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<font style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; 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).
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<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
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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></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></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></p>
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