Florida HB 803: Sexual Misconduct Battery

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An act relating to building permits and inspections; 2
amending s. 125.56, F.S.; providing for expiration of 3
certain building permits issued by a county; providing 4
construction; amending s. 287.056, F.S.; requiring the 5
Department of Management Services to enter into and 6
maintain state term contracts for building code 7
inspection services; creating s. 468.634, F.S.; 8
authorizing individuals to work in specified 9
positions, for a specified timeframe, if they meet 10
certain requirements; amending s. 489.129, F.S.; 11
providing that certain persons are not subject to 12
discipline for performing a job without applicable 13
permits and inspections if otherwise authorized by 14
law; amending s. 553.382, F.S.; prohibiting the 15
Department of Business and Professional Regulation 16
from denying a building permit for certain residential 17
manufactured buildings; requiring that certain housing 18
units be taxed in a certain manner; creating s. 19
553.385, F.S.; defining the terms "local government" 20
and "offsite-constructed residential dwelling"; 21
requiring that an offsite-constructed residential 22
dwelling be permitted as of right in any zoning 23
district where certain dwellings are allowed; 24
prohibiting a local government from adopting or 25

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enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development 26
regulation that treats an offsite-constructed 27
residential dwelling differently or more restrictively 28
than certain dwellings in the same district; providing 29
construction; authorizing a local government to adopt 30
compatibility standards for specified architectural 31
features; prohibiting a local government from treating 32
offsite-constructed residential dwellings differently 33
than factory-built buildings based on the method or 34
location of construction; prohibiting a local 35
government from adopting or enforcing certain zoning, 36
land use, or development ordinances or regulations; 37
prohibiting local government ordinances or regulations 38
from having the effect of excluding offsite-39
constructed residential dwellings; requiring that such 40
ordinances or regulations be reasonable and uniformly 41
enforced without distinction as to type of housing; 42
providing that any such ordinance or regulation is 43
void and unenforceable as applied to offsite-44
constructed residential dwellings; amending s. 553.77, 45
F.S.; requiring the Florida Building Commission to 46
develop uniform commercial and residential building 47
permit applications by a specified date; providing 48
requirements for a uniform commercial building permit 49
application; amending s. 553.79, F.S.; providing for 50

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expiration of certain building permits issued by a 51
local government; providing construction; providing 52
prohibitions for inspection fees; requiring a local 53
government to exempt certain owners and contractors 54
from building permit requirements for work valued 55
below a specified amount; providing exceptions; 56
prohibiting a construction project from being divided 57
into multiple projects for a certain purpose; 58
requiring certain owners and contractors to submit a 59
written request for exemption to the local enforcement 60
agency with specified documentation; providing that 61
local governments do not have a duty to certain 62
persons; requiring local governments to exempt certain 63
owners and contractors from requiring a building 64
permit for the installation of temporary residential 65
hurricane and flood protection walls or barriers that 66
meet certain requirements; providing an exception; 67
requiring certain owners and contractors to submit a 68
written request for exemption to the local enforcement 69
agency with specified documentation; providing that 70
local governments do not have a duty to certain 71
persons; authorizing the Florida Building Commission 72
to adopt rules; requiring certain local governments to 73
issue a building permit for the installation of 74
certain retaining walls as a whole; prohibiting such 75

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local governments from requiring building permits for 76
each lot or parcel under certain circumstances; 77
prohibiting a political subdivision f