Florida SB 750: Alternative Plans Review and Building Inspection

Bill Text

750 
Alternative Plans Review and Building Inspection 
2025-12-04T05:28:30Z 
Deleting a provision authorizing a local government to charge an administrative fee when an owner or contractor retains a private provider for purposes of plans review or building inspection services, etc. 
Original Filed Version 
2026 
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2026-07-01T00:00:00Z 
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General Bill 
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 Florida Senate - 2026 SB 750 

 By Senator DiCeglie 

 18-00678-26 2026750__ 
 1 A bill to be entitled 
 2 An act relating to alternative plans review and 
 3 building inspection; amending s. 553.791, F.S.; 
 4 deleting a provision authorizing a local government to 
 5 charge an administrative fee when an owner or 
 6 contractor retains a private provider for purposes of 
 7 plans review or building inspection services; 
 8 providing an effective date. 
 9 
 10 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
 11 
 12 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section 
 13 553.791, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 
 14 553.791 Alternative plans review and inspection.— 
 15 (2) 
 16 (b) If an owner or contractor retains a private provider 
 17 for purposes of plans review or building inspection services, 
 18 the local jurisdiction must reduce the permit fee by the amount 
 19 of cost savings realized by the local enforcement agency for not 
 20 having to perform such services. Such reduction may be 
 21 calculated on a flat fee or percentage basis, or any other 
 22 reasonable means by which a local enforcement agency assesses 
 23 the cost for its plans review or inspection services. The local 
 24 jurisdiction may not charge fees for building inspections if the 
 25 fee owner or contractor hires a private provider to perform such 
 26 services; however, the local jurisdiction may charge a 
 27 reasonable administrative fee, which shall be based on the cost 
 28 that is actually incurred, including the labor cost of the 
 29 personnel providing the service, by the local jurisdiction or 
 30 attributable to the local jurisdiction for the clerical and 
 31 supervisory assistance required, or both. 
 32 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2026.