Florida Senate - 2005 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. HB 835, 1st Eng.
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11 Senator Lynn moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 109 of chapter
18 2000-141, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:
19 Section 109. The Legislature has reviewed the Florida
20 Building Code that was adopted by action of the Florida
21 Building Commission on February 15, 2000, and that was noticed
22 for rule adoption by reference in Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., on
23 February 18, 2000, in the Florida Administrative Weekly on
24 page 731. The Florida Building Commission is directed to
25 continue the process to adopt the code, pursuant to section
26 120.54(3), Florida Statutes, and to incorporate the following
27 provisions or standards for the State of Florida:
28 (3) For areas of the state not within the high
29 velocity hurricane zone, the commission shall adopt, pursuant
30 to s. 553.73, Florida Statutes, the most current edition of
31 the wind protection requirements of the American Society of
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1 Civil Engineers, Standard 7, 1998 edition as implemented by
2 the International Building Code, 2000 edition, and as modified
3 by the commission in its February 15, 2000, adoption of the
4 Florida Building Code for rule adoption by reference in Rule
5 9B-3.047, Florida Administrative Code. However, from the
6 eastern border of Franklin County to the Florida-Alabama line,
7 only land within 1 mile of the coast shall be subject to the
8 windborne-debris requirements adopted by the commission. The
9 exact location of wind speed lines shall be established by
10 local ordinance, using recognized physical landmarks such as
11 major roads, canals, rivers, and lake shores, wherever
12 possible. Buildings constructed in the windborne debris region
13 must be either designed for internal pressures that may result
14 inside a building when a window or door is broken or a hole is
15 created in its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed
16 with protected openings. Except in the high velocity hurricane
17 zone, local governments may not prohibit the option of
18 designing buildings to resist internal pressures.
19 Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
20 act, the option for designing for internal pressure for
21 buildings within the windborne debris region shall be repealed
22 immediately upon adoption of standards and conditions within
23 the International Building Code or International Residential
24 Code prohibiting such design option. The Florida Building
25 Commission shall initiate rulemaking to incorporate such
26 standards and conditions prohibiting designing for internal
27 pressure for buildings into the Florida Building Code when the
28 base code is updated.
29 Section 3. The Legislature appropriates, for fiscal
30 year 2005-2006 only, $200,000 from the Insurance Regulatory
31 Trust Fund to the Department of Financial Services to be used
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1 to develop a joint program between the Florida Insurance
2 Council and the Florida Home Builders Association to educate
3 contractors on the benefits and options available for
4 designing buildings for windborne debris protection and to
5 develop a standardized affidavit to be used for verifying the
6 insurance discounts for residential construction techniques
7 demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss during a windstorm.
8 Section 4. The Florida Building Commission, in
9 conjunction with local building officials, shall conduct a
10 review of damage resulting from Hurricane Ivan and any other
11 data to evaluate, and to make recommendations to the
12 Legislature for any changes to, Florida's Building Code,
13 specifically as it applies to the region from the eastern
14 border of Franklin County to the Florida-Alabama line. The
15 commission shall issue a report summarizing its findings and
16 recommendations prior to the 2006 Regular Session.
17 Section 5. The Florida Building Commission shall
18 evaluate the definition of "exposure category C" as currently
19 defined in section 553.71(10), Florida Statutes, and make
20 recommendations for a new definition that more accurately
21 depicts Florida-specific conditions prior to the 2006 Regular
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23 Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005.
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27 And the title is amended as follows:
28 Delete everything before the enacting clause
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31 A bill to be entitled
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Bill No. HB 835, 1st Eng.
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1 An act relating to wind-protection provisions
2 of the Florida Building Code; amending ch.
3 2000-141, Laws of Florida; providing for
4 removal of outdated wind-protection standards
5 from the Florida Building Code; providing for
6 an update of the code's wind-protection
7 standards; providing an appropriation;
8 providing for incorporation in the Florida
9 Building Code of the repeal of a design option
10 relating to internal pressure for buildings
11 within the windborne debris region; requiring
12 the Florida Building Commission to make
13 recommendations to the Legislature; providing
14 an effective date.
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