Florida Senate - 2026                                     SB 750
       
       
        
       By Senator DiCeglie
       
       
       
       
       
       18-00678-26                                            2026750__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to alternative plans review and
    3         building inspection; amending s. 553.791, F.S.;
    4         deleting a provision authorizing a local government to
    5         charge an administrative fee when an owner or
    6         contractor retains a private provider for purposes of
    7         plans review or building inspection services;
    8         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. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
   13  553.791, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         553.791 Alternative plans review and inspection.—
   15         (2)
   16         (b) If an owner or contractor retains a private provider
   17  for purposes of plans review or building inspection services,
   18  the local jurisdiction must reduce the permit fee by the amount
   19  of cost savings realized by the local enforcement agency for not
   20  having to perform such services. Such reduction may be
   21  calculated on a flat fee or percentage basis, or any other
   22  reasonable means by which a local enforcement agency assesses
   23  the cost for its plans review or inspection services. The local
   24  jurisdiction may not charge fees for building inspections if the
   25  fee owner or contractor hires a private provider to perform such
   26  services; however, the local jurisdiction may charge a
   27  reasonable administrative fee, which shall be based on the cost
   28  that is actually incurred, including the labor cost of the
   29  personnel providing the service, by the local jurisdiction or
   30  attributable to the local jurisdiction for the clerical and
   31  supervisory assistance required, or both.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.