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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 81-B

        By Representative Bennett






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida Building Code;

  3         amending s. 553.415, F.S.; delaying the date

  4         for inclusion of the Uniform Code for Public

  5         Educational Facilities in the Florida Building

  6         Code; providing an effective date for the

  7         Florida Building Code; amending s. 135 of ch.

  8         2000-141, Laws of Florida, and ss. 62(2) and 68

  9         of ch. 98-287, Laws of Florida, as amended;

10         delaying the amendment, repeal, and transfer

11         and renumbering of specified sections of the

12         Florida Statutes; amending s. 627.0629, F.S.;

13         delaying a deadline by which insurance

14         companies are required to make certain rate

15         filings; providing for the adoption of an

16         administrative rule; providing for the

17         treatment of permit applications submitted

18         before the effective date of the code;

19         requiring local jurisdictions to enact

20         ordinances establishing wind speed lines;

21         providing an effective date.

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23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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25         Section 1.  Subsections (1), (5), (8), and (11) of

26  section 553.415, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

27         553.415  Factory-built school buildings.--

28         (1)  It is the purpose of this section to provide an

29  alternative procedure for the construction and installation of

30  factory-built school buildings designed or intended for use as

31  school buildings.  As used in this section, the term

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  1  "factory-built school building" means any building designed or

  2  intended for use as a school building, which is in whole or in

  3  part, manufactured at an offsite facility in compliance with

  4  the State Uniform Code for Public Educational Facilities and

  5  Department of Education rule, effective on January 5, 2000.

  6  After April January 1, 2002, the Uniform Code for Public

  7  Educational Facilities shall be incorporated into the Florida

  8  Building Code, including specific requirements for Public

  9  Educational Facilities and the Department of Education rule,

10  effective on January 5, 2000.  For the purpose of this

11  section, factory-built school buildings include prefabricated

12  educational facilities, factory-built educational facilities,

13  and modular-built educational facilities, that are designed to

14  be portable, relocatable, demountable, or reconstructible; are

15  used primarily as classrooms or the components of an entire

16  school; and do not fall under the provisions of ss.

17  320.822-320.862.

18         (5)  The department, in accordance with the standards

19  and procedures adopted pursuant to this section and as such

20  standards and procedures may thereafter be modified, shall

21  approve or reject such plans, specifications, and methods of

22  construction.  Approval shall not be given unless such plans,

23  specifications, and methods of construction are in compliance

24  with the State Uniform Building Code for Public Educational

25  Facilities and department rule. After April January 1, 2002,

26  the Uniform Code for Public Educational Facilities shall be

27  incorporated into the Florida Building Code, including

28  specific requirements for public educational facilities and

29  department rule.

30         (8)  Any amendment to the State Uniform Code for Public

31  Educational Facilities, and, after April January 1, 2002, the

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  1  Florida Building Code, shall become effective 180 days after

  2  the amendment is filed with the Secretary of State.

  3  Notwithstanding the 180-day delayed effective date, the

  4  manufacturer shall submit and obtain a revised approved plan

  5  within the 180 days.  A revised plan submitted pursuant to

  6  this subsection shall be processed as a renewal or revision

  7  with appropriate fees. A plan submitted after the period of

  8  time provided shall be processed as a new application with

  9  appropriate fees.

10         (11)  The department shall develop a unique

11  identification label to be affixed to all newly constructed

12  factory-built school buildings and existing factory-built

13  school buildings which have been brought into compliance with

14  the standards for existing "satisfactory" buildings pursuant

15  to chapter 5 of the Uniform Code for Public Educational

16  Facilities, and, after April January 1, 2002, the Florida

17  Building Code.  The department may charge a fee for issuing

18  such labels.  Such labels, bearing the department's name and

19  state seal, shall at a minimum, contain:

20         (a)  The name of the manufacturer.

21         (b)  The standard plan approval number or alteration

22  number.

23         (c)  The date of manufacture or alteration.

24         (d)  The serial or other identification number.

25         (e)  The following designed-for loads: lbs. per square

26  foot live load; lbs. per square foot floor live load; lbs. per

27  square foot horizontal wind load; and lbs. per square foot

28  wind uplift load.

29         (f)  The designed-for flood zone usage.

30         (g)  The designed-for wind zone usage.

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  1         (h)  The designed-for enhanced hurricane protection

  2  zone usage: yes or no.

  3         Section 2.  Notwithstanding any other provision in

  4  chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the

  5  following sections of chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is

  6  changed to April 1, 2002: sections 25, 26, and 27.

  7         Section 3.  Notwithstanding any other provision in

  8  chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the

  9  following sections of chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as

10  amended by chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to

11  April 1, 2002: sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13,

12  14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30,

13  32, 36, 39, 44, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 59, 60, 62, 70,

14  71, 72, 75, 79, 81, 84, 86, 87, 88, 91, 92, 93, 94, and 99.

15         Section 4.  Notwithstanding any other provision in

16  chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of the

17  following sections of chapter 98-287, Laws of Florida, as

18  amended by chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by

19  chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to April 1,

20  2002: sections 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21,

21  24, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 44, 46, 47, 49, 51, and 56.

