| 1 | Representative(s) Attkisson offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | On page 3, line 31, insert: |
| 5 | Section 3. Subsection (2) and paragraph (a) of subsection |
| 6 | (5) of section 468.609, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
| 7 | 468.609 Administration of this part; standards for |
| 8 | certification; additional categories of certification.-- |
| 9 | (2) A person may take the examination for certification as |
| 10 | a building code inspector or plans examiner pursuant to this |
| 11 | part if the person: |
| 12 | (a) Is at least 18 years of age. |
| 13 | (b) Is of good moral character. |
| 14 | (c) Meets eligibility requirements according to one of the |
| 15 | following criteria: |
| 16 | 1. Demonstrates 5 years' combined experience in the field |
| 17 | of construction or a related field, building code inspection, or |
| 18 | plans review corresponding to the certification category sought; |
| 19 | 2. Demonstrates a combination of postsecondary education |
| 20 | in the field of construction or a related field and experience |
| 21 | which totals 4 years, with at least 1 year of such total being |
| 22 | experience in construction, building code inspection, or plans |
| 23 | review; |
| 24 | 3. Demonstrates a combination of technical education in |
| 25 | the field of construction or a related field and experience |
| 26 | which totals 4 years, with at least 1 year of such total being |
| 27 | experience in construction, building code inspection, or plans |
| 28 | review; or |
| 29 | 4. Currently holds a standard certificate as issued by the |
| 30 | board and satisfactorily completes a building code inspector or |
| 31 | plans examiner training program of not less than 200 hours in |
| 32 | the certification category sought. The board shall establish by |
| 33 | rule criteria for the development and implementation of the |
| 34 | training programs;. |
| 35 | 5. Demonstrates a combination of technical education in |
| 36 | the field of building code inspection or plans review and |
| 37 | experience which totals 2 years, with at least 1 year of such |
| 38 | total being experience in construction, building code |
| 39 | inspection, or plans review. The technical education portion of |
| 40 | this requirement shall require proof of satisfactory completion |
| 41 | of a technical education program of not fewer than 400 hours in |
| 42 | the chosen category of building code inspection or plans review |
| 43 | in the certification category sought with not fewer than 20 |
| 44 | hours of the technical education program covering ethics and |
| 45 | professional standards. The board shall coordinate with the |
| 46 | Building Officials Association of Florida, Inc., to establish by |
| 47 | rule the development and implementation of the technical |
| 48 | education programs; or |
| 49 | 6. Has completed, at a minimum, an associate degree |
| 50 | program in Construction Management from an accredited |
| 51 | institution with a major in Building Code Administration. |
| 52 | (d) After the Building Code Training Program is |
| 53 | established under s. 553.841, demonstrates successful completion |
| 54 | of the core curriculum approved by the Florida Building |
| 55 | Commission, appropriate to the licensing category sought. |
| 56 | (5)(a) To obtain a standard certificate, an individual |
| 57 | must pass an examination approved by the board which |
| 58 | demonstrates that the applicant has fundamental knowledge of the |
| 59 | state laws and codes relating to the construction of buildings |
| 60 | for which the applicant has building code administration, plans |
| 61 | examination, or building code inspection responsibilities. It is |
| 62 | the intent of the Legislature that the examination approved for |
| 63 | certification pursuant to this part be substantially equivalent |
| 64 | to the examinations administered by the International Code |
| 65 | Council Southern Building Code Congress International and the |
| 66 | Council of American Building Officials. |
| 67 | Section 4. Subsection (4) is added to section 468.617, |
| 68 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 69 | 468.617 Joint building code inspection department; other |
| 70 | arrangements.-- |
| 71 | (4) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any building code |
| 72 | inspector, plans examiner, or building code administrator |
| 73 | holding a limited certificate who is employed by a jurisdiction |
| 74 | within a statutorily defined small county to provide building |
| 75 | code inspection, plans review, or building code administration |
| 76 | services to another jurisdiction within a statutorily defined |
| 77 | small county. |
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| 80 | ========= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ========= |
| 81 | On page 1, line 8, |
| 82 | remove: all of said line, |
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| 84 | and insert: regional emergency elevator access; amending s. |
| 85 | 468.609, F.S.; providing eligibility requirements for a person |
| 86 | to take the examination for certification as a building code |
| 87 | inspector or plans examiner; revising a reference to the |
| 88 | organization administering certain examinations; amending s. |
| 89 | 468.617, F.S.; authorizing certain limited certificateholders to |
| 90 | provide services to specified jurisdictions; amending s. |