Florida SB 1234: False Reports of Crimes

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Building Permits and Inspections 
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Providing for expiration of certain building permits issued by a county after a specified timeframe; providing that any certified residential manufactured building may not be denied a building permit for placement on specified lots or property associations; prohibiting a local government from adopting or enforcing certain zoning, land use, or development ordinances or regulations; requiring the Florida Building Commission to adopt by rule uniform statewide building permit applications for commercial and residential construction projects; requiring certain persons who perform work on a property to file a notice of permit exemption with the local enforcement agency within a specified timeframe, etc. 
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 By the Committees on Rules; and Regulated Industries; and 
 Senator DiCeglie 

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 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to building permits and inspections; 
 3 amending s. 125.56, F.S.; providing for expiration of 
 4 certain building permits issued by a county after a 
 5 specified timeframe; providing construction; amending 
 6 s. 489.129, F.S.; providing that certain persons are 
 7 not subject to discipline for performing a job without 
 8 applicable permits and inspections if otherwise 
 9 provided by law; amending s. 553.382, F.S.; providing 
 10 that any certified residential manufactured building 
 11 may not be denied a building permit for placement on 
 12 specified lots or property associations; creating s. 
 13 553.385, F.S.; defining the terms “local government” 
 14 and “offsite-constructed residential dwelling”; 
 15 requiring that an offsite-constructed residential 
 16 dwelling be permitted as of right in any zoning 
 17 district where certain dwellings are allowed; 
 18 prohibiting a local government from adopting or 
 19 enforcing a certain zoning, land use, or development 
 20 regulation that treats an offsite-constructed 
 21 residential dwelling differently or more restrictively 
 22 than certain dwellings in the same district; providing 
 23 construction; authorizing a local government to adopt 
 24 compatibility standards for specified architectural 
 25 features; prohibiting a local government from treating 
 26 offsite-constructed residential dwellings differently 
 27 than factory-built buildings based on the method or 
 28 location of construction; prohibiting a local 
 29 government from adopting or enforcing certain zoning, 
 30 land use, or development ordinances or regulations; 
 31 prohibiting local government ordinances or regulations 
 32 from having the effect of excluding offsite 
 33 constructed residential dwellings; requiring that such 
 34 ordinances or regulations be reasonable and uniformly 
 35 enforced without distinction as to type of housing; 
 36 providing that any such ordinance or regulation is 
 37 void and unenforceable as applied to offsite 
 38 constructed residential dwellings; amending s. 553.77, 
 39 F.S.; requiring the Florida Building Commission to 
 40 adopt by rule uniform statewide building permit 
 41 applications for commercial and residential 
 42 construction projects; requiring that such building 
 43 permit applications, to the extent feasible, be 
 44 capable of integration with existing building permit 
 45 software systems used by local governments and account 
 46 for local amendments to the Florida Building Code; 
 47 amending s. 553.79, F.S.; requiring local enforcement 
 48 agencies to allow building permit applicants to submit 
 49 certain documents and payments electronically; 
 50 authorizing building officials to accept such 
 51 documents and payments in person in a nonelectronic 
 52 format; providing that a building permit issued by a 
 53 local government for a single-family dwelling expires 
 54 after a specified timeframe; authorizing a local 
 55 government to extend such a building permit beyond the 
 56 specified timeframe; prohibiting inspection fees from 
 57 being based on the total cost of a project and from 
 58 exceeding the actual inspection costs incurred by the 
 59 local enforcement agency; prohibiting a local 
 60 government that issues building permits from requiring 
 61 the owner of a single-family dwelling or the owner’s 
 62 contractor to obtain a building permit to perform work 
 63 that is at valued less than a specified sum; providing 
 64 exceptions; prohibiting the division of a construction 
 65 project into more than one project for a specified 
 66 purpose; requiring certain persons who perform work on 
 67 a property to file a notice of permit exemption with 
 68 the local enforcement agency within a specified 
 69 timeframe; providing that a notice is not required for 
 70 work performed personally by the property owner; 
 71 providing that a local government has no legal duty to 
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