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8/21 / 95 ord \ certcomp . dock Ow ORDINANCE 95- 23 AN ORDINANCE OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, FLORIDA, PROVIDING FOR THE SUSPENSION OF CONTRACTORS CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCY WHEN OUTSTANDING FINES EXIST AGAINST THE CONTRACTOR. WHEREAS, Chapter 489, F.S. authorizes the County to issue citations for violations of the contracting statutes; and WHEREAS, the County has enacted ordinances implementing this statutory authority; and WHEREAS, citations have been -issued and fines imposed; and WHEREAS, certain violators have failed to pay the fines imposed; WHEREAS, the suspension of a contractor's certificate of competency, when a fine remains unpaid, is an additional mechanism to have the violator pay the fine, COMMISSIONERS OF INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, that: SECTION 1. AMENDMENT T. A new paragraph (8) is added to Section 400.01 of the code to read as follows. Section 400.01. 8) Any person with an unpaid fine, imposed pursuant to Section 103.08 or Section 400.08 of this code, shall surrender to the Building Official any Indian River County contractor's certificate of competency, which certificate shall be suspended automatically until the fine is paid, at which time the suspended certificate of competency shall be re -instated and returned by the Building Official. Any fine paid in order to continue contracting during any appeal period shall be refunded if the appellant prevails on appeal . No person with an unpaid fine shall be eligible to obtain a certificate of competency or renewal of a certificate of competency, until the fine is paid. SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass the ordinance without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part. Certificate required . 8) Any person with an unpaid fine, imposed pursuant to Section 103.08 or Section 400.08 of this code, shall surrender to the Building Official any Indian River County contractor's certificate of competency, which certificate shall be suspended automatically until the fine is paid, at which time the suspended certificate of competency shall be re -instated and returned by the Building Official. Any fine paid in order to continue contracting during any appeal period shall be refunded if the appellant prevails on appeal . No person with an unpaid fine shall be eligible to obtain a certificate of competency or renewal of a certificate of competency, until the fine is paid. SECTION 2. SEVERABILITY. If any section, or any sentence, paragraph, phrase, or word of this ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, inoperative, or void, such holding shall not affect the remaining portions of this ordinance, and it shall be construed to have been the legislative intent to pass the ordinance without such unconstitutional, invalid or inoperative part.