork. This is consistent with the overall statutory scheme as the failure to apply for registration or certification as
a qualifying agent of a business organization under section 489.119, Florida Statutes, does not make the contract unenforceable. Section 489.105 defines a qualifying agent and that is where the focus properly lies – in other words does the organization have
the person with the required license and qualifications.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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cases are still valid and binding as they also interpreted subsection (a), which remains in the current version of the statute. The reasoning and holdings cannot be rejected simply because the certificate of authority is no longer required. I submit to you
the decision in each of those cases would have been different if the organization did not actually have the required licensed contractor.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From:</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma"> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fla.</st1:place></st1:State> Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority</span></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#1f497d" face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D">The federal cases (like
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Lake</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Eola</st1:PlaceName>,
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baker</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">
County</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, etc) are at odds with the state cases (in which the contracting entity MUST have an approved QA).
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold">From</span></font></b><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma">: Justin Zinzow [mailto:JZinzow@zinzowlaw.com]
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent</span></b>: Monday, November 14, 2011 01:01 PM<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject</span></b>: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fla.</st1:place></st1:State> Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Committee members: Please pardon the interruption. I have the following question: If a contractor business organization did not have
a certificate of authority at the time of contract, does the 489.128 penalty apply?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">I am aware of the 2006
<u>Lake Eola Builders</u> decision saying the penalty does not apply, but one of the primary bases of that holding was eliminated from the statute in 2009 (deletion of the savings clause indicating that failure to hold a certificate of authority did not deem
the contractor unlicensed if a licensed individual applied for such a certificate).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Does anyone have any knowledge as to why the legislature made this amendment in 2009?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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