Florida Senate - 2020                                    SB 1594
       
       
        
       By Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       30-00097A-20                                          20201594__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to firesafety inspectors; creating s.
    3         633.217, F.S.; prohibiting certain actions to
    4         influence a firesafety inspector into violating
    5         certain provisions; prohibiting a firesafety inspector
    6         from knowingly and willfully accepting an attempt to
    7         influence the firesafety inspector into violating
    8         certain provisions; providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Section 633.217, Florida Statutes, is created to
   13  read:
   14         633.217 Influencing a firesafety inspector; prohibited
   15  acts.—
   16         (1) A person may not influence a firesafety inspector by:
   17         (a) Threatening, coercing, tricking, persuading,
   18  interfering with, or otherwise influencing, or attempting to
   19  threaten, coerce, trick, persuade, interfere with, or otherwise
   20  influence, the firesafety inspector into violating any provision
   21  of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any rule adopted by the
   22  State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this chapter.
   23         (b) Offering any compensation to the firesafety inspector
   24  to induce a violation of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any
   25  rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this
   26  chapter.
   27         (2) A firesafety inspector may not knowingly and willfully
   28  accept an attempt by a person to influence the firesafety
   29  inspector into violating any provision of the Florida Fire
   30  Prevention Code, any rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or
   31  any provision of this chapter.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.