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By Representative Bennett
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to the Florida Building Code;
3 amending s. 553.415, F.S.; delaying the date
4 for inclusion of the Uniform Code for Public
5 Educational Facilities in the Florida Building
6 Code; providing an effective date for the
7 Florida Building Code; amending s. 135 of ch.
8 2000-141, Laws of Florida, and ss. 62(2) and 68
9 of ch. 98-287, Laws of Florida, as amended;
10 delaying the amendment, repeal, and transfer
11 and renumbering of specified sections of the
12 Florida Statutes; amending s. 627.0629, F.S.;
13 delaying a deadline by which insurance
14 companies are required to make certain rate
15 filings; providing for the adoption of an
16 administrative rule; providing for the
17 treatment of permit applications submitted
18 before the effective date of the code;
19 requiring local jurisdictions to enact
20 ordinances establishing wind speed lines;
21 requiring the Florida Building Commission to
22 establish such lines under certain
23 circumstances; providing an effective date.
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25 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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27 Section 1. Subsections (1), (5), (8), and (11) of
28 section 553.415, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
29 553.415 Factory-built school buildings.--
30 (1) It is the purpose of this section to provide an
31 alternative procedure for the construction and installation of
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1 factory-built school buildings designed or intended for use as
2 school buildings. As used in this section, the term
3 "factory-built school building" means any building designed or
4 intended for use as a school building, which is in whole or in
5 part, manufactured at an offsite facility in compliance with
6 the State Uniform Code for Public Educational Facilities and
7 Department of Education rule, effective on January 5, 2000.
8 After April January 1, 2002, the Uniform Code for Public
9 Educational Facilities shall be incorporated into the Florida
10 Building Code, including specific requirements for Public
11 Educational Facilities and the Department of Education rule,
12 effective on January 5, 2000. For the purpose of this
13 section, factory-built school buildings include prefabricated
14 educational facilities, factory-built educational facilities,
15 and modular-built educational facilities, that are designed to
16 be portable, relocatable, demountable, or reconstructible; are
17 used primarily as classrooms or the components of an entire
18 school; and do not fall under the provisions of ss.
19 320.822-320.862.
20 (5) The department, in accordance with the standards
21 and procedures adopted pursuant to this section and as such
22 standards and procedures may thereafter be modified, shall
23 approve or reject such plans, specifications, and methods of
24 construction. Approval shall not be given unless such plans,
25 specifications, and methods of construction are in compliance
26 with the State Uniform Building Code for Public Educational
27 Facilities and department rule. After April January 1, 2002,
28 the Uniform Code for Public Educational Facilities shall be
29 incorporated into the Florida Building Code, including
30 specific requirements for public educational facilities and
31 department rule.
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1 (8) Any amendment to the State Uniform Code for Public
2 Educational Facilities, and, after April January 1, 2002, the
3 Florida Building Code, shall become effective 180 days after
4 the amendment is filed with the Secretary of State.
5 Notwithstanding the 180-day delayed effective date, the
6 manufacturer shall submit and obtain a revised approved plan
7 within the 180 days. A revised plan submitted pursuant to
8 this subsection shall be processed as a renewal or revision
9 with appropriate fees. A plan submitted after the period of
10 time provided shall be processed as a new application with
11 appropriate fees.
12 (11) The department shall develop a unique
13 identification label to be affixed to all newly constructed
14 factory-built school buildings and existing factory-built
15 school buildings which have been brought into compliance with
16 the standards for existing "satisfactory" buildings pursuant
17 to chapter 5 of the Uniform Code for Public Educational
18 Facilities, and, after April January 1, 2002, the Florida
19 Building Code. The department may charge a fee for issuing
20 such labels. Such labels, bearing the department's name and
21 state seal, shall at a minimum, contain:
22 (a) The name of the manufacturer.
23 (b) The standard plan approval number or alteration
24 number.
25 (c) The date of manufacture or alteration.
26 (d) The serial or other identification number.
27 (e) The following designed-for loads: lbs. per square
28 foot live load; lbs. per square foot floor live load; lbs. per
29 square foot horizontal wind load; and lbs. per square foot
30 wind uplift load.
31 (f) The designed-for flood zone usage.
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1 (g) The designed-for wind zone usage.
2 (h) The designed-for enhanced hurricane protection
3 zone usage: yes or no.
4 Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision in
5 chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the
6 following sections of chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is
7 changed to April 1, 2002: sections 25, 26, and 27.
8 Section 3. Notwithstanding any other provision in
9 chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the
10 following sections of chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as
11 amended by chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to
12 April 1, 2002: sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13,
13 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30,
14 32, 36, 39, 44, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 70,
15 71, 72, 75, 79, 81, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 99.
16 Section 4. Notwithstanding any other provision in
17 chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the
18 following sections of chapter 98-287, Laws of Florida, as
19 amended by chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by
20 chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to April 1,
21 2002: sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21,
22 24, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 46, 47, 49, 51, and 56.
