House Bill 89 (2023), House Bill 327 (2023), Senate Bill 154 (2023), and Senate Bill 1068 (2023), made changes to statutory provisions which are included in or addressed by the Florida Building Code. In order to reflect ....

DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION

Florida Building Commission

RULE NO.: RULE TITLE:

61G20-1.001Florida Building Code Adopted

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: House Bill 89 (2023), House Bill 327 (2023), Senate Bill 154 (2023), and Senate Bill 1068 (2023), made changes to statutory provisions which are included in or addressed by the Florida Building Code. In order to reflect these changes, the Florida Building Commission must amend the Code. Additionally, section 553.73(8)(b), F.S., provides a mechanism for the Commission to issue errata to the Code to list demonstrated errors in its provisions. The Commission solicited public comment and identified errors in the Code to be corrected. The Commission also approved amendments which will incorporate equivalent plumbing standards to address the issues addressed by Emergency Rules 61G20ER23-3 and 61G20ER24-1, F.A.C.

SUMMARY: The proposed amendments will incorporate various statutory provisions into the Florida Building Code, correct identified errors, and address the equivalency of standards.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: The proposed amendments are not anticipated to have an effect on regulatory costs, as they are merely incorporating certain legislative provisions into the Florida Building Code and correcting minor errors.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 553.73(1), 553.73(2), 553.73(7), 553.73(8), 553.76(1), 553.77(1), 553.901 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 553.72, 553.73(2), 553.73(3), 553.73(7), 553.73(8), 553.73(9), 553.901 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Mo Madani, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0772, [phone].

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

61G20-1.001 Florida Building Code Adopted.

(1) The Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), as updated by the Florida Building Commission on June 20, 2023, and April 16, 2024, and incorporated herein by reference is hereby adopted as the building code for the State of Florida.

(2) No change.

Rulemaking Authority 553.73(1), (7) FS. Law Implemented 399.031, 553.37(1), 553.72, 553.73, 553.844(5), 553.899 FS., Sections 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida, Section 1, Chapter 2006-65, Laws of Florida, Section 10, Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, Sections 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, Chapter 2016-129, Laws of Florida, Chapter 2016-211, Laws of Florida. History–New 7-18-90, Amended 3-30-93, 10-17-93, 8-28-95, 9-24-96, 12-26-96, 4-27-97, 10-5-97, 10-14-97, 9-7-00, 11-28-00, 2-7-01, 12-16-01, 6-30-03, 4-3-05, 12-11-05, 12-8-06, 5-21-07, 10-1-08, 2-17-09, 10-1-09, Formerly 9B-3.047, Amended 11-10-11, Formerly 9N-1.001, Amended 4-25-13, 6-30-15, 12-21-16, 12-31-17, 12-31-20, 12-26-21, 1-1-23, 1-3-23, 9-18-23, 12-31-23,                           .

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Florida Building Commission

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Florida Building Commission

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: April 16, 2024

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: October 30, 2023