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The Committee on Environmental Preservation and Conservation

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(Gaetz) recommended the following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between lines 431 and 432,

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insert:

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     Section 8.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section

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553.844, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

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     553.844  Windstorm loss mitigation; requirements for roofs

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and opening protection.--

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     (2)  The Florida Building Commission shall:

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     (b)  Develop and adopt within the Florida Building Code a

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means to incorporate recognized mitigation techniques for site-

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built, single-family residential structures constructed before

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prior to the implementation of the Florida Building Code,

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including, but not limited to:

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     1.  Prescriptive techniques for the installation of gable-

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end bracing;

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     2.  Secondary water barriers for roofs and standards

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relating to secondary water barriers. The criteria may include,

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but need not be limited to, roof shape, slope, and composition of

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all elements of the roof system. The criteria may not be limited

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to one method or material for a secondary water barrier;

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     3.  Prescriptive techniques for improvement of roof-to-wall

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connections. The Legislature recognizes that the cost of

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retrofitting existing buildings to meet the code requirements for

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new construction in this regard may exceed the practical benefit

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to be attained. The Legislature intends for the commission to

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provide for the integration of alternate, lower-cost means that

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may be employed to retrofit existing buildings that are not

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otherwise required to comply with the requirements of the Florida

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Building Code for new construction so that the cost of such

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improvements does not exceed approximately 15 percent of the cost

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of reroofing. For houses that have both hip and gable roof ends,

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the priority shall be to retrofit the gable end roof-to-wall

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connections unless the width of the hip is more than 1.5 times

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greater than the width of the gable end. Priority shall be given

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to connecting the corners of roofs to walls below the locations

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at which the spans of the roofing members are greatest;

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     4.  Strengthening or correcting roof-decking attachments and

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fasteners during reroofing; and

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     5.  Adding or strengthening opening protections.

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line 31, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 553.844, F.S.; revising provisions requiring

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the adoption of certain mitigation techniques by the

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Florida Building Commission within the Florida Building

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Code for certain structures;

4/1/2008  4:31:00 PM     4-06401-08