HOUSE AMENDMENT

    791-112AX-38                                  Bill No. HB 2017

    Amendment No. 4 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Richardson offered the following:

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14         On page 1489, line 5, through page 1490, line 29,

15  remove:  all of said lines

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18         Section 810.  Effective upon this act becoming a law,

19  section 1013.20, Florida Statutes, is created to read:

20         1013.20  Standards for relocatables used as classroom

21  space; inspections.--

22         (1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules

23  establishing standards for relocatables intended for long-term

24  use as classroom space at a public elementary school, middle

25  school, or high school.  "Long-term use" means the use of

26  relocatables at the same educational plant for a period of 4

27  years or more.  Each relocatable acquired by a district school

28  board after the effective date of the rules and intended for

29  long-term use must comply with the standards. District school

30  boards shall submit a plan for the use of existing

31  relocatables within the 5-year work program to be reviewed and

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  1  approved by the commissioner by January 1, 2003.  A progress

  2  report shall be provided by the commissioner to the Speaker of

  3  the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate

  4  each January thereafter. Relocatables that fail to meet the

  5  standards by July 1, 2003, may not be used as classrooms.  The

  6  standards shall protect the health, safety, and welfare of

  7  occupants by requiring compliance with the Florida Building

  8  Code or the State Requirements for Educational Facilities for

  9  existing relocatables, as applicable, to ensure the safety and

10  stability of construction and onsite installation; fire and

11  moisture protection; air quality and ventilation; appropriate

12  wind resistance; and compliance with the requirements of the

13  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.  If appropriate and

14  where relocatables are not scheduled for replacement, the

15  standards must also require relocatables to provide access to

16  the same technologies available to similar classrooms within

17  the main school facility and, if appropriate, and where

18  relocatables are not scheduled for replacement, to be

19  accessible by adequate covered walkways.  A relocatable that

20  is subject to this section and does not meet the standards

21  shall not be reported as providing satisfactory student

22  stations in the Florida Inventory of School Houses.

23         (2)  Annual inspections for all satisfactory

24  relocatables designed for classroom use or being occupied by

25  students are required for:  foundations; tie-downs; structural

26  integrity; weatherproofing; HVAC; electrical; plumbing, if

27  applicable; firesafety; and accessibility.  Reports shall be

28  filed with the district school board and posted in each

29  respective relocatable in order to facilitate corrective

30  action.

31         Section 811.  Section 1013.21, Florida Statutes, is

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  1  created to read:

  2         1013.21  Reduction of relocatable facilities in use.--

  3         (1)(a)  It is a goal of the Legislature that all school

  4  districts shall provide a quality educational environment for

  5  their students such that, by July 1, 2004, student stations in

  6  relocatable facilities exceeding 20 years of age and in use by

  7  a district during the 1998-1999 fiscal year shall be removed

  8  and the number of all other relocatable student stations at

  9  over-capacity schools during that fiscal year shall be

10  decreased by half. The Legislature finds, however, that

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