Florida mold bill SB440 filed

[gbeaumont]

Hi to all,

Here is Senate Bill 0440 as filed by Senator M Bennett for your concideration

http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session.../pdf/s0440.pdf

Regards

Gerry

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Gerry,

Is this the "Dempsey" bill?

Joe.

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by jburkeson1

Gerry,

Is this the "Dempsey" bill?

Joe.

Hi Joe,

no I don't believe it is as the text is very different.

Regards

Gerry

[Nick Gromicko]

15 hours of CE EVERY year.

[gbeaumont]

Hi to all,

I suggest everbody in FL takes a good hard look at this bill, it is effectively a homeinspection licensing bill.

7 (5) "Mold assessment" means:

8 (a) An inspection, investigation, or survey of a

9 dwelling or other structure to provide the owner or occupant

10 with information regarding the presence, identification, or

11 evaluation of mold;

12 (b) The development of a mold-management plan,

13 development of a remediation protocol, and a postabatement

14 evaluation of a property;

15 (c) The collection or analysis of a mold sample; or

16 (d) The evaluation of a property for moisture damage

17 or moisture-incursion conditions that are likely to result in

18 fungal growth. A pre-purchase evaluation of a property must

19 include an assessment of moisture incursion and fungal growth.

Am I reading this correctly?

Regards

Gerry

[Nick Gromicko]

Basically every home inspection for a real estate transaction will require a mold test.

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by gromicko

Basically every home inspection for a real estate transaction will require a mold test.

More importantly, every home inspector would be licensed through a mold bill whether they were engaged in mold testing or not.

Regards

Gerry

[Nick Gromicko]

I don't see how you could offer home inspection services for real estate transactions without being licensed for mold.

[gbeaumont]

Originally Posted by gromicko

I don't see how you could offer home inspection services for real estate transactions without being licensed for mold.

No that is the problem, also a future Mold licensing board could mandate that to do mold testing in any way that a home inspector would need a 2 year microbiology degree.

That would sure reduce the ammount of Home inspectors in this state.

Regards

Gerry

[James H. Bushart]

Looks like another Florida mold bill headed for the boneyard...

[Greg Bell]

It looks like someone executed another great end around play. If this does pass then many will be looking for another type of work.

[Jay Schwartz]

There are two parts that you just gotta love.

If you plead no contest in a lawsuit, your licensed is revoked.
There is no mention of grandfathering.

Looks like this one was for some campaign money. They better pony up for the November 07 election as well.

[Nick Gromicko]

If you can't do a home inspection without a mold test and you have to be licensed to do mold tests, we home inspectors would be under the thumbs of an ancillary inspection board.

[Joseph Burkeson, CMI]

Originally Posted by gromicko

If you can't do a home inspection without a mold test and you have to be licensed to do mold tests, we home inspectors would be under the thumbs of an ancillary inspection board.

Ain't it friggin' amazing! And still when polls are conducted over & over again most home inspectors seek licensing.

Nick, what do you think, home inspectors must be the fuk*ing stupidest businessmen on the planet always seeking to turn everything they work so hard for over to moron politicians who are clueless as to what we do.

[Richard L. Bennett]

What am I not seeing

As long as we do not test for H2O like a "bug man" this does not apply

Also I seem to have missed the education and insurance numbers

Help

rlb