| 1 | Representative Plakon offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 590 and 591, insert: |
| 5 | Section 24. Subsection (8) is added to section 481.229, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 481.229 Exceptions; exemptions from licensure.-- |
| 8 | (8) A manufacturer of commercial food service equipment or |
| 9 | the manufacturer's representative, distributor, or dealer or an |
| 10 | employee thereof, who prepares designs, specifications, or |
| 11 | layouts for the sale or installation of such equipment is exempt |
| 12 | from licensure as an architect or interior designer, if: |
| 13 | (a) The designs, specifications, or layouts are not used |
| 14 | for construction or installation that may affect structural, |
| 15 | mechanical, plumbing, heating, air conditioning, ventilating, |
| 16 | electrical, or vertical transportation systems. |
| 17 | (b) The designs, specifications, or layouts do not |
| 18 | materially affect lifesafety systems pertaining to firesafety |
| 19 | protection, smoke evacuation and compartmentalization, and |
| 20 | emergency ingress or egress systems. |
| 21 | (c) Each design, specification, or layout document |
| 22 | prepared by a person or entity exempt under this subsection |
| 23 | contains a statement on each page of the document that the |
| 24 | designs, specifications, or layouts are not architectural, |
| 25 | interior design, or engineering designs, specifications, or |
| 26 | layouts and not used for construction unless reviewed and |
| 27 | approved by a licensed architect or engineer. |
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| 30 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 31 | Between lines 74 and 75, insert: |
| 32 | amending s. 481.229, F.S.; exempting certain persons or entities |
| 33 | engaged in the manufacture, sale, or installation of commercial |
| 34 | food service equipment from provisions regulating architecture |
| 35 | and interior design under certain circumstances; |