Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 592
       
       
        
       By Senator Sobel
       
       
       
       
       
       33-00766-15                                            2015592__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the Florida Building Code; amending
    3         s. 553.73, F.S.; providing that amendments or
    4         modifications related to local government water
    5         conservation practices or design criteria which are
    6         adopted to an edition of the Florida Building Code do
    7         not expire and shall be carried forward into the next
    8         edition of the code, subject to review or
    9         modification; providing an effective date.
   10          
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Paragraph (g) of subsection (7) of section
   14  553.73, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraph (h) is added
   15  to that subsection, to read:
   16         553.73 Florida Building Code.—
   17         (7)
   18         (g) Amendments or modifications to the foundation code
   19  pursuant to this subsection shall remain effective only until
   20  the effective date of a new edition of the Florida Building Code
   21  every third year.
   22         1. Amendments or modifications related to state agency
   23  regulations which are adopted and integrated into an edition of
   24  the Florida Building Code shall be carried forward into the next
   25  edition of the code, subject to modification as provided in this
   26  part.
   27         2. Amendments or modifications related to the wind
   28  resistance design of buildings and structures within the high
   29  velocity hurricane zone of Miami-Dade and Broward Counties which
   30  are adopted to an edition of the Florida Building Code do not
   31  expire and shall be carried forward into the next edition of the
   32  code, subject to review or modification as provided in this
   33  part.
   34         3. Amendments or modifications related to local government
   35  water conservation practices or design criteria which are
   36  adopted to an edition of the Florida Building Code do not expire
   37  and shall be carried forward into the next edition of the code,
   38  subject to review or modification as provided in this part.
   39         (h) If amendments that expire pursuant to this paragraph
   40  (g) are resubmitted through the Florida Building Commission code
   41  adoption process, the amendments must specifically address
   42  whether:
   43         1. The provisions contained in the proposed amendment are
   44  addressed in the applicable international code.
   45         2. The amendment demonstrates by evidence or data that the
   46  geographical jurisdiction of Florida exhibits a need to
   47  strengthen the foundation code beyond the needs or regional
   48  variations addressed by the foundation code, and why the
   49  proposed amendment applies to this state.
   50         3. The proposed amendment was submitted or attempted to be
   51  included in the foundation codes to avoid resubmission to the
   52  Florida Building Code amendment process.
   53  
   54  If the proposed amendment has been addressed in the
   55  international code in a substantially equivalent manner, the
   56  Florida Building Commission may not include the proposed
   57  amendment in the foundation code.
   58         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.