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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">I had an issue in a construction case involving the effect of a conversion but it did not deal with the effect on licensing. I would look at . 605.1046 F.S. ,
</span><i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">On Top Records Corp. v. Sunflower Entm't Co,
</span></i><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">l:15-CV-22664-lJU. 2015 WL 13264222, at *2 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 24, 2015) and
<i>YF Bethanny inc. v. 16 Bethany Station LLC, </i></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">14 7 Ariz. 256, 260 (App. 1985), applying Florida law.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Entity A, Inc., converts to Entity A+, LLC. Same Federal Tax ID number. Not an asset sale, but the entity is simply converted from a Sub-S corporation to an
LLC under the applicable statutes permitting such a conversion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">Entity A had qualifiers in the trades where it worked (MEP). Is Entity A+, LLC properly licensed upon the conversion without further DBPR/CILB filings?
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