Senate Bill sb1336c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1336

    By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Constantine





    578-1861-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Building Code;

  3         authorizing the Florida Building Commission to

  4         amend wind-design standards in the code;

  5         expressly superseding a provision; providing an

  6         effective date.

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

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10         Section 1.  Notwithstanding subsection (3) of section

11  109 of chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, the Florida Building

12  Commission may update or modify the wind-design standard

13  applicable to construction in this state as adopted within the

14  Florida Building Code in accordance with the requirements of

15  s. 553.73, Florida Statutes. The Florida Building Commission

16  is specifically authorized to identify within the Florida

17  Building Code those areas of the state from the eastern border

18  of Franklin County west to the Florida-Alabama line which are

19  subject to the windborne-debris requirements of the code. The

20  Florida Building Commission's initial designation of wind

21  lines for this region shall address the results of the study

22  required by section 39 of chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida.

23  The initial designation of those areas after July 1, 2006, is

24  subject to only the rule-adoption procedures of chapter 120,

25  Florida Statutes, notwithstanding the code-development

26  procedures of chapter 553, Florida Statutes. This section

27  shall not take effect for 6 months following the completion of

28  rulemaking or May 31, 2007, whichever occurs sooner. The

29  provisions of subsection (3) of section 109 of chapter

30  2000-141, Laws of Florida, are expressly superseded.

31         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1336
    578-1861-06




 1          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
 2                         Senate Bill 1336

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 4  The CS specifically authorizes the Florida Building Commission
    to identify within the Florida Building Code those areas of
 5  the state from the eastern border of Franklin County to the
    Florida/Alabama line which are subject to the windborne debris
 6  requirements of the code. The Commission's initial designation
    of windlines for the Panhandle region must address the
 7  findings of the Florida Panhandle Windborne Debris study and
    is only subject to the rule adoption procedures of ch. 120,
 8  F.S., notwithstanding the code-development procedures of ch.
    553, F.S. This provision shall not take effect for 6 months
 9  following the completion of rulemaking or May 31, 2007,
    whichever occurs sooner.
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