| 1 | Representative Artiles offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment to Amendment (399507) |
| 4 | Remove lines 2851-2925 and insert: |
| 5 | (g)(b) "Sinkhole" means a landform created by subsidence |
| 6 | of soil, sediment, or rock as underlying strata are dissolved by |
| 7 | groundwater. A sinkhole forms may form by collapse into |
| 8 | subterranean voids created by dissolution of limestone or |
| 9 | dolostone or by subsidence as these strata are dissolved. |
| 10 | (i)(c) "Sinkhole loss" means structural damage to the |
| 11 | covered building, including the foundation, caused by sinkhole |
| 12 | activity. Contents coverage and additional living expenses shall |
| 13 | apply only if there is structural damage to the covered building |
| 14 | caused by sinkhole activity. |
| 15 | (h)(d) "Sinkhole activity" means settlement or systematic |
| 16 | weakening of the earth supporting the covered building such |
| 17 | property only if the when such settlement or systematic |
| 18 | weakening results from contemporaneous movement or raveling of |
| 19 | soils, sediments, or rock materials into subterranean voids |
| 20 | created by the effect of water on a limestone or similar rock |
| 21 | formation. |
| 22 | (e) "Professional engineer" means a person, as defined in |
| 23 | s. 471.005, who has a bachelor's degree or higher in engineering |
| 24 | with a specialty in the geotechnical engineering field. A |
| 25 | professional engineer must also have geotechnical experience and |
| 26 | expertise in the identification of sinkhole activity as well as |
| 27 | other potential causes of structural damage to the structure. |
| 28 | (f) "Professional geologist" means a person, as defined in |
| 29 | by s. 492.102, who has a bachelor's degree or higher in geology |
| 30 | or related earth science and with expertise in the geology of |
| 31 | Florida. A professional geologist must have geological |
| 32 | experience and expertise in the identification of sinkhole |
| 33 | activity as well as other potential geologic causes of |
| 34 | structural damage to the structure. |
| 35 | (j) "Structural damage" means a covered building, |
| 36 | regardless of the date of its construction, has experienced the |
| 37 | following: |
| 38 | 1. Interior floor displacement or deflection in excess of |
| 39 | acceptable variances as defined in ACI 117-90 or the Florida |
| 40 | Building Code, which results in settlement related damage to the |
| 41 | interior such that the interior building structure or members |
| 42 | become unfit for service or represents a safety hazard as |
| 43 | defined within the Florida Building Code; |
| 44 | 2. Foundation displacement or deflection in excess of |
| 45 | acceptable variances as defined in ACI 318-95 or the Florida |
| 46 | Building Code, which results in settlement related damage to the |
| 47 | primary structural members or primary structural systems that |
| 48 | prevents those members or systems from supporting the loads and |
| 49 | forces they were designed to support to the extent that stresses |
| 50 | in those primary structural members or primary structural |
| 51 | systems exceeds one and one-third the nominal strength allowed |
| 52 | under the Florida Building Code for new buildings of similar |
| 53 | structure, purpose, or location; |
| 54 | 3. Damage that results in listing, leaning, or buckling of |
| 55 | the exterior load bearing walls or other vertical primary |
| 56 | structural members to such an extent that a plumb line passing |
| 57 | through the center of gravity does not fall inside the middle |
| 58 | one-third of the base as defined within the Florida Building |
| 59 | Code; |
| 60 | 4. Damage that results in the building, or any portion of |
| 61 | the building containing primary structural members or primary |
| 62 | structural systems, being significantly likely to imminently |
| 63 | collapse because of the movement or instability of the ground |
| 64 | within the influence zone of the supporting ground within the |
| 65 | sheer plane necessary for the purpose of supporting such |
| 66 | building as defined within the Florida Building Code; or |
| 67 | 5. Damage occurring on or after October 15, 2005, that |
| 68 | qualifies as "substantial structural damage" as defined in the |
| 69 | Florida Building Code. |
| 70 | (c) "Primary structural member" means a structural element |
| 71 | designed to provide support and stability for the vertical or |
| 72 | lateral loads of the overall structure. |
| 73 | (d) "Primary structural system" means an assemblage of |