Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc.; Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether building departments can use the above-referenced section to require a special inspector's duly authorized representative to be licensed under Chapter 468 in excess ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Building Commission

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61G20-1.001Florida Building Code Adopted

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Florida Building Commission has received a petition for declaratory statement from Universal Engineering Sciences, Inc. The petition seeks the agency’s opinion as to the applicability of Section 110.8.6, Florida Building Code 5th edition (2014), Building as it applies to the petitioner.

Petitioner seeks clarification as to whether building departments can use the above-referenced section to require a special inspector's duly authorized representative to be licensed under Chapter 468 in excess of Section 553.79(5), F.S.

A copy of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: Agency Clerk’s Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail].

Please refer all comments to: Mo Madani, Building Codes and Standards Office, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail]; or April L. Hammonds, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, [phone], [e-mail]. RESPONSES, MOTIONS TO INTERVENE, OR REQUESTS FOR A HEARING MUST BE FILED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THIS NOTICE.