Part of the series, Assault on Florida.

This is the first installment in an ongoing series, “Assault On Florida,” that chronicles Rick Scott’s disastrous tenure as governor and the antics of the Republican-dominated state legislature.

Buried in an article in the South Florida Business Journal that ran Tuesday was a whole list of businesses that stand to be deregulated if House Bill HB 5005 passes.

The bill seeks to deregulate dozens of industries by deleting provisions establishing the Department of Business and Professional Regulation’s oversight of dozens of occupations and professions. Some businesses — not to mention us consumers — are concerned that the lack of regulation could lead to practices that could tarnish the image of some industries (and screw consumers). Here are the professions and occupations listed in the House bill for which regulation by the state would end:

Yacht and ship brokers, auctioneers, talent agencies, community association managers, athlete agents, employee leasing companies, home inspectors, mold assessors and remediators, professional surveyors and mappers, persons practicing hair braiding, hair wrapping, or body wrapping; interior designers, landscape architects, professional geologists, professional fundraising consultants and solicitors, water vending machines and operators, health studios, ballroom dance studios, commercial telephone sellers and salespersons, movers and moving brokers, certain outdoor theaters, certain business opportunities, motor vehicle repair shops, sellers of travel, contracts with sales representatives involving commissions, and, strangely, television picture tubes.

The bill also revises name and membership of the Board of Architecture, revises license classifications of public lodging establishments, deletes DBPR’s authority to enforce & ensure compliance of certain provisions relating to condominiums, cooperatives, vacation plans and timeshares, and mobile homes.

I’m not so much worried about getting my hair braided, but being able to trust my car mechanic and the guy who installs my water-vending machine or the woman who books my vacation or the company that is moving all my earthly possessions is important to me. But Gov. Scott, in keeping with the Tea Party’s small-government, libertarian agenda, doesn’t agree. Of course, he’s rich, so he’s insulated from most of the petty worries that keep us regular folks awake at night.

I’m pretty sure that if this bill passes, most average Floridians will get screwed — and it still won’t help balance the budget.

UPDATE: Editorial in the Sun-Sentinel today asserts the bill will harm Florida’s business climate.