Florida Senate - 2005 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 748
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11 The Committee on Banking and Insurance (Miller) recommended
12 the following amendment:
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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16 page 2, line 8, delete those lines
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19 Section 1. Subsection (3) is added to section 633.065,
20 Florida Statutes, to read:
21 633.065 Requirements for installation, inspection, and
22 maintenance of fire suppression equipment.--
23 (3)(a) Each fire hydrant shall be tested in accordance
24 with National Fire Protection Standard 24, subsection 4-3.6,
25 and inspected and maintained in compliance with National Fire
26 Protection Association Standard 25, Standard for the
27 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire
28 Protection Systems, the edition currently adopted by the State
29 Fire Marshal pursuant to its code-adoption and
30 standards-adoption authority in this chapter. The owner of a
31 fire hydrant is responsible for performing the required
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1 testing, inspecting, or maintenance of that fire hydrant.
2 (b) Inspection results that determine that a private
3 fire hydrant is nonfunctioning must be reported immediately to
4 the local authorities having jurisdiction.
5 (c) The owner of a private fire hydrant shall cause
6 any repair or replacement indicated by an inspection to be
7 made within 30 days and shall maintain records of the repair
8 or replacement.
9 (d) Consistent with s. 633.025(1), the requirements of
10 this subsection are deemed adopted by each municipality,
11 county, and special district that has fire safety
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13 (e) Penalties for noncompliance with this subsection
14 shall be in accordance with s. 633.171.
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18 And the title is amended as follows:
19 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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22 A bill to be entitled
23 An act relating to privately owned fire
24 hydrants; amending s. 633.065, F.S.; requiring
25 owners of private fire hydrants to test
26 hydrants in accordance with national standards;
27 requiring nonfunctioning hydrants to be
28 reported and repaired; providing fines for
29 noncompliance; providing an effective date.
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