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11 Senator Clary moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 97. Section 553.41, Florida Statutes, is
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19 553.41 Factory-built school buildings.--
20 (1) It is the purpose of this section to provide an
21 alternative procedure for the construction and installation of
22 factory-built school buildings designed or intended for use as
23 school buildings. As used in this section, the term
24 "factory-built school building" means any building designed or
25 intended for use as a school building, which is in whole or in
26 part, manufactured at an off site facility in compliance with
27 the State Uniform Code for Public Educational Facilities and
28 Department of Education rule, effective on January 5, 2000.
29 After July 1, 2001, the Uniform Code for Public Educational
30 Facilities shall be incorporated into the Florida Building
31 Code, including specific requirements for Public Educational
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1 Facilities and the Department of Education rule, effective on
2 January 5, 2000. For the purpose of this section,
3 factory-built school buildings include prefabricated
4 educational facilities, factory-built educational facilities,
5 and modular built educational facilities, that are designed to
6 be portable, relocatable, demountable, or reconstructible; are
7 used primarily as classrooms or the components of an entire
8 school; and do not fall under the provisions of ss.
9 320.822-320.862.
10 (2) A manufacturer of factory-built school buildings
11 shall be subject to the certification and enforcement
12 requirements in part IV of chapter 553 except as provided in
13 this section.
14 (3) Within 90 days after the effective date of this
15 section, the department shall adopt by emergency rule
16 regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. Such
17 rule shall ensure the safety of design, construction,
18 accessibility, alterations, and inspections and shall also
19 prescribe procedures for the plans, specifications, and
20 methods of construction to be submitted to the department for
21 approval.
22 (4) A manufacturer of factory-built school buildings
23 designed or intended for use as school buildings shall submit
24 to the department for approval the manufacturer's plans,
25 specifications, alterations, and methods of construction. The
26 department is authorized to charge manufacturers a fee which
27 reflects the actual expenses incurred for the review of such
28 plans and specifications.
29 (5) The department, in accordance with the standards
30 and procedures adopted pursuant to this section and as such
31 standards and procedures may thereafter be modified, shall
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1 approve or reject such plans, specifications, and methods of
2 construction. Approval shall not be given unless such plans,
3 specifications, and methods of construction are in compliance
4 with the State Uniform Building Code for Public Educational
5 Facilities and department rule. After July 1, 2001, the
6 Uniform Code for Public Educational facilities shall be
7 incorporated into the Florida Building Code, including
8 specific requirements for public educational facilities and
9 department rule.
10 (6) The department may delegate its plans review
11 authority to a state agency or public or private entity;
12 however, the department shall ensure that any person
13 conducting plans reviews is a certified plans examiner,
14 pursuant to part XII of chapter 468.
15 (7) A standard plan approval may be obtained from the
16 department for factory-built school buildings and such
17 department-approved plans shall be accepted by the enforcement
18 agency as approved for the purpose of obtaining a construction
19 permit for the structure itself.
20 (8) Any amendment to the State Uniform Code for Public
21 Educational Facilities, and after July 1, 2001 the Florida
22 Building Code, shall become effective 180 days after the
23 amendment is filed with the Secretary of State.
24 Notwithstanding the 180-day delayed effective date, the
25 manufacturer shall submit and obtain a revised approved plan
26 within the 180 days. A revised plan submitted pursuant to
27 this subsection shall be processed as a renewal or revision
28 with appropriate fees. A plan submitted after the period of
29 time provided shall be processed as a new application with
30 appropriate fees.
31 (9) The school district or community college district
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1 for which any factory-built school building is constructed or
2 altered shall provide for periodic inspection of the proposed
3 factory-built school building during each phase of
4 construction or alteration. The inspector shall act under the
5 direction of the governing board for employment purposes.
6 (10) The department shall, by rule, develop forms and
7 reporting periods for the architect or structural engineer in
8 charge of the supervision of the work of construction in the
9 factory, the inspector on the work, and the manufacturer
10 verifying that based upon personal knowledge, the work during
11 the period covered by the report has been performed, and the
12 materials used and installed, in every particular, in
13 accordance with the approved plans and specifications, setting
14 forth such detailed statements of facts as required by the
15 department.
16 (11) The department shall develop a unique
17 identification label to be affixed to all newly constructed
18 factory-built school buildings and existing factory-built
19 school buildings which have been brought into compliance with
20 the standards for existing "satisfactory" buildings pursuant
21 to chapter 5 of the Uniform Code for Public Educational
22 Facilities, and after July 1, 2001 the Florida Building Code.
23 The department may charge a fee for issuing such labels. Such
24 labels, bearing the department's name and state seal, shall at
25 a minimum, contain:
26 (a) The name of the manufacturer.
27 (b) The standard plan approval number or alteration
28 number.
29 (c) The date of manufacture or alteration.
30 (d) The serial or other identification number.
31 (e) The following designed-for loads: lbs. per square
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1 foot live load; lbs. per square foot floor live load; lbs. per
2 square foot horizontal wind load; and lbs. per square foot
3 wind uplift load.
4 (f) The designed-for flood zone usage.
5 (g) The designed-for wind zone usage.
6 (h) The designed-for enhanced hurricane protection
7 zone usage: yes or no.
8 (12) Such identification label shall be permanently
9 affixed by the manufacturer in the case of newly constructed
10 factory-built school buildings, or by the department or its
11 designee in the case of an existing factory-built building
12 altered to comply with provisions of s. 235.061.
13 (13) As of July 1, 2001, all existing and newly
14 constructed factory-built school buildings shall bear a label
15 pursuant to subsection (12). Existing factory-built school
16 buildings not bearing such label shall not be used as
17 classrooms pursuant to s. 235.061.
18 (14) Nothing in this section shall affect any
19 requirement for compliance with firesafety criteria.
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25 And the title is amended as follows:
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29 creating s. 553.41, F.S.; providing for
30 construction and installation of factory-built
31 school buildings; providing purposes; providing
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4 construction and installation;
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