Florida Senate - 2025                                    SB 1436
       
       
        
       By Senator McClain
       
       
       
       
       
       9-01475-25                                            20251436__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to sanitary and stormwater system
    3         standards; creating ss. 125.5695 and 166.04815, F.S.;
    4         requiring that all sanitary and stormwater systems in
    5         counties and municipalities, respectively, comply with
    6         specified state Department of Transportation standards
    7         for certain elements; providing inspection
    8         requirements for such systems; specifying that certain
    9         local standards are superseded; providing a finding of
   10         an important state interest; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 125.5695, Florida Statutes, is created
   16  to read:
   17         125.5695 Standards for sanitary and stormwater systems.—
   18         (1) All sanitary and stormwater systems, including
   19  laterals, sewer pipe, storm pipe, and manhole covers in counties
   20  in this state, when installing new or repairing existing
   21  laterals, sewer pipe, storm pipe, and manhole covers, must
   22  follow the annual state Department of Transportation’s Standard
   23  Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction contained in the
   24  sections “Pipe Culverts” and “Pipe Liner.”
   25         (2) All final inspections for all laterals, sewer pipe,
   26  storm pipe, and manhole covers in counties must be performed by
   27  a licensed engineer, general contractor, or third-party
   28  inspection company that is not the current licensed operator for
   29  the job being inspected.
   30         (3) The standards for installation and inspection in
   31  subsections (1) and (2) supersede all existing and local
   32  standards in counties.
   33         Section 2. Section 166.04815, Florida Statutes, is created
   34  to read:
   35         166.04815 Standards for sanitary and stormwater systems.—
   36         (1) All sanitary and stormwater systems, including
   37  laterals, sewer pipe, storm pipe, and manhole covers in
   38  municipalities in this state, when installing new or repairing
   39  existing laterals, sewer pipe, storm pipe, and manhole covers,
   40  must follow the annual state Department of Transportation’s
   41  Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction
   42  contained in the sections “Pipe Culverts” and “Pipe Liner.”
   43         (2) All final inspections for all laterals, sewer pipe,
   44  storm pipe, and manhole covers in municipalities must be
   45  performed by a licensed engineer, general contractor, or third
   46  party inspection company that is not the current licensed
   47  operator for the job being inspected.
   48         (3) The standards for installation and inspection in
   49  subsections (1) and (2) supersede all existing and local
   50  standards in municipalities.
   51         Section 3. Pursuant to s. 18, Art. VII of the State
   52  Constitution, the Legislature hereby determines and declares
   53  that this act fulfills an important state interest.
   54         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025.