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    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code;
    3         amending s. 633.0215, F.S.; requiring fire officials
    4         to enforce Florida Building Code provisions for
    5         occupancy separation for certain structures with
    6         certain occupancies; exempting certain farming and
    7         ranching structures from the code; providing an
    8         effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Subsection (16) is added to section 633.0215,
   13  Florida Statutes, to read:
   14         633.0215 Florida Fire Prevention Code.—
   15         (16)(a) For one-story or two-story structures that are less
   16  than 10,000 square feet, whose occupancy is defined in the
   17  Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code as
   18  business or mercantile, a fire official shall enforce the wall
   19  fire-rating provisions for occupancy separation as defined in
   20  the Florida Building Code.
   21         (b) A structure, located on property that is classified for
   22  ad valorem purposes as agricultural, which is part of a farming
   23  or ranching operation, in which the occupancy is limited by the
   24  property owner to no more than 35 persons, and which is not used
   25  by the public for direct sales or as an educational outreach
   26  facility, is exempt from the Florida Fire Prevention Code,
   27  including the national codes and Life Safety Code incorporated
   28  by reference. This paragraph does not include structures used
   29  for residential or assembly occupancies, as defined in the
   30  Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.