Senate Bill sb0748c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 748

    By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senators Miller and
    Constantine




    578-1824-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to fire hydrants; amending s.

  3         633.065, F.S.; requiring owners of fire

  4         hydrants to test hydrants in accordance with

  5         national standards; requiring nonfunctioning

  6         privately owned hydrants to be reported and

  7         repaired; providing fines for noncompliance;

  8         providing an effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (3) is added to section 633.065,

13  Florida Statutes, to read:

14         633.065  Requirements for installation, inspection, and

15  maintenance of fire suppression equipment.--

16         (3)(a)  Each fire hydrant shall be tested in accordance

17  with National Fire Protection Standard 24, subsection 4-3.6,

18  and inspected and maintained in compliance with 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 this chapter. The owner of a

24  fire hydrant is responsible for performing the required

25  testing, inspecting, or maintenance of that fire hydrant.

26         (b)  Inspection results that determine that a private

27  fire hydrant is nonfunctioning must be reported immediately to

28  the local authorities having jurisdiction.

29         (c)  The owner of a private fire hydrant shall cause

30  any repair or replacement indicated by an inspection to be

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    Florida Senate - 2005                            CS for SB 748
    578-1824-05




 1  made within 30 days and shall maintain records of the repair

 2  or replacement.

 3         (d)  Consistent with s. 633.025(1), the requirements of

 4  this subsection are deemed adopted by each municipality,

 5  county, and special district that has responsibilities for

 6  fire safety.

 7         (e)  Penalties for noncompliance with this subsection

 8  shall be in accordance with s. 633.171.

 9         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.

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11          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
12                         Senate Bill 748

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14  The CS eliminates a provision in the bill requiring private
    fire hydrant owners to have continuing maintenance contracts
15  for their hydrant(s).

16  The CS increases the penalties for violation fire hydrant
    testing requirements in accordance with the existing
17  provisions of s. 633.171, F.S.

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