HB 0317 2003
1	CHAMBER ACTION
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6	The Committee on Local Government & Veterans' Affairs recommends
7	the following:
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9	Committee Substitute
10	Remove the entire bill and insert:
11	A bill to be entitled
12	An act relating to the Florida Building Code; specifying
13	legislative approval of certain recommendations of the
14	Florida Building Commission relating to certain provisions
15	of the Florida Building Code; requiring the commission to
16	adopt certain provisions as part of the Florida Building
17	Code; providing legislative findings; exempting the
18	adoption of such provisions from certain requirements of
19	law or commission rules; amending s. 399.106, F.S.;
20	increasing membership on the Elevator Safety Technical
21	Advisory Committee; deleting an obsolete requirement;
22	deleting a provision terminating existence of the
23	committee; 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. The Legislature has reviewed the Florida
28	Building Commission's recommendations for Florida Building Code
29	provisions applicable to existing buildings that were submitted
30	with the commission's 2002 report. The Legislature approves such
31	recommendations, and the Florida Building Commission is directed
32	to adopt such provisions, as amended through the workshop and
33	adoption hearing process, as part of the Florida Building Code
34	pursuant to s. 120.54, Florida Statutes. The Legislature finds
35	that application of such provisions provides a benefit to the
36	citizens of this state and that adoption and implementation of
37	such provisions should not be delayed any more than required by
38	rulemaking procedures; therefore, initial adoption of such
39	provisions shall not be subject to the requirements of ss.
40	553.73 and 553.77, Florida Statutes, or rules of the commission
41	as those rules or provisions of law relate to Florida Building
42	Code amendments, modifications, or updates.
43	Section 2. Subsections (1), (3), and (4) of section
44	399.106, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
45	399.106 Elevator Safety Technical Advisory Committee.--
46	(1) The Elevator Safety Technical Advisory Committee is
47	created within the Department of Business and Professional
48	Regulation, Division of Hotels and Restaurants, consisting of
49	eightsevenmembers to be appointed by the secretary of the
50	Department of Business and Professional Regulation as follows:
51	one representative from a major elevator manufacturing company
52	or its authorized representative; one representative from an
53	elevator servicing company; one representative from a building
54	design profession; one representative of the general public; one
55	representative of a local government in this state; one
56	representative of a building owner or manager; one
57	representative of labor involved in the installation,
58	maintenance, and repair of elevators, and one representative who
59	is a certified elevator inspector from a private inspection
60	service. The purpose of the committee is to provide technical
61	assistance to the division in support of protecting the health,
62	safety, and welfare of the public; to give the division the
63	benefit of the committee members' knowledge and experience
64	concerning the industries and individual businesses affected by
65	the laws and rules administered by the division.
66	(3) The committee shall meet and organize not later than
67	45 days prior to the convening of the 2002 Legislature. This
68	committee terminates December 31, 2003.
69	(3)(4)The committee may consult with engineering
70	authorities and organizations concerned with standard safety
71	codes for recommendations to the department regarding rules and
72	regulations governing the operation, maintenance, servicing,
73	construction, alteration, installation, or inspection of
74	vertical conveyances subject to this chapter.
75	Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.