Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. PCS (135278) for SB 1148
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/16/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Hukill) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete lines 51 - 77
    4  and insert:
    5         1. The nonresidential farm building is used by the owner
    6  only for the secondary purposes of assembly, business, or
    7  mercantile occupancy, as defined in the Florida Fire Prevention
    8  Code, and is not used for lodging purposes.
    9         2. Each event has less than 100 persons occupying the
   10  building at one time.
   11         3. There are at least two means of egress or openings of at
   12  least 36 inches in width and 80 inches in height.
   13         4. The nonresidential farm building provides at least 7
   14  square feet per person in attendance if the building is not
   15  concentrated with chairs, tables, or other obstacles, and 15
   16  square feet per person in attendance if the building is
   17  concentrated with chairs, tables, or other obstacles.
   18         5. The storage of combustible or flammable liquids inside
   19  the nonresidential farm building during each event is not
   20  permitted.
   21         (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
   22  agricultural pole barn is exempt from the Florida Fire
   23  Prevention Code, including the national fire codes and the Life
   24  Safety Code incorporated by reference.
   25         (e) The State Fire Marshal shall conduct a study on the
   26  secondary use of nonresidential farm buildings as assembly,
   27  business, or mercantile occupancies that exceed 100 persons in
   28  attendance and on the development of a fire safety evaluation
   29  system for nonresidential farm buildings used for those
   30  occupancies.
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   33  And the title is amended as follows:
   34         Delete lines 7 - 9
   35  and insert:
   36         circumstances; requiring the State Fire