The Florida Senate

¹553.18  Scope.--

(1)  The standards prescribed by this code constitute minimum electrical requirements for the protection of the health and the safety of the public.

²(2)  County, municipal, improvement district, or state governing bodies may adopt and enforce additional or more stringent standards or administrative procedures and requirements than those prescribed by this code, including but not limited to fees if the standards or administrative procedures and requirements are in conformity with standards set forth in s. 553.19.

(3)  Nothing in this code shall be construed as repealing or superseding provisions of electrical codes legally in use by any municipality or county, when such provisions are not inferior to those set forth in this code.

History.--s. 4, ch. 70-332; ss. 34, 68, ch. 98-287.

¹Note.--Repealed by s. 68, ch. 98-287, "[e]ffective upon the approval by the Legislature of the adoption of the Florida Building Code by the Florida Building Commission."

²Note.--Section 34, ch. 98-287, amended subsection (2), effective January 1, 2001, to read:

(2)  Local jurisdictions may adopt and enforce more stringent standards or administrative procedures and requirements than those prescribed by this code, including but not limited to fees if the standards or administrative procedures and requirements are in conformity with standards set forth in the Florida Building Code.