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11 The Committee on Community Affairs (Haridopolos) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
15 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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18 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 109 of chapter
19 2000-141, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
20 Section 109. The Legislature has reviewed the Florida
21 Building Code that was adopted by action of the Florida
22 Building Commission on February 15, 2000, and that was noticed
23 for rule adoption by reference in Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., on
24 February 18, 2000, in the Florida Administrative Weekly on
25 page 731. The Florida Building Commission is directed to
26 continue the process to adopt the code, pursuant to section
27 120.54(3), Florida Statutes, and to incorporate the following
28 provisions or standards for the State of Florida:
29 (3) For areas of the state not within the high
30 velocity hurricane zone, the commission shall adopt, pursuant
31 to s. 553.73, Florida Statutes, the most current edition of
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1 the wind protection requirements of the American Society of
2 Civil Engineers, Standard 7, 1998 edition as implemented by
3 the International Building Code, 2000 edition, and as modified
4 by the commission in its February 15, 2000, adoption of the
5 Florida Building Code for rule adoption by reference in Rule
6 9B-3.047, Florida Administrative Code. However, from the
7 eastern border of Franklin County to the Florida-Alabama line,
8 only land within 1 mile of the coast shall be subject to the
9 windborne-debris requirements adopted by the commission. The
10 exact location of wind speed lines shall be established by
11 local ordinance, using recognized physical landmarks such as
12 major roads, canals, rivers, and lake shores, wherever
13 possible. Buildings constructed in the windborne debris region
14 must be either designed for internal pressures that may result
15 inside a building when a window or door is broken or a hole is
16 created in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed
17 with protected openings. Except in the high velocity hurricane
18 zone, local governments may not prohibit the option of
19 designing buildings to resist internal pressures.
20 Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
21 act, the option for designing for internal pressure for
22 buildings within the windborne debris region shall be repealed
23 immediately upon adoption of standards and conditions within
24 the International Building Code or International Residential
25 Code prohibiting such design option. The Florida Building
26 Commission shall initiate rulemaking to incorporate such
27 standards and conditions prohibiting designing for internal
28 pressure for buildings into the Florida Building Code when the
29 base code is updated.
30 Section 3. The Legislature appropriates $200,000 from
31 the Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund to the Department of
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1 Financial Services to be used to develop a joint program
2 between the Florida Insurance Council and the Florida Home
3 Builders Association to educate contractors on the benefits
4 and options available for designing buildings for windborne
5 debris protection and to develop a standardized affidavit to
6 be used for verifying the insurance discounts for residential
7 construction techniques demonstrated to reduce the amount of
8 loss during a windstorm.
9 Section 4. The Florida Building Commission shall
10 evaluate the definition of "exposure category C" as currently
11 defined in section 553.71(10), Florida Statutes, and make
12 recommendations for a new definition that more accurately
13 depicts Florida-specific conditions prior to the 2006 Regular
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15 Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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19 And the title is amended as follows:
20 On page 1, lines 8-23, delete those lines
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23 standards; providing an appropriation;
24 providing for incorporation in the Florida
25 Building Code of the repeal of a design option
26 relating to internal pressure for buildings
27 within the windborne debris region; requiring
28 the Florida Building Commission to make
29 recommendations to the Legislature; providing
30 an effective date.
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