23 Section 5. Notwithstanding any other provision in
24 chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of
25 section 61 of chapter 98-419, Laws of Florida, as amended by
26 chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter
27 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to April 1, 2002.
28 Section 6. Section 135 of chapter 2000-141, Laws of
29 Florida, as amended by section 37 of chapter 2001-186, Laws of
30 Florida, is amended to read:
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1 Section 135. Effective April January 1, 2002,
2 subsection (2) of section 255.21, Florida Statutes, paragraphs
3 (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of section 395.1055, Florida
4 Statutes, and subsection (11) of section 553.79, Florida
5 Statutes, are repealed.
6 Section 7. Subsection (2) of section 62 of chapter
7 98-287, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 107 of chapter
8 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 38 of chapter
9 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
10 Section 62.
11 (2) Effective April January 1, 2002, all existing
12 local technical amendments to any building code adopted by any
13 local government, except for local ordinances setting forth
14 administrative requirements which are not in conflict with the
15 Florida Building Code, are repealed. Each local government may
16 readopt such amendments pursuant to s. 553.73, Florida
17 Statutes, provided such amendments comply with applicable
18 provisions of the Florida Building Code.
19 Section 8. Section 68 of chapter 98-287, Laws of
20 Florida, as amended by section 108 of chapter 2000-141, Laws
21 of Florida, as amended by section 39 of chapter 2001-186, Laws
22 of Florida, is amended to read:
23 Section 68. Effective April January 1, 2002, parts I,
24 II, and III of chapter 553, Florida Statutes, consisting of
25 sections 553.01, 553.02, 553.03, 553.04, 553.041, 553.05,
26 553.06, 553.07, 553.08, 553.10, 553.11, 553.14, 553.15,
27 553.16, 553.17, 553.18, 553.20, 553.21, 553.22, 553.23,
28 553.24, 553.25, 553.26, 553.27, and 553.28, Florida Statutes,
29 are repealed, section 553.141, Florida Statutes, is
30 transferred and renumbered as section 553.86, Florida
31 Statutes.
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1 Section 9. Subsection (1) of section 627.0629, Florida
2 Statutes, as amended by section 99 of chapter 2000-141, Laws
3 of Florida, as amended by section 42 of chapter 2001-186, Laws
4 of Florida, is amended to read:
5 627.0629 Residential property insurance; rate
6 filings.--
7 (1) A rate filing for residential property insurance
8 must include actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or
9 other rate differentials, or appropriate reductions in
10 deductibles, for properties on which fixtures or construction
11 techniques demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a
12 windstorm have been installed or implemented. The fixtures or
13 construction techniques shall include, but not be limited to,
14 fixtures or construction techniques which enhance roof
15 strength, roof covering performance, roof-to-wall strength,
16 wall-to-floor-to-foundation strength, opening protection, and
17 window, door, and skylight strength. Credits, discounts, or
18 other rate differentials for fixtures and construction
19 techniques which meet the minimum requirements of the Florida
20 Building Code must be included in the rate filing. All
21 insurance companies must make a rate filing which includes the
22 credits, discounts, or other rate differentials by March 31,
23 2003 December 31, 2002.
24 Section 10. Rule 9B-3.047, Florida Administrative
25 Code, as it existed before November 28, 2000, is adopted and
26 will remain in force until the effective date of the Florida
27 Building Code as established in this act.
28 Section 11. Notwithstanding the effective date of
29 section 25 of chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, any building
30 permit for which an application is submitted before the
31 effective date of the Florida Building Code is governed by the
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1 state minimum building code in effect in the permitting
2 jurisdiction on the date of the application for the permitted
3 work for the life of the permit and any extension of time
4 granted thereto.
5 Section 12. Local jurisdictions bisected or otherwise
6 divided by a line separating wind speed zones, as determined
7 by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Standard 7, 1998
8 edition, as implemented by the International Building Code,
9 2000 edition, and as modified by the Florida Building
10 Commission in the Florida Building Code that becomes effective
11 pursuant to this act, must by January 1, 2002, enact an
12 ordinance specifying the exact location of wind speed lines,
13 using recognized physical landmarks such as major roads,
14 canals, rivers, and lake shores, wherever possible. If a local
15 jurisdiction has not enacted an ordinance as provided in this
16 section, the Florida Building Commission shall, by January 30,
17 2002, establish such line pursuant to this section in lieu of
18 the local jurisdiction doing so.
19 Section 13. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
20 law.
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23 HOUSE SUMMARY
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Revises provisions relating to the Florida Building Code
25 to delay the date for inclusion of the Uniform Code for
Public Educational Facilities in the Florida Building
26 Code and to provide an effective date for the Florida
Building Code. Delays the amendment, repeal, and transfer
27 and renumbering of specified sections of the Florida
Statutes. Delays a deadline by which insurance companies
28 are required to make rate filings, provides for the
treatment of permit applications submitted before the
29 effective date of the Florida Building Code, and requires
local jurisdictions to enact ordinances establishing wind
30 speed lines.
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