Fla. Stat. § 451.01

Current through the 2024 Legislative Session

Section 451.01 - Definitions

For purposes of this chapter, the term:

(1) "Household services" means:

(a) Furniture assembly;

(b) Interior painting;

(c) Television mounting;

(d) Local moving help, such as packing, lifting, loading, and rearranging household items, but excluding transporting items;

(e) Hanging pictures, mirrors, curtains, blinds, and shelves;

(f) Home cleaning;

(g) Installation of in-home technology that does not require a hardwired electrical connection; or

(h) Installing or replacing door hardware.

Household services do not include services that require licensure under chapter 489.

(2) "Marketplace contractor" means any individual who:

(a) Enters into an agreement with a marketplace platform to use the platform's technology application to connect with third-party individuals or entities seeking temporary household services.

(b) In return for compensation, offers or provides temporary household services to third-party individuals or entities through the marketplace platform's technology application.

(3) "Marketplace platform" or "platform" means an entity operating in this state which:

(a) Offers an online-enabled technology application service, website, or system that enables marketplace contractors to provide services to third-party individuals or entities seeking such temporary household services.

(b) Accepts service requests from the public only through its online-enabled technology application service, website, or system.

Fla. Stat. § 451.01

s.50, ch. 2018-118.

Added by 2018 Fla. Laws, ch. 118, s 50, eff. 7/1/2018.