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Fee Holiday for License Renewals!

The Construction Industry Licensing Board and the Department of Business and Professional Regulation have approved a $100.00 FEE HOLIDAY for the 2014 and 2015 renewal cycles for certified and registered contractors who are renewing their licenses. During the fee holiday, certified and registered contractors renewing an active license will have their fees reduced by $100.00. Certified and registered contractors renewing their inactive licenses will have their $50.00 inactive renewal fee waived in its entirety. All contractors (active or inactive) will still be required to pay the $5.00 unlicensed activity fee and the $4.00 Florida Building Commission fee in order to renew their license.
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Expediting Services

As I've been on the phone with Florida Construction License applicants after the April examinations, the word "expediting" seems to get thrown around a lot recently. Several folks who have called seem to think that application processors have a magical "in" up at the DBPR. If they are being told that or if they interpret their conversation as that, I do not know. However, the answer is - No, the DBPR is a government agency that cannot extend preferential treatment to some and not to others. Many years ago back in my Civil days as a CAD/GIS consultant, we sent promotional t-shirts to a government entity and the hammer came down fast on us and the government employees who accepted those hokey t-shirts (which were good scrap shirts for painting...) Because the shirts were freebies, our company couldn't imagine that we doing anything wrong, but we were told we were bad. After that, we were careful to check before we acted so that we didn't not interfere with anyone's career.
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Florida Division of Corporations Annual Reports January 2nd

We are at the end of the year and come January 2nd, Florida Corporations and Limited Liability Companies will be required to renew their Annual Reports with the Florida Division of Corporations. Annual Reports are required to be filed before May 1st, 2014 to avoid a $400 penalty. The State of Florida DOC only sends out notification emails that many contractors either disregard as spam, or the emails do not get through to the mail server. Every year, we check your filing as a courtesy; we find that often our clients did not get their renewal or overlooked it. The DOC does not physically mail renewal notices. We do not want to see you have any issues with your Contractor’s license that you worked so hard to obtain! Will this affect my contractor’s license? In most cases, Yes; your active license is tied to your corporation or LLC unless you hold your license as an individual.
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Grandfather Your Registered Electrical License!

Governor Scott recently signed House Bill 269, which passed during the 2013 legislative session, allowing registered electrical contractors licenses to be grandfathered to a state wide certified contractor’s license beginning July 1, 2013. All applications for grandfathering must be postmarked no later than November 1, 2015 to be considered for grandfathering. In order to have your registered contractor’s license grandfathered, you must have the following...
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Florida CILB/DBPR Approved Credit Reports

We are pleased to announce that although the DBPR has been accepting our credit reports for a while now, License Exam Services is now published on the list of CILB/DBPR approved credit report providers. Our credit reports include your FICO score and both the business and personal credit reports are formatted so that they are easy to read for the examiners. Because we are familiar with the application process, if we see any potential issues that may stall your application, we will make you aware of them before your application is submitted to the State.
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Grandfather Before You Renew This Year

Attention Registered Contractors! Grandfathering is the REAL DEAL! If you can grandfather to a State Certified License, NOW is the time, before you renew your Registered License! Especially if you are reciprocating into multiple areas, a State Certified license can benefit you so much. Call us at 941-706-2336 or contact us online!
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