| 1 | Representative Evers offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Between lines 336 and 337, insert: |
| 5 | Section 8. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section |
| 6 | 633.022, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 7 | 633.022 Uniform firesafety standards.--The Legislature |
| 8 | hereby determines that to protect the public health, safety, and |
| 9 | welfare it is necessary to provide for firesafety standards |
| 10 | governing the construction and utilization of certain buildings |
| 11 | and structures. The Legislature further determines that certain |
| 12 | buildings or structures, due to their specialized use or to the |
| 13 | special characteristics of the person utilizing or occupying |
| 14 | these buildings or structures, should be subject to firesafety |
| 15 | standards reflecting these special needs as may be appropriate. |
| 16 | (1) The department shall establish uniform firesafety |
| 17 | standards that apply to: |
| 18 | (b) All new, existing, and proposed hospitals, nursing |
| 19 | homes, assisted living facilities, adult family-care homes, |
| 20 | correctional facilities, public schools, transient public |
| 21 | lodging establishments, except for facilities operated by |
| 22 | religious organizations working in conjunction with the Family |
| 23 | Promise program, public food service establishments, elevators, |
| 24 | migrant labor camps, mobile home parks, lodging parks, |
| 25 | recreational vehicle parks, recreational camps, residential and |
| 26 | nonresidential child care facilities, facilities for the |
| 27 | developmentally disabled, motion picture and television special |
| 28 | effects productions, and self-service gasoline stations, of |
| 29 | which standards the State Fire Marshal is the final |
| 30 | administrative interpreting authority. |
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| 32 | In the event there is a dispute between the owners of the |
| 33 | buildings specified in paragraph (b) and a local authority |
| 34 | requiring a more stringent uniform firesafety standard for |
| 35 | sprinkler systems, the State Fire Marshal shall be the final |
| 36 | administrative interpreting authority and the State Fire |
| 37 | Marshal's interpretation regarding the uniform firesafety |
| 38 | standards shall be considered final agency action. |
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| 41 | Remove line 32 and insert: |
| 42 | for certain purposes; amending s. 633.022, F.S.; providing an |
| 43 | exemption to the application of certain uniform firesafety |
| 44 | standards; providing effective dates. |