Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1122
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                   Comm: WD            .                                
                  04/02/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Community Affairs (Simpson) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (16) is added to section 633.0215,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         633.0215 Florida Fire Prevention Code.—
    8         (16)(a) Fire flow requirements may be decreased by the
    9  authority that has jurisdiction for isolated buildings or a
   10  group of buildings in rural areas or small communities, as
   11  defined in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, if that authority
   12  determines that the development of full fire flow requirements
   13  is impractical.
   14         (b) A business located in a one-story or two-story building
   15  that is less than 10,000 square feet is exempt from any 2-hour
   16  or longer fire-rated wall requirement and any fire sprinkler
   17  requirement in the Florida Fire Prevention Code, including the
   18  national codes incorporated by reference.
   19         (c) A farming or ranching operation that employs fewer than
   20  25 full-time employees and that is not used by the public for
   21  direct sales or as an educational outreach facility is exempt
   22  from the Florida Fire Prevention Code, including the national
   23  codes and Life Safety Code incorporated by reference.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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   26  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   27         And the title is amended as follows:
   28         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   29  and insert:
   30                        A bill to be entitled                      
   31         An act relating to the Florida Fire Prevention Code;
   32         amending s. 633.0215, F.S.; authorizing certain
   33         authorities to decrease minimum fire flow requirements
   34         for certain buildings if the requirements are
   35         impractical; exempting certain businesses from a 2
   36         hour or longer fire-rated wall requirement and fire
   37         sprinkler requirement in the code; exempting certain
   38         farming or ranching operations from the code;
   39         providing an effective date.