Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1404
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/18/2020           .                                
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       Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Environment, and
       General Government (Broxson) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Substitute for Amendment (606376) to Amendment
    2  (178232)(with title amendment)
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    4         Between lines 517 and 518
    5  insert:
    6         Section 12. Subsection (18) of section 633.202, Florida
    7  Statutes, is amended to read:
    8         633.202 Florida Fire Prevention Code.—
    9         (18) The authority having jurisdiction shall determine the
   10  minimum radio signal strength for fire department communications
   11  in all new high-rise and existing high-rise buildings. Existing
   12  buildings are not required to comply with minimum radio strength
   13  for fire department communications and two-way radio system
   14  enhancement communications as required by the Florida Fire
   15  Prevention Code until January 1, 2023 2022. However, by January
   16  1, 2022 December 31, 2019, an existing building that is not in
   17  compliance with the requirements for minimum radio strength for
   18  fire department communications must have completed a minimum
   19  radio strength assessment apply for an appropriate permit for
   20  the required installation with the local government agency
   21  having jurisdiction and must demonstrate that the building will
   22  become compliant by January 1, 2023 2022. Existing apartment
   23  buildings are not required to comply until January 1, 2025.
   24  However, existing apartment buildings are required to apply for
   25  the appropriate permit for the required communications
   26  installation by December 31, 2022.
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   28  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 964
   31  and insert:
   32         insurance; amending s. 633.202, F.S.; extending a
   33         deadline for certain buildings to comply with a
   34         minimum radio signal strength requirement under the
   35         Florida Fire Prevention Code; requiring such buildings
   36         to meet certain conditions by a specified date;
   37         creating s. 633.217, F.S.; prohibiting