HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1223   Barcode 345401
    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Committee on Business Regulation offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14  Remove from the bill:  Everything after the enacting clause
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16  and insert in lieu thereof:  
17         Section 1.  The Building Construction Permitting and
18  Inspection Task Force is hereby created to recommend a
19  procedure by which the public could elect to engage an
20  engineer or architect to perform plans review and inspection
21  for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of
22  real property, and the appropriate role of the local building
23  official in such an alternative plans review and inspection
24  procedure and in the resulting issuance of a building permit
25  and certificate of occupancy.
26         (1)  The task force shall be composed of 10 members, as
27  follows:
28         (a)  The Building Officials Association of Florida
29  shall designate four members;
30         (b)  The Associated General Contractors of florida
31  shall designate one member;
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1223 Barcode 345401 Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only) 1 (c) The Florida Home Builders Association shall 2 designate one member; 3 (d) The Florida Engineering Society shall designate 4 one member; 5 (e) The Florida Association of the American Institute 6 of Architects shall designate one member; 7 (f) The Florida Building Commission shall designate 8 two members, one member to be a building official or 9 inspector, and one to be a contractor, architect, or engineer. 10 (2) The task force shall meet at least four times 11 prior to January 1, 2002. Members may participate in any 12 meeting via telephone conference. Members shall serve on a 13 voluntary basis, without compensation and without 14 reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses. 15 (3) The task force shall examine the various processes 16 used by local building officials throughout the state in 17 conducting plans review for the construction, alteration, 18 repair, or improvement of real property, and approving 19 building permit applications, as well as those processes used 20 by local building officials in conducting required inspections 21 for construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of real 22 property, and issuing certificates of occupancy. The task 23 force shall make recommendations on the following: 24 (a) A procedure by which the public could elect to 25 engage an engineer or architect to perform plans review and 26 inspection for the construction, alteration, repair, or 27 improvement of real property; and 28 (b) The appropriate role of the local building 29 official in such an alternative plans review and inspection 30 procedure and in the resulting issuance of a building permit 31 and certificate of occupancy. 2 File original & 9 copies 04/03/01 hri0001 11:14 am 01223-br -345401
HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1223 Barcode 345401 Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only) 1 (4) The task force shall submit to the Governor, the 2 Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of 3 the Senate, by January 1, 2002, a report presenting the task 4 force's recommendations and findings. 5 (5) The Florida Building Commission shall provide 6 logistical and staff support for the task force. 7 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming 8 law. 9 10 11 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 12 And the title is amended as follows: 13 On page 1, lines 2-31, 14 remove from the title of the bill: all of said lines 15 16 and insert in lieu thereof: 17 An act relating to construction permitting and 18 inspection; creating the Building Construction 19 Permitting and Inspection Task Force; providing 20 responsibilities; providing for appointment of 21 members; providing for meetings and staffing by 22 the Florida Building Commission; providing for 23 recommendations and a report by a date certain; 24 providing an effective date. 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3 File original & 9 copies 04/03/01 hri0001 11:14 am 01223-br -345401