Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 498
       
       
       
       By Senator Aronberg
       
       
       
       
       27-00265-10                                            2010498__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to standards for drywall; creating s.
    3         553.887, F.S.; directing the Florida Building
    4         Commission, in consultation with the Department of
    5         Health, to prohibit by rule in the Florida Building
    6         Code the use of drywall that exceeds certain limits
    7         established for emissions or the content of sulfur or
    8         strontium compounds; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 553.887, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         553.887 Drywall emission standards.—The commission, in
   15  consultation with the Department of Health, shall adopt a rule
   16  in the Florida Building Code establishing emission standards for
   17  drywall. The rule shall prohibit the use of drywall that exceeds
   18  limits established for emissions or content of sulfur or
   19  strontium compounds in drywall used in structures governed by
   20  the code. The standard shall be designed to prevent adverse
   21  health effects, obnoxious odors, and the corrosion of metal
   22  items caused by sulfur or strontium compounds.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.