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Stat. &failure to have a certificate of authority<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Thank you for all the responses. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>For clarification, the organization did not have a certificate of authority <u>and </u>did not have any paperwork filed showing it had a qualifying agent. 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Please note that if this e-mail message contains a forwarded message or is a reply to a prior message, some or all of the contents of this message or any attachments may not have been produced by the sender. </span><span style='font-family:"Times","serif";color:navy'>Disclaimer under Circular 230: Any statements regarding tax matters made herein, including any attachments, are not formal tax opinions by this firm, cannot be relied upon or used by any person to avoid tax penalties, are not intended to be advice to avoid tax laws or penalties, and are not intended to be used or referred to in any marketing or promotional materials.</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><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"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fred.dudley@hklaw.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2011 3:03 PM<br><b>To:</b> constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128 Fla. Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All the recent amendment did was remove the language requiring a “Certificate of Authority,” which was never a document issued by DBPR anyway. However, the requirement for a qualifying agent is still there (and is so interpreted under all the state cases).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='margin-top:4.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:15.75pt'><b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'>Frederick Dudley</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'> | </span><b><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#001A63'>Holland & Knight</span></b><span style='font-size:11.5pt;color:black'><br>Board Certified Construction Lawyer<br>315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 600 | Tallahassee FL 32301<br>Phone 850.425.5668 | Fax 850.224.8832 | Cell 850.294.3471<br><a href="mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>fred.dudley@hklaw.com</span></a> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/"><span style='color:#002776;text-decoration:none'>www.hklaw.com</span></a> </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#BBBBBB'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#BBBBBB'>________________________________________________<br></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#999999'><a href="http://www.hklaw.com/vcard.aspx?user=frdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>Add to address book</span></a></span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;color:#00A9E0'> | <a href="http://www.hklaw.com/id77/biosfrdudley"><span style='color:#00A9E0;text-decoration:none'>View professional biography</span></a> </span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tina Caraballo<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2011 2:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> RPPTL constructionlaw<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128 Fla. Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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 Lake Eola 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></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>While there are no reported decisions following the 2009 amendment that reflects the abolition of the certificate of authority, the old 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></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:navy'>Tina L. Caraballo</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:#1F497D'>Attorney-at-Law</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:#1F497D'>Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law</span><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:#1F497D'>Hayes & Caraballo, P.L.<br>830 Lucerne Terrace<br>Orlando, Florida 32801<br>T: 407-649-9974 x215<br>C: 407-716-4835<br>F: 407-649-9379</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";color:navy'><br></span><u><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:black'>tcaraballo@const-law.com</span></u><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy'> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Optima;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div style='margin-left:.5in'><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'> constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org [mailto:constructionlaw-bounces@lists.flabarrpptl.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>fred.dudley@hklaw.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, November 14, 2011 1:50 PM<br><b>To:</b> constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128 Fla. Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='color:#1F497D'>The federal cases (like Lake Eola, Baker County, etc) are at odds with the state cases (in which the contracting entity MUST have an approved QA). <br><br>Frederick Dudley | Holland & Knight <br>Board Certified Construction Lawyer <br>315 South Calhoun Street, Suite 600 | Tallahassee FL 32301 <br><br>Phone 850.425.5668 | Fax 850.224.8832 | Cell 850.294.3471 <br><br>fred.dudley@hklaw.com <mailto:fred.dudley@hklaw.com> | www.hklaw.com <http://www.hklaw.com/> <br>-------------------------- <br>Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><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"'>: Justin Zinzow [mailto:JZinzow@zinzowlaw.com] <br><b>Sent</b>: Monday, November 14, 2011 01:01 PM<br><b>To</b>: RPPTL constructionlaw <constructionlaw@lists.flabarrpptl.org> <br><b>Subject</b>: [RPPTL-constructionlaw] 489.128 Fla. Stat. & failure to have a certificate of authority <br></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Does anyone have any knowledge as to why the legislature made this amendment in 2009?</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left style='border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:.5in'><tr><td width=240 nowrap valign=top style='width:2.5in;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-element:frame;mso-element-frame-hspace:38.25pt;mso-element-wrap:around;mso-element-anchor-vertical:paragraph;mso-element-anchor-horizontal:column;mso-height-rule:exactly'><img border=0 width=142 height=109 id="_x0000_i1031" src="cid:image022.jpg@01CCA2F0.DB48BDD0"><b><span style='color:navy'>Justin R. 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