Senate Bill sb0674c1

    Florida Senate - 2002                            CS for SB 674

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning, Local and Military
    Affairs; and Senator Miller




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  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to fire hydrants; requiring

  3         owners of private fire hydrants to contract

  4         with licensed professionals or local fire

  5         control authorities to inspect and service such

  6         hydrants; providing an effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  (1)  A person who owns a private fire

11  hydrant must ensure that the hydrant is installed in

12  compliance with the provisions of National Fire Protection

13  Association Standard 24, Standard for the Installation of

14  Private Fire Service Mains and Their Appurtenances, and is

15  inspected and maintained in compliance with the provisions of

16  National Fire Protection Association Standard 25, Standard for

17  the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire

18  Protection Systems, the edition currently adopted by the State

19  Fire Marshal pursuant to its code and standards-adoption

20  authority in chapter 633, Florida Statutes. A person who owns

21  a private fire hydrant must produce, upon request of the fire

22  official, a valid and continuing maintenance contract with a

23  plumbing contractor licensed under chapter 489, Florida

24  Statutes, an underground utility contractor licensed under

25  chapter 489, Florida Statutes, or, if the private hydrant is

26  part of a fire suppression system, a fire protection

27  contractor licensed under chapter 633, Florida Statutes. Upon

28  failure to produce a valid maintenance contract as provided in

29  this section, the owner must contract with the local

30  government fire control authority that serves the property

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    Florida Senate - 2002                            CS for SB 674
    316-1914-02




  1  where the fire hydrant is located to inspect and service the

  2  fire hydrant annually.

  3         (2)  A person who violates this section is guilty of a

  4  noncriminal violation, punishable by a fine not to exceed $100

  5  for a first offense or $250 for each subsequent offense.

  6         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2002.

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  8          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
  9                             SB 0674

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11  This CS differs from the bill as filed in that it requires
    owners of private fire hydrants to ensure the hydrant is
12  installed, maintained and inspected properly, and to produce,
    upon request, a valid and continuing maintenance contract for
13  the hydrant.

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