| 1 | The Growth Management Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to wind-protection provisions of the |
| 7 | Florida Building Code; amending ch. 2000-141, Laws of |
| 8 | Florida; providing for an update of the code's wind- |
| 9 | protection standards; requiring removal of code provisions |
| 10 | authorizing certain design options under certain |
| 11 | circumstances; requiring the Florida Building Commission |
| 12 | to incorporate certain standards and conditions into the |
| 13 | Florida Building Code under certain circumstances; |
| 14 | directing the commission to evaluate the definition of the |
| 15 | term "exposure category C" and recommend a revision to |
| 16 | accurately reflect certain conditions specific to the |
| 17 | state; providing an appropriation for purposes of funding |
| 18 | a joint program for certain purposes; providing an |
| 19 | effective date. |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 109 of chapter 2000- |
| 24 | 141, Laws of Florida, is amended to read: |
| 25 | Section 109. The Legislature has reviewed the Florida |
| 26 | Building Code that was adopted by action of the Florida Building |
| 27 | Commission on February 15, 2000, and that was noticed for rule |
| 28 | adoption by reference in Rule 9B-3.047, F.A.C., on February 18, |
| 29 | 2000, in the Florida Administrative Weekly on page 731. The |
| 30 | Florida Building Commission is directed to continue the process |
| 31 | to adopt the code, pursuant to section 120.54(3), Florida |
| 32 | Statutes, and to incorporate the following provisions or |
| 33 | standards for the State of Florida: |
| 34 | (3) For areas of the state not within the high velocity |
| 35 | hurricane zone, the commission shall adopt, pursuant to s. |
| 36 | 553.73, Florida Statutes, the most current edition of the wind |
| 37 | protection requirements of the American Society of Civil |
| 38 | Engineers, Standard 7, 1998 edition as implemented by the |
| 39 | International Building Code, 2000 edition, and as modified by |
| 40 | the commission in its February 15, 2000, adoption of the Florida |
| 41 | Building Code for rule adoption by reference in Rule 9B-3.047, |
| 42 | Florida Administrative Code. However, from the eastern border of |
| 43 | Franklin County to the Florida-Alabama line, only land within 1 |
| 44 | mile of the coast shall be subject to the windborne-debris |
| 45 | requirements adopted by the commission. The exact location of |
| 46 | wind speed lines shall be established by local ordinance, using |
| 47 | recognized physical landmarks such as major roads, canals, |
| 48 | rivers, and lake shores, wherever possible. Buildings |
| 49 | constructed in the windborne debris region must be either |
| 50 | designed for internal pressures that may result inside a |
| 51 | building when a window or door is broken or a hole is created in |
| 52 | its walls or roof by large debris, or be designed with protected |
| 53 | openings. Except in the high velocity hurricane zone, local |
| 54 | governments may not prohibit the option of designing buildings |
| 55 | to resist internal pressures. |
| 56 | Section 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
| 57 | act, the option of designing for internal pressure for buildings |
| 58 | within the windborne debris region shall be removed from the |
| 59 | Florida Building Code immediately upon adoption of standards and |
| 60 | conditions within the International Building Code or |
| 61 | International Residential Code prohibiting such design option. |
| 62 | The Florida Building Commission shall initiate rulemaking to |
| 63 | incorporate into the Florida Building Code when the code is |
| 64 | updated such standards and conditions prohibiting designing for |
| 65 | internal pressure for buildings. |
| 66 | Section 3. Prior to the 2006 Regular Session of the |
| 67 | Legislature, the Florida Building Commission shall evaluate the |
| 68 | definition of the term "exposure category C" as currently |
| 69 | defined in s. 553.71, Florida Statutes, and make recommendations |
| 70 | to the Legislature for a new definition that more accurately |
| 71 | reflects conditions specific to this state. |
| 72 | Section 4. The sum of $200,000 is appropriated from the |
| 73 | Insurance Regulatory Trust Fund to the Department of Financial |
| 74 | Services to be used to develop a joint program between the |
| 75 | Florida Insurance Council and the Florida Home Builders |
| 76 | Association to educate contractors on the benefits and options |
| 77 | available for designing buildings for windborne debris |
| 78 | protection and to develop a standardized affidavit to be used |
| 79 | for verifying the insurance discounts for residential |
| 80 | construction techniques demonstrated to reduce the amount of |
| 81 | loss during a windstorm. |
| 82 | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |