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CS/CS/SB 1788: Construction Permits

GENERAL BILL by Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; Community Affairs ; Boyd

Construction Permits; Revising the requirements for when a county may request certain information; authorizing all components of a completed application to be submitted electronically or in person; requiring a local enforcement agency to reduce a building permit fee by a specified percentage for failing to meet certain deadlines; requiring a local government or a local building department, respectively, to reduce a building permit fee or master building permit fee, as applicable, by a specified percentage for failing to meet certain deadlines, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/26/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1059 (Ch. 2021-224) -SJ 712
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Community Affairs (CA)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/26/2021 Senate • Filed
    3/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Community Affairs; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules -SJ 202
    3/5/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/10/21, 8:00 am, 37 Senate Building
    3/10/2021 Senate • CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 247
    • Introduced -SJ 202
    3/11/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/12/2021 Senate • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    3/16/2021 Senate • CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 254
    3/26/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/31/21, 8:00 am, 37 Senate Building
    3/31/2021 Senate • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
    • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/1/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/06/21, 9:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    • CS/CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 352
    4/6/2021 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 16 NAYS 0 -SJ 378
    4/7/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/22/2021 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/26/21 -SJ 721
    4/26/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 712
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 1059 -SJ 712
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1059 (Ch. 2021-224) -SJ 712

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  • CS/CS/SB 1788, Committee Substitute 2 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/31/2021 at 3:08 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/2/2021 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/7/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1059 (er) Construction Permits Commerce Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-224 Track This Bill

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/6/2021 9:30 AM Rules 16 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.022 Development permits and orders. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; inspectors; etc. Page 3 (pdf)
    166.033 Development permits and orders. Page 4 (pdf)
    553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 6 (pdf)
    553.792 Building permit application to local government. Page 8 (pdf)
    553.794 Local government residential master building permit program. Page 10 (pdf)
    713.135 Notice of commencement and applicability of lien. Page 11 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 1788, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/11/2021 at 4:19 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 3/29/2021 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 3/31/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1059 (c2) Construction Permits Commerce Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-224 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    914314 - Amendment
    Delete lines 188 - 191 and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Boyd)     		3/29/2021
    12:32 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/31/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/31/2021 8:00 AM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 5 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.022 Development permits and orders. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; inspectors; etc. Page 3 (pdf)
    166.033 Development permits and orders. Page 4 (pdf)
    553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 6 (pdf)
    553.792 Building permit application to local government. Page 8 (pdf)
    553.794 Local government residential master building permit program. Page 10 (pdf)
    713.135 Notice of commencement and applicability of lien. Page 11 (pdf)

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  • SB 1788, Original Filed Version Posted 2/26/2021 at 9:56 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/8/2021 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/11/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1059 (c1) Construction Permits Commerce Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-224 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    643594 - Amendment
    Delete lines 34 - 261 and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Boyd)     		3/8/2021
    12:22 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/11/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/10/2021 8:00 AM Community Affairs 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (7)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    125.022 Development permits and orders. Page 2 (pdf)
    125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; inspectors; etc. Page 3 (pdf)
    166.033 Development permits and orders. Page 4 (pdf)
    553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. Page 5 (pdf)
    553.792 Building permit application to local government. Page 7 (pdf)
    553.794 Local government residential master building permit program. Page 9 (pdf)
    713.135 Notice of commencement and applicability of lien. Page 10 (pdf)

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