Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1128
       
       
        
       By Senator Ingoglia
       
       
       
       
       
       11-00640A-25                                          20251128__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to building permits for a single
    3         family dwelling; amending ss. 125.56 and 553.79, F.S.;
    4         prohibiting the expiration of certain building permits
    5         issued by a county or a local government,
    6         respectively, before a specified event; amending s.
    7         553.792, F.S.; specifying that certain permit
    8         applications are deemed approved by a local
    9         government; requiring the local government to issue
   10         such permit within a certain timeframe; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   15         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section
   16  125.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   17         125.56 Enforcement and amendment of the Florida Building
   18  Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees;
   19  inspectors; etc.—
   20         (4)
   21         (d) A county that issues building permits may send a
   22  written notice of expiration, by e-mail or United States Postal
   23  Service, to the owner of the property and the contractor listed
   24  on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building permit is
   25  set to expire. The written notice must identify the permit that
   26  is set to expire and the date the permit will expire. A building
   27  permit issued by a county for a single-family dwelling may not
   28  expire before the effective date of the next edition of the
   29  Florida Building Code, which is updated every 3 years pursuant
   30  to s. 553.73(7)(a).
   31         Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   32  553.79, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections.—
   34         (1)
   35         (c) A local government that issues building permits may
   36  send a written notice of expiration, by e-mail or United States
   37  Postal Service, to the owner of the property and the contractor
   38  listed on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building
   39  permit is set to expire. The written notice must identify the
   40  permit that is set to expire and the date the permit will
   41  expire. A building permit issued by a local government under
   42  this section for a single-family dwelling may not expire before
   43  the effective date of the next edition of the Florida Building
   44  Code, which is updated every 3 years pursuant to s.
   45  553.73(7)(a).
   46         Section 3. Present paragraphs (b) through (g) of subsection
   47  (1) of section 553.792, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   48  paragraphs (c) through (h), respectively, and a new paragraph
   49  (b) is added to that subsection, to read:
   50         553.792 Building permit application to local government.—
   51         (1)
   52         (b) A permit application for the construction of a single
   53  family dwelling in a jurisdiction for which a state of emergency
   54  was issued within the 24 months before the application, and
   55  which is signed and sealed with an attestation by an architect
   56  licensed under chapter 481 or an engineer licensed under chapter
   57  471 that the plans in the permit comply with the Florida
   58  Building Code, is deemed approved. The local government shall
   59  issue such permit within 2 days after such approval.
   60         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.