Bill > S0712

Introduced Session

An act relating to construction regulations; creating s. 125.572, F.S.; defining the term “synthetic turf”; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt minimum standards for the installation of synthetic turf on specified properties; requiring that the standards take into account specified factors; prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing any ordinance, resolution, order, rule, or policy that prohibits, or is enforced to prohibit, property owners from installing synthetic turf meeting certain standards on single-family residential property of a specified size; prohibiting local governments from adopting or enforcing specified ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules, or policies that regulate synthetic turf which are inconsistent with specified standards; requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt rules; creating s. 218.755, F.S.; requiring that, for certain contracts entered into on or after a specified date, local governmental entities approve or deny certain price quotes and provide notice to contractors within a specified timeframe; requiring denials to specify alleged deficiencies and actions necessary to remedy such deficiencies; providing that if a local governmental entity fails to provide the contractor with a certain notice, the change order and price quote are deemed approved and the local governmental entity must pay the contractor a certain amount upon completion of the change order; prohibiting contracts from altering specified duties of a local governmental entity; amending s. 255.0992, F.S.; prohibiting the state or political subdivisions that contract for public works projects from penalizing or rewarding bidders for performing larger or smaller volumes of construction work for the state or political subdivisions when scoring or evaluating certain bids; amending s. 399.035, F.S.; requiring that elevator car interiors have at least one support rail that meets certain specifications; amending s. 489.505, F.S.; revising the definition of the term “certified alarm system contractor”; amending s. 553.73, F.S.; providing an exemption from the Florida Building Code to systems or equipment located within a spaceport territory which is used for specified purposes; reenacting and amending s. 553.79, F.S.; prohibiting local governments from requiring copies of contracts and certain associated documents for the issuance of building permits or as a requirement for submitting building permit applications; amending s. 553.791, F.S.; revising definitions; revising the conditions under which specified contractors may elect to use a private provider to provide inspection services; authorizing private providers to use automated or software-based plans review systems designed to make certain determinations; requiring local building officials to issue permits within a specified timeframe if the permit application is related to certain single-trade plans reviews; authorizing certain inspections to be performed in person or virtually; reenacting s. 201.21(2), F.S., relating to an exemption from all excise taxes imposed by ch. 201, F.S., for specified notes and obligations when given by a customer to an alarm system contractor in connection with the sale of an alarm system, to incorporate the amendment made to s. 489.505, F.S., in a reference thereto; reenacting ss. 177.073(4)(a), 468.621(1)(i) and (j), 471.033(1)(l), 481.225(1)(l), and 553.80(7)(a), F.S., relating to inspections performed for expedited approval of residential building permits before a final plat is recorded; disciplinary proceedings against building code administrators and inspectors for performing building code inspection services without satisfying specified insurance requirements; disciplinary proceedings against engineers for performing building code inspection services without satisfying specified insurance requirements; disciplinary proceedings against registered architects for performing building code inspection services without satisfying specified insurance requirements; and the refunding of certain fees due to specified reduced services provided by a local building official, respectively, to incorporate the amendment to s. 553.791, F.S., in references thereto; providing an effective date.

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Erin Grall (R)*, 

Other Sponsors (3)

Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/CS/HB 683 (on 04/30/2025)

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