Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1148
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/02/2015           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government (Simpson)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 36 - 76
    4  and insert:
    5  more than 35 persons, and which is not used by the public for
    6  direct sales or as an educational outreach facility, is exempt
    7  from the Florida Fire Prevention Code, including the national
    8  codes and Life Safety Code incorporated by reference. This
    9  paragraph does not include structures used for residential or
   10  assembly occupancies, as defined in the Florida Fire Prevention
   11  Code.
   12         (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
   13  nonresidential farm building is exempt from the Florida Fire
   14  Prevention Code, including the national codes and the Life
   15  Safety Code incorporated by reference, if all of the following
   16  conditions are met:
   17         1. The nonresidential farm building is used occasionally by
   18  the owner only for the secondary purposes of assembly, business,
   19  or mercantile occupancy, as defined in the Florida Fire
   20  Prevention Code, and is not used for lodging purposes.
   21         2. Each event has less than 100 persons occupying the
   22  building at one time.
   23         3. There are at least two means of egress or openings of at
   24  least 36 inches in width and 80 inches in height.
   25         4. The nonresidential farm building provides at least 7
   26  square feet per person in attendance if the building is not
   27  concentrated with chairs, tables, or other obstacles, and 15
   28  square feet per person in attendance if the building is
   29  concentrated with chairs, tables, or other obstacles.
   30         5. The storage of combustible or flammable liquids inside
   31  the nonresidential farm building during each event is not
   32  permitted.
   33         (d) The local fire official may request to be notified of
   34  an event that is subject to the conditions of paragraph (c).
   35         (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an
   36  agricultural pole barn is exempt from the Florida Fire
   37  Prevention Code, including the national fire codes and the Life
   38  Safety Code incorporated by reference.
   39         (f) The State Fire Marshal shall conduct a study on the
   40  secondary use of nonresidential farm buildings as assembly
   41  occupancies that exceed 100 persons in attendance and on the
   42  development of a fire safety evaluation system for
   43  nonresidential farm buildings used as assembly occupancies.
   44         1. The State Fire Marshal shall convene a workgroup on or
   45  before September 1, 2015, to assist with the study. The
   46  workgroup must include a representative of the Florida
   47  Agritourism Association, the Florida Farm Bureau, the Department
   48  of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Florida Fire Chiefs
   49  Association, the Florida Professional Firefighters Association,
   50  the Florida Fire Marshals and Inspectors Association, and the
   51  Florida Volunteer Firefighters Association. The workgroup may
   52  include other interested parties.
   53         2. If the study determines that the secondary use of
   54  nonresidential farm buildings as described in this paragraph
   55  requires alternative life safety or fire prevention standards
   56  instead of those currently specified in the Florida Fire
   57  Prevention Code, the State Fire Marshal shall in coordination
   58  with the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services adopt
   59  the alternative standards by rule. Such rulemaking shall be
   60  
   61  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   62  And the title is amended as follows:
   63         Delete lines 4 - 6
   64  and insert:
   65         buildings and agricultural pole barns, rather than
   66         specified structures located on agricultural property,
   67         from the Florida Fire Prevention Code under specified
   68         circumstances; authorizing the local fire official to
   69         request notification of certain events held in a
   70         nonresidential farm building;