Florida Senate - 2020                             CS for SB 1594
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Criminal Justice; and Senator Powell
       
       
       
       
       
       591-03456-20                                          20201594c1
    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, or attempting to
   18  threaten, coerce, or trick the firesafety inspector into
   19  violating any provision of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any
   20  rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this
   21  chapter.
   22         (b) Offering any compensation to the firesafety inspector
   23  to induce a violation of the Florida Fire Prevention Code, any
   24  rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or any provision of this
   25  chapter.
   26         (2) A firesafety inspector may not knowingly and willfully
   27  accept an attempt by a person to influence the firesafety
   28  inspector into violating any provision of the Florida Fire
   29  Prevention Code, any rule adopted by the State Fire Marshal, or
   30  any provision of this chapter.
   31         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2020.