Florida Senate - 2022                             CS for SB 1332
       
       
        
       By the Committee on Regulated Industries; and Senator Wright
       
       
       
       
       
       580-02290-22                                          20221332c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to temporary underground power panels;
    3         creating ss. 125.488 and 166.0484, F.S.; prohibiting
    4         counties and municipalities, respectively, from
    5         enacting ordinances, regulations, or policies that
    6         prevent certain electric utilities from installing
    7         temporary underground power panels and from requiring
    8         subsequent inspections of such panels as a condition
    9         of a certificate of occupancy under specified
   10         conditions; defining the term “temporary underground
   11         power panel”; providing an effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 125.488, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         125.488 Ordinances, regulations, and policies concerning
   18  temporary underground power panels.—
   19         (1) A county may not enact any ordinance, regulation, or
   20  policy that prevents or has the effect of preventing an electric
   21  utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2), from installing a temporary
   22  underground power panel if the temporary underground power panel
   23  meets the requirements of Article 590 of the National Electrical
   24  Code, 2020 edition, during the construction and installation of
   25  the temporary underground power panel. After the county has
   26  conducted an inspection of the temporary underground power
   27  panel, the county may not require a subsequent inspection of the
   28  temporary underground power panel as a condition of issuance of
   29  the certificate of occupancy.
   30         (2) As used in this section, the term “temporary
   31  underground power panel” means a permanent meter base that
   32  includes a meter socket, meter, and downpipe, to which power is
   33  provided through an underground service line by an electric
   34  utility pursuant to its tariffs or service standards, that is
   35  permanently attached to a block residential structure, provides
   36  temporary power for construction of the residential structure,
   37  and is intended for use in providing permanent service to the
   38  residential structure upon issuance of the certificate of
   39  occupancy.
   40         Section 2. Section 166.0484, Florida Statutes, is created
   41  to read:
   42         166.0484 Ordinances, regulations, and policies concerning
   43  temporary underground power panels.—
   44         (1) A municipality may not enact any ordinance, regulation,
   45  or policy that prevents or has the effect of preventing an
   46  electric utility, as defined in s. 366.02(2), from installing a
   47  temporary underground power panel if the temporary underground
   48  power panel meets the requirements of Article 590 of the
   49  National Electrical Code, 2020 edition, during the construction
   50  and installation of the temporary underground power panel. After
   51  the municipality has conducted an inspection of the temporary
   52  underground power panel, the municipality may not require a
   53  subsequent inspection of the temporary underground power panel
   54  as a condition of issuance of the certificate of occupancy.
   55         (2) As used in this section, the term “temporary
   56  underground power panel” means a permanent meter base that
   57  includes a meter socket, meter, and downpipe, to which power is
   58  provided through an underground service line by an electric
   59  utility pursuant to its tariffs or service standards, that is
   60  permanently attached to a block residential structure, provides
   61  temporary power for construction of the residential structure,
   62  and is intended for use in providing permanent service to the
   63  residential structure upon issuance of the certificate of
   64  occupancy.
   65         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022.