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Senator Saunders moved the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment

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     Delete line(s) 6154-6176

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and insert:

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     Section 101.  Subsection (1) of section 553.909, Florida

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Statutes, is amended, subsections (3) and (4) are renumbered as

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subsections (6) and (7), respectively, and new subsections (3),

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(4), and (5) are added to that section, to read:

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     553.909  Setting requirements for appliances; exceptions.--

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     (1)  The Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building

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Construction shall set the minimum requirements for commercial or

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residential swimming pool pumps, swimming pool water heaters, and

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heat traps and thermostat settings for water heaters used to heat

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potable water sold for residential use. The code shall further

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establish the minimum acceptable standby loss for electric water

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heaters and the minimum recovery efficiency and standby loss for

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water heaters fueled by natural gas or liquefied petroleum gas.

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     (3) Commercial or residential swimming pool pumps or water

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heaters sold after July 1, 2011, shall comply with the

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requirements of this subsection. Natural gas pool heaters shall

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not be equipped with constantly burning pilots. Heat pump pool

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heaters shall have a coefficient of performance at low

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temperature of not less than 4.0. The thermal efficiency of gas-

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fired pool heaters and oil-fired pool heaters shall not be less

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than 78 percent. All pool heaters shall have a readily accessible

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on-off switch that is mounted outside the heater and that allows

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shutting off the heater without adjusting the thermostat setting.

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     (4) Pool pump motors shall not be split-phase, shaded-pole,

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or capacitor start-induction run types. Residential pool pumps

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and pool pumps motors with a total horsepower of 1 HP or more

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shall have the capability of operating at two or more speeds with

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a low speed having a rotation rate that is no more than one-half

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of the motor's maximum rotation rate. Residential pool pump motor

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controls shall have the capability of operating the pool pump at

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a minimum of two speeds. The default circulation speed shall be

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the residential filtration speed, with a higher speed override

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capability being for a temporary period not to exceed one normal

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cycle or 120 minutes, whichever is less. Except that circulation

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speed for solar pool heating systems shall be permitted to run at

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higher speeds during periods of usable solar heat gain.

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     (5) Portable electric spas standby power shall not be

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greater than 5(V2/3) watts where V = the total volume, in

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gallons, when spas are measured in accordance with the spa

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industry test protocol.

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     (6)(3) The Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building

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Construction may include standards for other appliances and

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energy-using systems if they are determined by the department to

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have a significant impact on the energy use of the building and

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if they are cost-effective to the consumer.

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     (7)(4) If the provisions of this section are preempted in

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part by federal standards, those provisions not preempted shall

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apply.

4/29/2008  7:45:00 PM     EP.37.09101