HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-05 Bill No. CS/HBs 1617 & 1487
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Representative(s) Murman offered the following:
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13 Amendment to Amendment (925427) (with title amendment)
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17 Section 15. Subsection (1) of section 235.061, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 235.061 Standards for relocatables used as classroom
20 space; inspections.--
21 (1) The Commissioner of Education shall adopt rules
22 establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term
23 use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle
24 school, or high school. "Long-term use" means the use of
25 relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4
26 years or more. These rules must be implemented by July 1,
27 1998, and each relocatable acquired by a district school board
28 after the effective date of the rules and intended for
29 long-term use must comply with the standards. The rules shall
30 require that, by July 1, 2002 2001, relocatables that fail to
31 meet the standards may not be used as classrooms. The
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HOUSE AMENDMENT
hbd-05 Bill No. CS/HBs 1617 & 1487
Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
1 standards shall protect the health, safety, and welfare of
2 occupants by requiring compliance with the Uniform Building
3 Code for Public Educational Facilities or other locally
4 adopted state minimum building codes to ensure the safety and
5 stability of construction and onsite installation; fire and
6 moisture protection; air quality and ventilation; appropriate
7 wind resistance; and compliance with the requirements of the
8 Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If appropriate, the
9 standards must also require relocatables to provide access to
10 the same technologies available to similar classrooms within
11 the main school facility and, if appropriate, to be accessible
12 by adequate covered walkways. By July 1, 2000, the
13 commissioner shall adopt standards for all relocatables
14 intended for long-term use as classrooms. A relocatable that
15 is subject to this section and does not meet the standards
16 shall not be reported as providing satisfactory student
17 stations in the Florida Inventory of School Houses.
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21 And the title is amended as follows:
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25 amending s. 235.061, F.S.; revising the date
26 after which relocatables that fail to meet
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