Florida Senate - 2013                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1122
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/09/2013           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Hays) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    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) For one-story or two-story structures that are less
    9  than 10,000 square feet, whose occupancy is defined in the
   10  Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code as
   11  business or mercantile, a fire official shall enforce the wall
   12  fire-rating provisions for occupancy separation as defined in
   13  the Florida Building Code.
   14         (b) A structure, located on property that is classified for
   15  ad valorem purposes as agricultural, which is part of a farming
   16  and ranching operation, which employs fewer than 35 full-time
   17  equivalent workers, and which is not used by the public for
   18  direct sales or as an educational outreach facility, is exempt
   19  from the Florida Fire Prevention Code, including the national
   20  codes and Life Safety Code incorporated by reference. This
   21  paragraph does not include structures used for residential or
   22  assembly occupancies, as defined in the Florida Fire Prevention
   23  Code.
   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.; requiring fire officials
   33         to enforce Florida Building Code provisions for
   34         occupancy separation for certain structures with
   35         certain occupancies; exempting certain farming and
   36         ranching structures from the code; providing an
   37         effective date.