Florida Senate - 2025 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1128
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
03/12/2025 .
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The Committee on Community Affairs (Ingoglia) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
6 125.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7 125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building
8 Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees;
9 inspectors; etc.—
10 (4)
11 (d) A county that issues building permits may send a
12 written notice of expiration, by e-mail or United States Postal
13 Service, to the owner of the property and the contractor listed
14 on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building permit is
15 set to expire. The written notice must identify the permit that
16 is set to expire and the date the permit will expire. A building
17 permit processed and approved by a county for a single-family
18 dwelling may not expire before the effective date of the next
19 edition of the Florida Building Code, which is updated every 3
20 years pursuant to s. 553.73(7)(a), regardless of whether the
21 permit has been issued to or accepted by the applicant.
22 Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
23 553.79, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
24 553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections.—
25 (1)
26 (c) A local government that issues building permits may
27 send a written notice of expiration, by e-mail or United States
28 Postal Service, to the owner of the property and the contractor
29 listed on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building
30 permit is set to expire. The written notice must identify the
31 permit that is set to expire and the date the permit will
32 expire. A building permit processed and approved by a local
33 government under this section for a single-family dwelling may
34 not expire before the effective date of the next edition of the
35 Florida Building Code, which is updated every 3 years pursuant
36 to s. 553.73(7)(a), regardless of whether the permit has been
37 issued to or accepted by the applicant.
38 Section 3. Present paragraphs (b) through (g) of subsection
39 (1) of section 553.792, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
40 paragraphs (c) through (h), respectively, and a new paragraph
41 (b) is added to that subsection, to read:
42 553.792 Building permit application to local government.—
43 (1)
44 (b) 1. A permit application for the construction of a
45 single-family dwelling in a jurisdiction for which a state of
46 emergency was issued within the 24 months before the
47 application, and which is signed and sealed with an attestation
48 by an architect licensed under chapter 481 or an engineer
49 licensed under chapter 471 that the plans in the permit comply
50 with the Florida Building Code, is deemed in compliance with the
51 Florida Building Code without further local government review.
52 The local government must approve or deny such an application
53 within 2 business days after receipt. This section does not
54 preclude local government review for compliance with zoning and
55 land use regulations.
56 2. An attestation for such an application must include
57 proof of the architect’s or engineer’s good standing with their
58 respective applicable regulatory bodies and proof of insurance
59 for professional liability covering all services performed in
60 plans review under this section.
61 3. A local government must be held harmless and indemnified
62 from claims arising from plans review deemed in compliance under
63 this subsection.
64 Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.
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66 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
67 And the title is amended as follows:
68 Delete everything before the enacting clause
69 and insert:
70 A bill to be entitled
71 An act relating to building permits for a single
72 family dwelling; amending ss. 125.56 and 553.79, F.S.;
73 prohibiting the expiration of certain building permits
74 issued by a county or a local government,
75 respectively, before a specified event; amending s.
76 553.792, F.S.; specifying that certain permit
77 applications are deemed in compliance; requiring the
78 local government to issue such permit within a certain
79 timeframe; requiring certain attestations supporting
80 permit applications; indemnifying local governments in
81 certain circumstances; providing an effective date.