Florida Senate - 2015 CS for SB 592 By the Committee on Community Affairs; and Senator Sobel 578-02721A-15 2015592c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Florida Building Code; amending 3 s. 553.73, F.S.; prohibiting a technical amendment to 4 the Florida Building Code adopted by a local 5 government from being rendered void in certain 6 circumstances; providing an effective date. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 10 Section 1. Paragraph (d) is added to subsection (4) of 11 section 553.73, Florida Statutes, to read: 12 553.73 Florida Building Code.— 13 (4) 14 (d) A technical amendment to the Florida Building Code 15 adopted by a local government pursuant to this subsection and 16 which relates to water conservation practices or design criteria 17 may not be rendered void when the code is updated if the 18 technical amendment is necessary to protect or provide for more 19 efficient use of water resources as provided in s. 373.621. 20 Technical amendments carried forward into the next edition of 21 the code pursuant to this paragraph, however, are subject to 22 review or modification as provided in this part. 23 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.