| 1 | Representative Thurston offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line 344 and insert: |
| 5 | Section 2. Effective October 1, 2009, section 163.31805, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, is created to read: |
| 7 | 163.31805 County-owned buildings and facilities; |
| 8 | permitting, plan review and inspections.-- |
| 9 | (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board |
| 10 | of county commissioners of a charter county that has a |
| 11 | population of 1 million or more and 15 or more incorporated |
| 12 | municipalities may permit and inspect the construction, |
| 13 | erection, alteration, modification, repair, or demolition of |
| 14 | county-owned public buildings and other facilities. The board of |
| 15 | county commissioners may designate the county department |
| 16 | responsible for the enforcement of the Florida Building Code, |
| 17 | Florida Fire Prevention Code, and adopted local technical |
| 18 | amendments as authorized in s. 125.56 as the agency responsible |
| 19 | for issuing all permits, conducting plan reviews, and conducting |
| 20 | code compliance inspections for the county's public construction |
| 21 | projects. The designated county department shall ensure all |
| 22 | county public construction projects conform to the appropriate |
| 23 | sections of the Florida Building Code, Florida Fire Prevention |
| 24 | Code, or, where applicable as authorized in other sections of |
| 25 | law, other building codes, and life safety codes. Any county |
| 26 | personnel employed to carry out responsibilities under this |
| 27 | section shall be certified pursuant to chapter 468. |
| 28 | (2) A charter county authorized to permit and inspect the |
| 29 | construction, erection, alteration, modification, repair, or |
| 30 | demolition of county-owned public buildings and other facilities |
| 31 | pursuant to this section shall not be subject to the permitting |
| 32 | requirements, plan review, or inspection fees of any |
| 33 | municipality or other local government within the geographic |
| 34 | boundaries of the county. |
| 35 | Section 3. Except as otherwise expressly provided for in |
| 36 | this act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2009. |
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| 47 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
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| 49 | actions; creating s. 163.31805, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 50 | boards of commissioners in specified charter counties to |
| 51 | permit and inspect the construction, erection, alteration, |
| 52 | modification, repair, or demolition of county-owned public |
| 53 | buildings and other facilities; providing requirements; |
| 54 | providing an exemption; providing effective dates. |
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