Chapter 489, Part II, Electrical and Alarm System Contracting is adopted as law into legislature and broken down into 34 Chapters. To view the complete chapter, visit the Florida Statutes.

Below is a sample of a few items contained within the document:

489.503 Exemptions. This part does not apply to:

(1) Any employee of a certificate holder, registrant, or business organization authorized to engage in contracting who is acting within the scope of the license held by that certificate holder or registrant and with the knowledge and permission of the license holder. However:

(a) If the employer is not a certificate holder or registrant in that type of contracting, and the employee performs any of the following, the employee is not exempt:

1. Holds himself or herself or his or her employer out to be licensed or qualified by a licensee;

2. Leads the consumer to believe that the employee has an ownership or management interest in the company; or

3. Performs any of the acts which constitute contracting.

(b) The legislative intent of this subsection is to place equal responsibility on the unlicensed business and its employees for the protection of the consumers in contracting transactions.

For the purpose of this part, “employee” is defined as a person who receives compensation from, and is under the supervision and control of, an employer who regularly deducts the F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provides workers’ compensation, all as prescribed by law.

(2) An authorized employee of the United States, this state, or any municipality, county, irrigation district, reclamation district, or any other municipal or political subdivision of this state, except school boards, state university boards of trustees, and community college boards of trustees, unless for the purpose of performing routine maintenance or repair or construction not exceeding $200,000 to existing installations, as long as the employee does not hold himself or herself out for hire or otherwise engage in contracting except in accordance with his or her employment. If the construction, remodeling, or improvement exceeds $200,000, school boards, state university boards of trustees, and community college boards of trustees shall not divide the project into separate components for the purpose of evading this section.

(3) An officer appointed by a court when he or she is acting within the scope of his or her office as defined by law or court order.

(4) Public utilities, on construction, maintenance, and development work performed by their forces and incidental to their business.