Florida Senate - 2013 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 264
Barcode 894358
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
02/06/2013 .
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The Committee on Community Affairs (Latvala) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
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5 Section 1. Subsections (9), (10), and (11) of section
6 633.025, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
7 633.025 Minimum firesafety standards.—
8 (9) Effective January 1, 2014, any battery-operated smoke
9 alarm that is newly installed or replaces an existing smoke
10 alarm must be powered by a nonreplaceable, nonremovable battery
11 capable of powering the smoke alarm for at least 10 years. This
12 subsection does not apply to an electrically operated smoke
13 alarm, a fire alarm system with a smoke detector, a fire alarm
14 device that connects to a panel, or any similar device that uses
15 a low-power radio frequency wireless communication signal.
16 (10)(9) The provisions of the Life Safety Code do shall not
17 apply to newly constructed one-family and two-family dwellings.
18 However, fire sprinkler protection may be permitted by local
19 government in lieu of other fire protection-related development
20 requirements for such structures. While local governments may
21 adopt fire sprinkler requirements for one- and two-family
22 dwellings under this subsection, it is the intent of the
23 Legislature that the economic consequences of the fire sprinkler
24 mandate on home owners be studied before the enactment of such a
25 requirement. After the effective date of this act, any local
26 government that desires to adopt a fire sprinkler requirement on
27 one- or two-family dwellings must prepare an economic cost and
28 benefit report that analyzes the application of fire sprinklers
29 to one- or two-family dwellings or any proposed residential
30 subdivision. The report must consider the tradeoffs and specific
31 cost savings and benefits of fire sprinklers for future owners
32 of property. The report must include an assessment of the cost
33 savings from any reduced or eliminated impact fees if
34 applicable, the reduction in special fire district tax,
35 insurance fees, and other taxes or fees imposed, and the waiver
36 of certain infrastructure requirements including the reduction
37 of roadway widths, the reduction of water line sizes, increased
38 fire hydrant spacing, increased dead-end roadway length and a
39 reduction in cul-de-sac sizes relative to the costs from fire
40 sprinkling. A failure to prepare an economic report shall result
41 in the invalidation of the fire sprinkler requirement to any
42 one- or two-family dwelling or any proposed subdivision. In
43 addition, a local jurisdiction or utility may not charge any
44 additional fee, above what is charged to a non-fire sprinklered
45 dwelling, on the basis that a one- or two-family dwelling unit
46 is protected by a fire sprinkler system.
47 (11)(10) Before imposing a fire sprinkler requirement on
48 any one- or two-family dwelling, a local government must provide
49 the owner of any one- or two-family dwelling a letter
50 documenting specific infrastructure or other tax or fee
51 allowances and waivers that are listed in but not limited to
52 those described in subsection (10) (9) for the dwelling. The
53 documentation must show that the cost savings reasonably
54 approximate the cost of the purchase and installation of a fire
55 protection system.
56 (12)(11) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (10)
57 (9), a property owner is shall not be required to install fire
58 sprinklers in any residential property based upon the use of
59 such property as a rental property or any change in or
60 reclassification of the property’s primary use to a rental
61 property.
62 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.
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66 And the title is amended as follows:
67 Delete everything before the enacting clause
68 and insert:
69 A bill to be entitled
70 An act relating to firesafety devices; amending s. 633.025,
71 F.S.; requiring certain battery-operated smoke alarms to meet
72 specified standards; providing for applicability; conforming
73 cross-references; providing an effective date.
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