Florida HB 607: Housing Finance Authorities

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CS/HB 607 2026

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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to industries and professional 2
activities; amending s. 20.165, F.S.; renaming, 3
removing, and redesignating specified boards, 4
commissions, and councils established within the 5
Department of Business and Professional Regulation; 6
changing the office locations of certain divisions; 7
prohibiting extension or renewal of certain leases; 8
requiring the department to provide to the Division of 9
Professions a summary of changes to statutory law 10
within a specified time period after adjournment of 11
session; repealing ss. 310.011, 310.032, 310.042, 12
455.2124, 455.2228, 468.384, 468.399, 468.4315, 13
468.4337, 468.4338, 468.521, 468.522, 468.523, 14
468.605, 468.8316, 468.8416, 471.0195, 472.007, 15
472.008, 472.009, 472.017, 472.018, 472.019, 473.303, 16
474.204, 474.205, 474.206, 475.02, 475.03, 475.04, 17
475.045, 475.05, 475.10, 476.054, 476.064, 477.015, 18
481.205, 481.2055, 481.305, 482.243, 489.107, 489.507, 19
492.103, 499.01211, 559.9221, and 570.81, F.S., 20
relating to the Board of Pilot Commissioners; oath of 21
members of the Board of Pilot Commissioners; 22
organization and meetings of the board; proration of 23
continuing education; barbers and cosmetologists and 24
instruction on HIV and AIDS; the Florida Board of 25

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Auctioneers; expenditure of excess funds; the 26
Regulatory Council of Community Association Managers; 27
continuing education; reactivation and continuing 28
education; the Board of Employee Leasing Companies 29
membership, appointments, and terms; rules of the 30
board; applicability of s. 20.165 and chapter 455; the 31
Florida Building Code Administrators and Inspectors 32
Board; continuing education; Florida Building Code 33
training for engineers; the Board of Professional 34
Surveyors and Mappers; rules of the board; board 35
headquarters; continuing education; continuing 36
education for reactivating a license; the Board of 37
Veterinary Medicine; board headquarters; renewal of 38
license; the Board of Accountancy; the Barbers' Board; 39
organization, headquarters, personnel, and meetings of 40
the board; the Board of Cosmetology; the Board of 41
Architecture and Interior Design; authority of the 42
board to make rules; the Florida Real Estate 43
Commission; delegation of powers and duties; legal 44
services; duty of commission to educate members of 45
profession; the Florida Real Estate Commission 46
Education and Research Foundation; power of commission 47
to enact bylaws and rules and decide questions of 48
practice; seal; the Board of Landscape Architecture; 49
the Pest Control Enforcement Advisory Council; the 50

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Construction Industry Licensing Board; the Electrical 51
Contractors' Licensing Board; the Board of 52
Professional Geologists; the Drug Wholesale 53
Distributor Advisory Council; the Motor Vehicle Repair 54
Advisory Council; and the Agricultural Economic 55
Development Project Review Committee, respectively; 56
amending ss. 120.54, 212.08, 215.5586, 215.55871, 57
309.01, 310.0015, 310.002, 310.051, 310.061, 310.071, 58
310.073, 310.075, 310.081, 310.101, 310.102, 310.111, 59
310.121, 310.131, 310.142, 310.151, 310.183, 310.185, 60
326.002, 326.006, 376.303, 381.0065, 403.868, 61
403.9329, 440.02, 448.26, 455.203, 455.271, 468.382, 62
468.385, 468.3851, 468.3852, 468.3855, 468.386, 63
468.387, 468.388, 468.389, 468.392, 468.393, 468.395, 64
468.396, 468.397, 468.398, 468.404, 468.407, 468.431, 65
468.433, 468.4336, 468.435, 468.436, 468.520, 468.522, 66
468.524, 468.5245, 468.525, 468.526, 468.527, 67
468.5275, 468.529, 468.530, 468.531, 468.532, 468.603, 68
468.606, 468.607, 468.613, 468.619, 468.621, 468.627, 69
468.629, 468.631, 468.8312, 468.8315, 468.8412, 70
468.8415, 468.8417, 468.8419, 469.004, 469.012, 71
469.013, 471.011, 471.017, 471.019, 471.045, 472.003, 72
472.005, 472.006, 472.011, 472.0202, 472.0203, 73
473.302, 473.3035, 473.304, 473.305, 473.306, 473.309, 74
473.3101, 473.311, 473.3125, 473.313, 473.314, 75

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473.315, 473.316, 473.319, 473.3205, 473.321, 473.322, 76
473.323, 474.202, 474.2065, 474.207, 474.211, 77
474.2125, 474.213, 474.214, 474.215, 474.216, 78
474.2165, 474.217, 474.221, 475.451, 476.034, 476.074, 79
476.114, 476.134, 476.144, 476.154, 476.155, 476.192, 80
476.204, 476.214, 476.234, 477.013, 477.0135, 477