CS/CS/HB 887 Summary

• Authorizes wholesale dealers to extend credit for tobacco sales to retail dealers and suspends retail permits for delinquent customers until they enter a payment plan or satisfy civil judgments.

• Waives initial licensing, application, and unlicensed activity fees for military veterans who apply within 24 months of honorable discharge.

• Revises continuing education provider approval procedures to allow the department to approve providers and courses independently of boards and determine submission requirements.

• Authorizes distance learning courses as an alternative to classroom instruction for real estate instructor permit renewal, under school discretion with specified requirements.

• Amends contractor definitions, eliminates "glass and glazing contractor" category, redesignates the Pilotage Rate Review Board as a committee, and repeals reporting requirements for closed-circuit pugilistic matches.