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THE PALMS v. MAGIL CONST. FLORIDA, INC.

No. 3D00-3132.

785 So.2d 597 (2001)

THE PALMS, 2100 Ocean Blvd., Ltd., and Plaza Properties Group, Inc., Appellants, v. MAGIL CONSTRUCTION FLORIDA, INC., Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Rehearing and Certification Denied May 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Greenberg Traurig, P.A., and Michael A. Hornreich and Elliot H. Scherker and Brenda K. Supple, Miami, for appellants.

Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza & Guedes, P.A. and Joseph H, Serota and Joseph Serota, Miami; Robert D. Hertzberg, Miami, for appellee.

Before COPE, FLETCHER and SORONDO, JJ.

COPE, J.

The question before us is whether the 2000 amendment to section 489.128, Florida Statutes, is retroactive. We conclude that it is not.

In April 1997 the appellant owner entered into a construction contract with the appellee contractor. At that time, the relevant version of section 489.128, Florida Statutes, provided:

Contracts performed by unlicensed contractors unenforceable.—As a matter of public policy, contracts entered...

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