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Florida Pool Pro
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• November 2014
T h e s t a t e w i d e
a s s a u l t o n y o u r
license and industry
i s s t i l l happen i ng
and members of our
organization are leading
the f ight on several
fronts. Some of our
professionals are highly visible and others (like me) work effectively behind
the scenes.
Legislative Days and our lobbyist, Jennifer Hatfield has placed us in a
proactive and involved position in Tallahassee with the legislators and with
the regulatory departments of the state. Add to that the work Florida Building
Commissioner Jim Batts and CILB Vice Chairman Roy Lenois do to protect
others from trying to “take a piece of our pie.” In almost every Chapter we
have local members who have strong relationships with Building Officials
which ensures quick action when issues arise.
We have a direct statewide link to DBPR investigators. “Snap and Send” is
a way to report a marked vehicle without the proper license number (CPC, RP,
Solar, Electrical, etc.). Use your smart phone
o r
camera to take pictures of the advertised
car or truck. The more angles the better.
How about business cards, advertisements
and contracts? Send it to me at drfence@
rollawaypoolfence.com and I can get it directly
t o
someone.
Yes, once in a while issues also come
up involving the Barrier Code.
It just happened again. I received an
email back from a Central Florida Building
Official whose Field Inspector thought it
would be okay to re-interpret the Florida