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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.
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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.
SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
A certified copy of this ordinance, as enacted, shall be filed by
the Clerk with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of
Florida within ten days after enactment, and this ordinance shall take
effect upon filing with the Secretary of State.
Approved and adopted by the Board of County Commissioners of
Indian River County, Florida, on this 26 day of S e p t e m b e,r 1995.
This ordinance was advertised in the Vero Beach Press -Journal on
the 11 day of September, 1995, for a public hearing to be held on
the 26 day of September , 1995 , at which time it was moved for
adoption by Commissioner Adams seconded by Commissioner
B i r d and adopted by the following vote*
The Chairman thereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and
adopted this 26 day of September, 1995,
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
Attest INDIAN R ER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Jdffre Barton, C Kenneth R. Macht, Chairman
Effective date This ordinance became effective upon filing with the
Department of State which took place on 5th day of October ,
1995
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Aye
Chairman
Kenneth
R. Macht
Adams
Aye
Vice Chairman
Fran
B.
Bird Aye
Commissioner
Richard
N.
Absent
Commissioner
Carolyn
K.
Eggert
Aye
Commissioner
John
B. Tippin
The Chairman thereupon declared the ordinance duly passed and
adopted this 26 day of September, 1995,
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSION
Attest INDIAN R ER COUNTY, FLORIDA
By
Jdffre Barton, C Kenneth R. Macht, Chairman
Effective date This ordinance became effective upon filing with the
Department of State which took place on 5th day of October ,
1995
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