SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1848

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11  Senator McKay moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 19, between lines 3 and 4,

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17         Section 18.  Subsection (3) of section 235.26, Florida

18  Statutes, 1998 Supplement, is amended to read:

19         235.26  State Uniform Building Code for Public

20  Educational Facilities Construction.--The Commissioner of

21  Education shall adopt a uniform statewide building code for

22  the planning and construction of public educational and

23  ancillary plants by district school boards and community

24  college district boards of trustees. The code must be entitled

25  the State Uniform Building Code for Public Educational

26  Facilities Construction. Included in this code must be flood

27  plain management criteria in compliance with the rules and

28  regulations in 44 C.F.R. parts 59 and 60, and subsequent

29  revisions thereto which are adopted by the Federal Emergency

30  Management Agency.  Wherever the words "Uniform Building Code"

31  appear, they mean the "State Uniform Building Code for Public

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 1  Educational Facilities Construction." It is not a purpose of

 2  the Uniform Building Code to inhibit the use of new materials

 3  or innovative techniques; nor may it specify or prohibit

 4  materials by brand names. The code must be flexible enough to

 5  cover all phases of construction so as to afford reasonable

 6  protection for the public safety, health, and general welfare.

 7  The department may secure the service of other state agencies

 8  or such other assistance as it finds desirable in revising the

 9  code.

10         (3)  ENFORCEMENT BY BOARD.--It is the responsibility of

11  each district school board and community college district

12  board of trustees to ensure that all plans and educational and

13  ancillary plants meet the standards of the Uniform Building

14  Code and to provide for the enforcement of this code in the

15  areas of its jurisdiction. Each board shall provide for the

16  proper supervision and inspection of the work.  Each board may

17  employ a chief building official or inspector and such other

18  inspectors, who have been certified by the department or

19  certified pursuant to chapter 468, and such personnel as are

20  necessary to administer and enforce the provisions of this

21  code. Boards may also utilize local building department

22  inspectors who are certified by the department to enforce this

23  code. Plans or facilities that fail to meet the standards of

24  the Uniform Building Code may not be approved. When planning

25  for and constructing an educational, auxiliary, or ancillary

26  facility, a district school board must use construction

27  materials and systems that meet standards adopted pursuant to

28  subsection (2)(f)5. If the planned or actual construction of a

29  facility deviates from the adopted standards, the district

30  school board must, at a public hearing, quantify and compare

31  the costs of constructing the facility with the proposed

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 1  deviations and in compliance with the adopted standards and

 2  the Uniform Building Code. The board must explain the reason

 3  for the proposed deviations and compare how the total

 4  construction costs and projected life-cycle costs of the

 5  facility or component system of the facility would be affected

 6  by implementing the proposed deviations rather than using

 7  materials and systems that meet the adopted standards. The

 8  provisions of this paragraph do apply to educational,

 9  auxiliary, and ancillary facility projects commenced on or

10  after July 1, 1999.

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12  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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16  And the title is amended as follows:

17         On page 2, line 2, after the semicolon

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20         amending s. 235.26, F.S.; requiring district

21         school boards to comply with certain standards

22         for construction materials and systems based on

23         life-cycle costs; providing an exception;

24         requiring a public hearing;

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