Bill > S0508

Introduced Session

An act relating to landscape irrigation; creating s. 373.1861, F.S.; providing a short title; creating s. 373.1862, F.S.; providing legislative intent and purpose; providing applicability; creating s. 373.1863, F.S.; defining terms; creating s. 373.1864, F.S.; providing legislative findings; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions regarding a landscape irrigation system unless such person is a licensed irrigation contractor or the property owner; authorizing specified entities to adopt more stringent standards for a property owner who installs a landscape irrigation system; specifying that only a licensed irrigation contractor may connect an irrigation system to a water supply; providing requirements for a licensed irrigation contractor to obtain a landscape irrigation permit; requiring a licensed irrigation contractor to create a landscape irrigation plan design drawing; providing requirements for such plan design drawings; providing requirements for landscape irrigation plans; requiring a licensed irrigation contractor to submit the landscape irrigation system permit application and plan to specified entities before building construction commences; requiring a licensed irrigation contractor to provide specified entities with certain information before being issued a landscape irrigation permit; creating s. 373.1865, F.S.; providing a purpose for landscape irrigation system standards; requiring that landscape irrigation systems be divided into specified zones; providing requirements for such zones; requiring that landscape irrigation systems be designed to use the lowest quality water; providing spacing requirements for landscape irrigation system sprinklers; providing requirements for landscape irrigation equipment, capacity, and accessories; prohibiting high-volume irrigation areas from exceeding a certain percentage of the total irrigated area; authorizing the use of low-volume irrigation areas in certain circumstances; prohibiting the installation of risers; requiring a minimum distance between distribution equipment and impervious surfaces; requiring that landscape irrigation systems use micro-irrigation in landscape beds under certain circumstances; creating s. 373.1866, F.S.; creating a landscape irrigation watering schedule; providing a limitation for landscape irrigation watering; providing a timeframe within which the owner of a new irrigation system must adopt the watering schedule; requiring a licensed irrigation contractor who installs an irrigation system to provide the owners or users of such system with certain information; authorizing a local government to grant a variance from the watering schedule under certain circumstances; prohibiting a local government from granting a variance under certain circumstances; providing exceptions from landscape irrigation watering schedules; providing requirements for a spray sprinkler body; prohibiting a person from taking certain actions regarding a sprinkler body, beginning on a specified date; creating s. 373.1867, F.S.; providing for the enforcement of the act; providing for fines and penalties; providing that regular maintenance and replacement of certain components is not a violation of the act under certain circumstances; prohibiting enforcement officials from providing more than one written warning before assessing a fine; authorizing a local government to take certain action to enforce this section; creating s. 373.1868, F.S.; providing for severability; prohibiting a governmental entity from adopting or attempting to enforce any law, rule, or regulation in conflict with the act; creating s. 373.1869, F.S.; authorizing the department to adopt rules to implement the act; amending s. 373.62, F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by the act; deleting obsolete provisions; conforming a provision to changes made by the act; amending s. 489.105, F.S.; defining the term “irrigation contractor”; amending s. 489.107, F.S.; revising the membership of the Construction Industry Licensing Board; conforming cross-references; amending s. 489.111, F.S.; revising contractor eligibility requirements for licensure; amending ss. 489.117, 489.118, and 489.141, F.S.; conforming cross references; providing an effective date.

AI Summary

Keith Truenow (R)*, 

Introduced (on 01/13/2026)

Official Document