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                                          HB 1223, First Engrossed



  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to construction permitting and

  3         inspection; creating the Building Construction

  4         Permitting and Inspection Task Force; providing

  5         responsibilities; providing for appointment of

  6         members; providing for meetings and staffing by

  7         the Florida Building Commission; providing for

  8         recommendations and a report by a date certain;

  9         providing an effective date.

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11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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13         Section 1.  The Building Construction Permitting and

14  Inspection Task Force is hereby created to recommend a

15  procedure by which the public could elect to engage an

16  engineer or architect to perform plans review and inspection

17  for the construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of

18  real property, and the appropriate role of the local building

19  official in such an alternative plans review and inspection

20  procedure and in the resulting issuance of a building permit

21  and certificate of occupancy.

22         (1)  The task force shall be composed of 11 members,

23  appointed as follows:

24         (a)  The Building Officials Association of Florida

25  shall appoint four members;

26         (b)  The Associated General Contractors of Florida

27  shall appoint one member;

28         (c)  The Florida Home Builders Association shall

29  appoint one member;

30         (d)  The Florida Engineering Society shall appoint one

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  1         (e)  The Florida Association of the American Institute

  2  of Architects shall appoint one member;

  3         (f)  The Florida Building Commission shall appoint two

  4  members, one member to be a building official or inspector,

  5  and one to be a contractor, architect, or engineer.

  6         (g)  The Florida Insurance Council shall appoint one

  7  member.

  8         (2)  The task force shall meet at least four times

  9  prior to January 1, 2002.  Members may participate in any

10  meeting via telephone conference.  Members shall serve on a

11  voluntary basis, without compensation and without

12  reimbursement for per diem and travel expenses.

13         (3)  The task force shall examine the various processes

14  used by local building officials throughout the state in

15  conducting plans review for the construction, alteration,

16  repair, or improvement of real property, and approving

17  building permit applications, as well as those processes used

18  by local building officials in conducting required inspections

19  for construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of real

20  property, and issuing certificates of occupancy.  The task

21  force shall make recommendations on the following:

22         (a)  A procedure by which the public could elect to

23  engage an engineer or architect to perform plans review and

24  inspection for the construction, alteration, repair, or

25  improvement of real property; and

26         (b)  The appropriate role of the local building

27  official in such an alternative plans review and inspection

28  procedure and in the resulting issuance of a building permit

29  and certificate of occupancy.

30         (4)  The task force shall submit to the Governor, the

31  Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the President of


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  1  the Senate, by January 1, 2002, a report presenting the task

  2  force's recommendations and findings.

  3         (5)  The Florida Building Commission shall provide

  4  logistical and staff support for the task force.

  5         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming

  6  law.

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