Senate Bill sb0748

    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 748

    By Senator Miller





    18-178A-05                                          See HB 267

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to privately owned fire

  3         hydrants; requiring owners of private fire

  4         hydrants to test hydrants in accordance with

  5         national standards and to contract with

  6         licensed professionals or local fire-control

  7         authorities to inspect and service such

  8         hydrants; authorizing local fire officials to

  9         contract with owners of private fire hydrants

10         to maintain such hydrants; providing fines for

11         noncompliance; providing an effective date.

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

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

16  hydrant must ensure that the hydrant is tested in accordance

17  with National Fire Protection Association Standard 24,

18  subsection 4-3.6, and that it is inspected and maintained in

19  compliance with National Fire Protection Association Standard

20  25, Standard for the Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of

21  Water-Based Fire Protection Systems, the edition currently

22  adopted by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to its

23  code-adoption and standards-adoption authority in chapter 633,

24  Florida Statutes. A person who owns a private fire hydrant

25  must produce, upon request of an authorized fire official, a

26  valid and continuing maintenance contract with a plumbing

27  contractor licensed under chapter 489, Florida Statutes, an

28  underground utility contractor licensed under chapter 489,

29  Florida Statutes, or, if the private hydrant is part of a fire

30  suppression system, a fire protection contractor licensed

31  under chapter 633, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                                   SB 748
    18-178A-05                                          See HB 267




 1         (2)  The fire department having jurisdiction over the

 2  subject property may contract with the owner to maintain the

 3  fire hydrant as required by the code, if the contract does not

 4  violate any other federal law or state or local code, statute,

 5  or ordinance.

 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, 2005.

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