Senate Bill sb1432

    Florida Senate - 2006                                  SB 1432

    By Senator Baker





    20-868A-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to building code officials;

  3         amending s. 468.609, F.S.; providing

  4         requirements for certification as a trainee for

  5         the position of building code inspector or

  6         plans examiner; authorizing adoption of rules

  7         relating to trainee programs by the Florida

  8         Building Code Administrators and Inspectors

  9         Board; updating a reference; providing an

10         effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2), subsection

15  (4), and paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 468.609,

16  Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (11) is added to

17  that section, to read:

18         468.609  Administration of this part; standards for

19  certification; additional categories of certification.--

20         (2)  A person may take the examination for

21  certification as a building code inspector or plans examiner

22  pursuant to this part if the person:

23         (c)  Meets eligibility requirements according to one of

24  the following criteria:

25         1.  Demonstrates 5 years' combined experience in the

26  field of construction or a related field, building code

27  inspection, or plans review corresponding to the certification

28  category sought;

29         2.  Demonstrates a combination of postsecondary

30  education in the field of construction or a related field and

31  experience which totals 4 years, with at least 1 year of such

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 1  total being experience in construction, building code

 2  inspection, or plans review;

 3         3.  Demonstrates a combination of technical education

 4  in the field of construction or a related field and experience

 5  which totals 4 years, with at least 1 year of such total being

 6  experience in construction, building code inspection, or plans

 7  review; or

 8         4.  Currently holds a standard certificate as issued by

 9  the board and satisfactorily completes a building code

10  inspector or plans examiner training program of not less than

11  200 hours in the certification category sought. The board

12  shall establish by rule criteria for the development and

13  implementation of the training programs; or.

14         5.  Demonstrates a combination of technical education

15  in the field of construction or a related field and experience

16  which totals 2 years, with at least 1 year of such total being

17  experience in construction, building code inspection, or plans

18  review, and successfully completes the classroom and

19  on-the-job portions of a trainee program of not less than 300

20  hours in the certification category sought. The board may

21  establish by rule criteria for the development and

22  implementation of the trainee programs.

23         (4)  A No person may not engage in the duties of a

24  building code administrator, plans examiner, or building code

25  inspector pursuant to this part after October 1, 1993, unless

26  such person possesses one of the following types of

27  certificates, currently valid, issued by the board attesting

28  to the person's qualifications to hold such position:

29         (a)  A standard certificate.

30         (b)  A limited certificate.

31         (c)  A provisional certificate.

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 1         (d)  A trainee certificate, which certificate is

 2  limited to the position of plans examiner or building code

 3  inspector.

 4         (5)(a)  To obtain a standard certificate, an individual

 5  must pass an examination approved by the board which

 6  demonstrates that the applicant has fundamental knowledge of

 7  the state laws and codes relating to the construction of

 8  buildings for which the applicant has building code

 9  administration, plans examination, or building code inspection

10  responsibilities.  It is the intent of the Legislature that

11  the examination approved for certification pursuant to this

12  part be substantially equivalent to the examinations

13  administered by the International Code Council Southern

14  Building Code Congress International and the Council of

15  American Building Officials.

16         (11)  The board shall issue a trainee certificate to

17  each applicant meeting the eligibility requirements of

18  subparagraph (2)(c)5. who successfully completes a trainee

19  program for the position of building code inspector or plans

20  examiner of not less than 300 hours in the certification

21  category sought.  The board shall determine a probationary

22  period during which a trainee certificate is valid.

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

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26                          SENATE SUMMARY

27    Provides requirements for certification as a trainee for
      the position of building code inspector or plans
28    examiner.  Authorizes rulemaking relating to trainee
      programs by the Florida Building Code Administrators and
29    Inspectors Board.

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