Senate Bill sb0744c1

    Florida Senate - 2001                            CS for SB 744

    By the Committee on Regulated Industries and Senator Clary





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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the review and inspection of

  3         building construction; creating the Building

  4         Construction Permitting and Inspection Task

  5         Force; providing responsibilities; providing

  6         for appointment of members; providing for

  7         meetings and staffing by the Florida Building

  8         Commission; providing for recommendations and a

  9         report by a date certain; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  The Building Construction Permitting and

15  Inspection Task Force is created to recommend a procedure by

16  which the public could elect to engage an engineer or

17  architect to perform plans review and inspection for the

18  construction, alteration, repair, or improvement of real

19  property, and the appropriate role of the local building

20  official in such an alternative plans review and inspection

21  procedure and in the resulting issuance of a building permit

22  and certificate of occupancy.

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

24  follows:

25         (a)  The Building Officials Association of Florida

26  shall designate four members;

27         (b)  The Associated General Contractors of Florida

28  shall designate one member;

29         (c)  The Florida Home Builders Association shall

30  designate one member;

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  1         (d)  The Florida Engineering Society shall designate

  2  one member;

  3         (e)  The Florida Association of the American Institute

  4  of Architects shall designate one member;

  5         (f)  The Florida Insurance Council shall designate one

  6  member; and

  7         (g)  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.

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  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 a

  8  law.

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10          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
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13  The Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 744 deletes from the
    bill all statutory changes and creates the Building
14  Construction Permitting and Inspection Task Force.

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