Senate Bill sb0636c1

    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 636

    By the Committee on Comprehensive Planning; and Senator Miller





    316-1959-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to fire hydrants; requiring

  3         owners of private fire hydrants to test

  4         hydrants in accordance with national standards,

  5         and to contract with licensed professionals or

  6         local fire-control authorities to inspect and

  7         service such hydrants; authorizing local fire

  8         officials to contract with owners of private

  9         fire hydrants to maintain such hydrants;

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

15  hydrant must ensure that the hydrant is tested in accordance

16  with the provisions of National Fire Protection Association

17  Standard 24, subsection 4-3.6, and that it is inspected and

18  maintained in compliance with the provisions of National Fire

19  Protection Association Standard 25, Standard for the

20  Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire

21  Protection Systems, the edition currently adopted by the State

22  Fire Marshal pursuant to its code-adoption and

23  standards-adoption authority in chapter 633, Florida Statutes.

24  A person who owns a private fire hydrant must produce, upon

25  request of the fire official, a valid and continuing

26  maintenance contract with a plumbing contractor licensed under

27  chapter 489, Florida Statutes, an underground utility

28  contractor licensed under chapter 489, Florida Statutes, or,

29  if the private hydrant is part of a fire suppression system, a

30  fire protection contractor licensed under chapter 633, Florida

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    Florida Senate - 2004                            CS for SB 636
    316-1959-04




 1         (2)  The fire department having jurisdiction over the

 2  subject property may enter into a contract with the owner to

 3  maintain the fire hydrant as required by the code, if the

 4  contract does not violate any other federal law or state or

 5  local codes, statutes, or ordinances.

 6         (3)  A person who violates this section commits a

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

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

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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11          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
12                         Senate Bill 636

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14  The CS differs from the bill as filed in that it clarifies
    that privately owned hydrants must be tested, rather than
15  re-installed or retrofitted, according to fire code; and
    authorizes, rather than requires, local fire control
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    fire hydrants.
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