Florida Senate - 2011                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS/CS/CS/SB 408, 2nd Eng.
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
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                 Floor: WD/RM          .                                
             05/05/2011 06:45 PM       .                                
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       Senator Fasano moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (844961) 
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    3         Delete lines 2843 - 2918
    4  and insert:
    5         (g)(b) “Sinkhole” means a landform created by subsidence of
    6  soil, sediment, or rock as underlying strata are dissolved by
    7  groundwater. A sinkhole forms may form by collapse into
    8  subterranean voids created by dissolution of limestone or
    9  dolostone or by subsidence as these strata are dissolved.
   10         (i)(c) “Sinkhole loss” means structural damage to the
   11  covered building, including the foundation, caused by sinkhole
   12  activity. Contents coverage and additional living expenses shall
   13  apply only if there is structural damage to the covered building
   14  caused by sinkhole activity.
   15         (h)(d) “Sinkhole activity” means settlement or systematic
   16  weakening of the earth supporting the covered building such
   17  property only if the when such settlement or systematic
   18  weakening results from contemporaneous movement or raveling of
   19  soils, sediments, or rock materials into subterranean voids
   20  created by the effect of water on a limestone or similar rock
   21  formation.
   22         (e) “Professional engineer” means a person, as defined in
   23  s. 471.005, who has a bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering
   24  with a specialty in the geotechnical engineering field. A
   25  professional engineer must also have geotechnical experience and
   26  expertise in the identification of sinkhole activity as well as
   27  other potential causes of structural damage to the structure.
   28         (f) “Professional geologist” means a person, as defined in
   29  by s. 492.102, who has a bachelor’s degree or higher in geology
   30  or related earth science and with expertise in the geology of
   31  Florida. A professional geologist must have geological
   32  experience and expertise in the identification of sinkhole
   33  activity as well as other potential geologic causes of
   34  structural damage to the structure.
   35         (j) “Structural damage” means a covered building,
   36  regardless of the date of its construction, has experienced the
   37  following:
   38         1. Interior floor displacement or deflection in excess of
   39  acceptable variances as defined in ACI 117-90 or the Florida
   40  Building Code, which results in settlement related damage to the
   41  interior such that the interior building structure or members
   42  become unfit for service or represents a safety hazard as
   43  defined within the Florida Building Code;
   44         2. Foundation displacement or deflection in excess of
   45  acceptable variances as defined in ACI 318-95 or the Florida
   46  Building Code, which results in settlement related damage to the
   47  primary structural members or primary structural systems that
   48  prevents those members or systems from supporting the loads and
   49  forces they were designed to support to the extent that stresses
   50  in those primary structural members or primary structural
   51  systems exceeds one and one-third the nominal strength allowed
   52  under the Florida Building Code for new buildings of similar
   53  structure, purpose, or location;
   54         3. Damage that results in listing, leaning, or buckling of
   55  the exterior load bearing walls or other vertical primary
   56  structural members to such an extent that a plumb line passing
   57  through the center of gravity does not fall inside the middle
   58  one-third of the base as defined within the Florida Building
   59  Code;
   60         4. Damage that results in the building, or any portion of
   61  the building containing primary structural members or primary
   62  structural systems, being significantly likely to imminently
   63  collapse because of the movement or instability of the ground
   64  within the influence zone of the supporting ground within the
   65  sheer plane necessary for the purpose of supporting such
   66  building as defined within the Florida Building Code; or
   67         5. Damage occurring on or after October 15, 2005, that
   68  qualifies as “substantial structural damage” as defined in the
   69  Florida Building Code.
   70         (c) “Primary structural member” means a structural element
   71  designed to provide support and stability for the vertical or
   72  lateral loads of the overall structure.
   73         (d) “Primary structural system” means an assemblage of
   74  primary structural members.