Florida Senate - 2012 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for CS for SB 704 Barcode 543126 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: 7/AD/2R . 03/01/2012 12:01 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Bennett moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment 2 3 Delete lines 1211 - 1218 4 and insert: 5 2. For purposes of implementing a “United States Department 6 of Energy SunShot Initiative: Rooftop Solar Challenge” grant and 7 the participation of county and municipal governments, including 8 local permitting agencies under the jurisdiction of such county 9 and municipal governments, an owner or contractor shall not be 10 required to personally appear and provide a notarized signature 11 when filing a building permit application, if such building 12 permit application will be electronically submitted to the 13 permitting authority, the application relates to a solar 14 project, and the owner or contractor certifies the application, 15 consistent with this paragraph, using the permitting authority’s 16 electronic confirmation system. For purposes of this subsection, 17 a “solar project” means installing, uninstalling, or replacing 18 solar panels on single-family residential property, multi-family 19 residential property, or commercial property.