22         Section 5.  Notwithstanding any other provision in

23  chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, the effective date of

24  section 61 of chapter 98-419, Laws of Florida, as amended by

25  chapter 2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by chapter

26  2001-186, Laws of Florida, is changed to April 1, 2002.

27         Section 6.  Section 135 of chapter 2000-141, Laws of

28  Florida, as amended by section 37 of chapter 2001-186, Laws of

29  Florida, is amended to read:

30         Section 135.  Effective April January 1, 2002,

31  subsection (2) of section 255.21, Florida Statutes, paragraphs

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  1  (d) and (e) of subsection (1) of section 395.1055, Florida

  2  Statutes, and subsection (11) of section 553.79, Florida

  3  Statutes, are repealed.

  4         Section 7.  Subsection (2) of section 62 of chapter

  5  98-287, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 107 of chapter

  6  2000-141, Laws of Florida, as amended by section 38 of chapter

  7  2001-186, Laws of Florida, is amended to read:

  8         Section 62.

  9         (2)  Effective April January 1, 2002, all existing

10  local technical amendments to any building code adopted by any

11  local government, except for local ordinances setting forth

12  administrative requirements which are not in conflict with the

13  Florida Building Code, are repealed. Each local government may

14  readopt such amendments pursuant to s. 553.73, Florida

15  Statutes, provided such amendments comply with applicable

16  provisions of the Florida Building Code.

17         Section 8.  Section 68 of chapter 98-287, Laws of

18  Florida, as amended by section 108 of chapter 2000-141, Laws

19  of Florida, as amended by section 39 of chapter 2001-186, Laws

20  of Florida, is amended to read:

21         Section 68.  Effective April January 1, 2002, parts I,

22  II, and III of chapter 553, Florida Statutes, consisting of

23  sections 553.01, 553.02, 553.03, 553.04, 553.041, 553.05,

24  553.06, 553.07, 553.08, 553.10, 553.11, 553.14, 553.15,

25  553.16, 553.17, 553.18, 553.20, 553.21, 553.22, 553.23,

26  553.24, 553.25, 553.26, 553.27, and 553.28, Florida Statutes,

27  are repealed, section 553.141, Florida Statutes, is

28  transferred and renumbered as section 553.86, Florida

29  Statutes.

30         Section 9.  Subsection (1) of section 627.0629, Florida

31  Statutes, as amended by section 99 of chapter 2000-141, Laws

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  1  of Florida, as amended by section 42 of chapter 2001-186, Laws

  2  of Florida, is amended to read:

  3         627.0629  Residential property insurance; rate

  4  filings.--

  5         (1)  A rate filing for residential property insurance

  6  must include actuarially reasonable discounts, credits, or

  7  other rate differentials, or appropriate reductions in

  8  deductibles, for properties on which fixtures or construction

  9  techniques demonstrated to reduce the amount of loss in a

10  windstorm have been installed or implemented. The fixtures or

11  construction techniques shall include, but not be limited to,

12  fixtures or construction techniques which enhance roof

13  strength, roof covering performance, roof-to-wall strength,

14  wall-to-floor-to-foundation strength, opening protection, and

15  window, door, and skylight strength.  Credits, discounts, or

16  other rate differentials for fixtures and construction

17  techniques which meet the minimum requirements of the Florida

18  Building Code must be included in the rate filing. All

19  insurance companies must make a rate filing which includes the

20  credits, discounts, or other rate differentials by March 31,

21  2003 December 31, 2002.

22         Section 10.  Rule 9B-3.047, Florida Administrative

23  Code, as it existed before November 28, 2000, is adopted and

24  will remain in force until the effective date of the Florida

25  Building Code as established in this act.

26         Section 11.  Notwithstanding the effective date of

27  section 25 of chapter 2001-186, Laws of Florida, any building

28  permit for which an application is submitted before the

29  effective date of the Florida Building Code is governed by the

30  state minimum building code in effect in the permitting

31  jurisdiction on the date of the application for the permitted

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  1  work for the life of the permit and any extension of time

  2  granted thereto.

  3         Section 12.  Local jurisdictions bisected or otherwise

  4  divided by a line separating wind speed zones, as determined

  5  by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Standard 7, 1998

  6  edition, as implemented by the International Building Code,

  7  2000 edition, and as modified by the Florida Building

  8  Commission in the Florida Building Code that becomes effective

  9  pursuant to this act, must by January 1, 2002, enact an

10  ordinance specifying the exact location of wind speed lines,

11  using recognized physical landmarks such as major roads,

12  canals, rivers, and lake shores, wherever possible.

13         Section 13.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

14  law.

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17                          HOUSE SUMMARY

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      Revises provisions relating to the Florida Building Code
19    to delay the date for inclusion of the Uniform Code for
      Public Educational Facilities in the Florida Building
20    Code and to provide an effective date for the Florida
      Building Code. Delays the amendment, repeal, and transfer
21    and renumbering of specified sections of the Florida
      Statutes. Delays a deadline by which insurance companies
22    are required to make rate filings, provides for the
      treatment of permit applications submitted before the
23    effective date of the Florida Building Code, and requires
      local jurisdictions to enact ordinances establishing wind
24    speed lines.

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