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.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   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.