Florida Senate - 2017 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 802 Ì9120789Î912078 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 04/28/2017 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Rules (Passidomo) recommended the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Between lines 473 and 474 4 insert: 5 Section 25. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 468.603, 6 Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 7 468.603 Definitions.—As used in this part: 8 (1) “Building code administrator” or “building official” 9 means any of those employees of municipal or county governments, 10 or any person contracted by a municipal or county government, 11 who havewithbuilding construction regulation responsibilities 12 and who are charged with the responsibility for direct 13 regulatory administration or supervision of plan review, 14 enforcement, or inspection of building construction, erection, 15 repair, addition, remodeling, demolition, or alteration projects 16 that require permitting indicating compliance with building, 17 plumbing, mechanical, electrical, gas, fire prevention, energy, 18 accessibility, and other construction codes as required by state 19 law or municipal or county ordinance. This term is synonymous 20 with “building official” as used in theadministrative chapter21of the Standard Building Code and the SouthFlorida Building 22 Code. One person employed or contracted by each municipal or 23 county government as a building code administrator or building 24 official and who is so certified under this part may be 25 authorized to perform any plan review or inspection for which 26 certification is required by this part. 27 (2) “Building code inspector” means any of those employees 28 of local governments or state agencies, or any person contracted 29 by a local government or state agency, who havewithbuilding 30 construction regulation responsibilities and who themselves 31 conduct inspections of building construction, erection, repair, 32 addition, or alteration projects that require permitting 33 indicating compliance with building, plumbing, mechanical, 34 electrical, gas, fire prevention, energy, accessibility, and 35 other construction codes as required by state law or municipal 36 or county ordinance. 37 Section 26. Subsection (3) of section 468.617, Florida 38 Statutes, is amended to read: 39 468.617 Joint building code inspection department; other 40 arrangements.— 41 (3) Nothing in this part shall prohibit any county or 42 municipal government, school board, community college board, 43 state university, or state agency from entering into any 44 contract with any person or entity for the provision of building 45 code administrator, building official, or building code 46 inspection services regulated under this part, and 47 notwithstanding any other statutory provision, such county or 48 municipal governments may enter into contracts. 49 50 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 51 And the title is amended as follows: 52 Between lines 58 and 59 53 insert: 54 s. 468.603, F.S.; redefining the terms “building code 55 administrator,” “building official,” and “building 56 code inspector”; amending s. 468.617, F.S.; providing 57 that a county or municipal government, school board, 58 community college board, state university, or state 59 agency is not prohibited from entering into any 60 contract with any person or entity for the provision 61 of building code administrator or building official 62 services; amending