Re: Bass

[thesbian <sp@xxxxxx>]

is he 'bending the laws again?

http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=&URL=Ch0489/SEC103.HTM&Title=-%3E2007-%3ECh0489-%3ESection%20103#0489.103

"State law requires construction to be done by licensed contractors. You
have applied for a permit under an exemption to that law. The exemption
allows you, as the owner of your property, to act as your own contractor
with certain restrictions even though you do not have a license. You
must provide direct, onsite supervision of the construction yourself.
You may build or improve a one-family or two-family residence or a farm
outbuilding. You may also build or improve a commercial building,
provided your costs do not exceed $75,000. The building or residence
must be for your own use or occupancy. It may not be built or
substantially improved for sale or lease. If you sell or lease a
building you have built or substantially improved yourself within 1 year
after the construction is complete, the law will presume that you built
or substantially improved it for sale or lease, which is a violation of
this exemption. You may not hire an unlicensed person to act as your
contractor or to supervise people working on your building. It is your
responsibility to make sure that people employed by you have licenses
required by state law and by county or municipal licensing ordinances.
You may not delegate the responsibility for supervising work to a
licensed contractor who is not licensed to perform the work being done.
Any person working on your building who is not licensed must work under
your direct supervision and must be employed by you, which means that
you must deduct F.I.C.A. and withholding tax and provide workers'
compensation for that employee, all as prescribed by law. Your
construction must comply with all applicable laws, ordinances, building
codes, and zoning regulations."

seems bass was bragging about all the work he was doing on his previous
house as his own contractor without licensing.  but then he put it up
for sale within 1 year of that work which means he losses his exemption
  for doing the stuff illegally. tsk, tsk