Any person seeking the sponsorship of Volusia County to take required examinations
must have been actively engaged in performing the work of a local specialty contractor
or subcontractor as his primary occupation for a period of three years immediately
preceding the effective date of this section [Ordinance No. 2005-14] and must hold
a valid local business tax receipt from a county or a municipality as a local specialty
contractor or produce satisfactory evidence that he has had four years' experience
working with a licensed local specialty contractor, a certified or registered general,
building or residential contractor, or has engaged in the trade in which he is requesting
licensure. A separate business and law examination is also required regarding details
of an administrative and business nature, which shall be prepared, proctored and graded
by an approved testing agency.