| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to the practice of architecture and |
| 3 | interior design; amending s. 481.203, F.S.; revising |
| 4 | definitions of the terms "interior design" and "space |
| 5 | planning" to exempt certain drawings and activities |
| 6 | related to the manufacture, sale, and installation of |
| 7 | commercial food service equipment, cubicle workstations, |
| 8 | and similar modular furniture and fixtures from provisions |
| 9 | regulating interior design; amending s. 481.229, F.S.; |
| 10 | exempting certain persons engaged in the manufacture, |
| 11 | sale, and installation of commercial food service |
| 12 | equipment, cubicle workstations, and similar modular |
| 13 | furniture and fixtures from provisions regulating |
| 14 | architecture and interior design; providing an effective |
| 15 | date. |
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| 17 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 19 | Section 1. Subsections (8) and (12) of section 481.203, |
| 20 | Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 21 | 481.203 Definitions.--As used in this part: |
| 22 | (8) "Interior design" means designs, consultations, |
| 23 | studies, drawings, specifications, and administration of design |
| 24 | construction contracts relating to nonstructural interior |
| 25 | elements of a building or structure. The term "Interior design" |
| 26 | includes, but is not limited to, reflected ceiling plans, space |
| 27 | planning, furnishings, and the fabrication of nonstructural |
| 28 | elements within and surrounding interior spaces of buildings. |
| 29 | The term does not include related utility rough-in drawings, |
| 30 | engineering drawings, and shop drawings to assist architects, |
| 31 | engineers, interior designers, and general contractors; designs, |
| 32 | consultations, studies, drawings, specifications, layouts, or |
| 33 | floor plans prepared for the sale or installation of commercial |
| 34 | food service equipment or cubicle workstations and similar |
| 35 | modular furniture, shelving, cabinetry, and spatial dividers or |
| 36 | partitions by the manufacturer of such equipment, furniture, or |
| 37 | fixtures or the manufacturer's representative, distributor, or |
| 38 | dealer, or an employee thereof; or "Interior design" |
| 39 | specifically excludes the design of or the responsibility for |
| 40 | architectural and engineering work, except for specification of |
| 41 | fixtures and their location within interior spaces. As used in |
| 42 | this subsection, "architectural and engineering interior |
| 43 | construction relating to the building systems" includes, but is |
| 44 | not limited to, construction of structural, mechanical, |
| 45 | plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, ventilating, electrical, or |
| 46 | vertical transportation systems, or construction which |
| 47 | materially affects lifesafety systems pertaining to firesafety |
| 48 | protection such as fire-rated separations between interior |
| 49 | spaces, fire-rated vertical shafts in multistory structures, |
| 50 | fire-rated protection of structural elements, smoke evacuation |
| 51 | and compartmentalization, emergency ingress or egress systems, |
| 52 | and emergency alarm systems. |
| 53 | (12) "Space planning" means the analysis, programming, or |
| 54 | design of spatial requirements, including preliminary space |
| 55 | layouts and final planning. The term does not include designs, |
| 56 | consultations, studies, drawings, specifications, layouts, or |
| 57 | floor plans prepared for the sale or installation of commercial |
| 58 | food service equipment or cubicle workstations and similar |
| 59 | modular furniture, shelving, cabinetry, and spatial dividers or |
| 60 | partitions by the manufacturer of such equipment, furniture, or |
| 61 | fixtures or the manufacturer's representative, distributor, or |
| 62 | dealer, or an employee thereof. |
| 63 | Section 2. Paragraph (c) is added to subsection (6) of |
| 64 | section 481.229, Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 65 | 481.229 Exceptions; exemptions from licensure.-- |
| 66 | (6) This part shall not apply to: |
| 67 | (c) A manufacturer of commercial food service equipment or |
| 68 | cubicle workstations and similar modular furniture, shelving, |
| 69 | cabinetry, and spatial dividers or partitions or the |
| 70 | manufacturer's representative, distributor, or dealer, or an |
| 71 | employee thereof, who prepares designs, consultations, studies, |
| 72 | drawings, specifications, layouts, or floor plans for the sale |
| 73 | or installation of such equipment, furniture, or fixtures or who |
| 74 | advertises those services. |
| 75 | Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |