| 16 | | - | 320.01, F.S.; revising the definition of the term 3 |
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| 17 | | - | "park trailer"; defining the term "movable tiny home"; 4 |
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| 18 | | - | creating s. 320.8201, F.S.; providing requirements for 5 |
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| 19 | | - | construction and inspection of a movable tiny home; 6 |
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| 20 | | - | requiring a movable tiny home to have a sticker or 7 |
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| 21 | | - | other documentation certifying compliance therewith; 8 |
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| 22 | | - | amending s. 553.73, F.S.; requiring the Flori da 9 |
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| 23 | | - | Building Commission to review updates to certain codes 10 |
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| 24 | | - | which pertain to requirements for movable tiny homes; 11 |
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| 25 | | - | providing an effective date. 12 |
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| 26 | | - | 13 |
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| 27 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14 |
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| 28 | | - | 15 |
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| 29 | | - | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) and subsection 16 |
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| 30 | | - | (4) of section 320.01, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: 17 |
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| 31 | | - | 320.01 Definitions, general. —As used in the Florida 18 |
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| 32 | | - | Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term: 19 |
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| 33 | | - | (1) "Motor vehicle" means: 20 |
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| 34 | | - | (b) A recreational vehicle -type unit primarily d esigned as 21 |
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| 35 | | - | temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel 22 |
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| 36 | | - | use, which either has its own motive power or is mounted on or 23 |
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| 37 | | - | drawn by another vehicle. Recreational vehicle -type units, when 24 |
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| 38 | | - | traveling on the public roadways of this state, must co mply with 25 |
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| 16 | + | 320.01, F.S.; revising definitions; providing that a 3 |
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| 17 | + | park trailer may be used as permanent living quarters 4 |
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| 18 | + | under certain circumstances; providing that such a 5 |
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| 19 | + | park trailer may be referred to as a "movable tiny 6 |
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| 20 | + | home"; amending s. 320.822, F.S.; revising the 7 |
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| 21 | + | definition of the term "code"; amending s. 320.8231, 8 |
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| 22 | + | F.S.; providing requirements for construction and 9 |
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| 23 | + | inspection of a movable tiny home; requiring a movable 10 |
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| 24 | + | tiny home to have a sticker or other documentation 11 |
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| 25 | + | certifying compliance therewith; amending s. 553.73, 12 |
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| 26 | + | F.S.; requiring the Florida Building Commission to 13 |
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| 27 | + | review and adopt updates to certain codes which 14 |
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| 28 | + | pertain to the superstructure requirements for movable 15 |
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| 29 | + | tiny homes; providing an effective date. 16 |
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| 30 | + | 17 |
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| 31 | + | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 |
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| 32 | + | 19 |
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| 33 | + | Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section 20 |
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| 34 | + | 320.01, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 21 |
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| 35 | + | 320.01 Definitions, general. —As used in the Florida 22 |
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| 36 | + | Statutes, except as otherwise provided, the term: 23 |
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| 37 | + | (1) "Motor vehicle" means: 24 |
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| 38 | + | (b) A recreational vehicle -type unit primarily designed as 25 |
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| 51 | | - | the length and width provisions of s. 316.515 , as that section 26 |
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| 52 | | - | may hereafter be amended . As defined below, the basic entities 27 |
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| 53 | | - | are: 28 |
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| 54 | | - | 1. The "travel trailer," which is a vehicular portable 29 |
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| 55 | | - | unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size or weight as not t o 30 |
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| 56 | | - | require special highway movement permits when drawn by a 31 |
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| 57 | | - | motorized vehicle. It is primarily designed and constructed to 32 |
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| 58 | | - | provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or 33 |
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| 59 | | - | travel use. It has a body width of no more than 8 1/2 feet and 34 |
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| 60 | | - | an overall body length of no more than 40 feet when factory -35 |
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| 61 | | - | equipped for the road. 36 |
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| 62 | | - | 2. The "camping trailer," which is a vehicular portable 37 |
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| 63 | | - | unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial 38 |
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| 64 | | - | sidewalls which fold for towing by another vehicle and unf old at 39 |
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| 65 | | - | the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for 40 |
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| 66 | | - | recreational, camping, or travel use. 41 |
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| 67 | | - | 3. The "truck camper," which is a truck equipped with a 42 |
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| 68 | | - | portable unit designed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed 43 |
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| 69 | | - | or chassis of the truck and constr ucted to provide temporary 44 |
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| 70 | | - | living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. 45 |
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| 71 | | - | 4. The "motor home," which is a vehicular unit which does 46 |
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| 72 | | - | not exceed the length, height, and width limitations provided in 47 |
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| 73 | | - | s. 316.515, is a self -propelled motor vehicle, and is primarily 48 |
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| 74 | | - | designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, 49 |
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| 75 | | - | camping, or travel use. 50 |
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| 51 | + | temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel 26 |
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| 52 | + | use, or designed to be used as provided in sub -sub-subparagraph 27 |
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| 53 | + | 7.a.(II), which either has its own motive power or is mounted on 28 |
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| 54 | + | or drawn by another vehicle. Recreational vehicle -type units, 29 |
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| 55 | + | when traveling on the public roadways of this state, must comply 30 |
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| 56 | + | with the length and width provisions of s. 316.515 , as that 31 |
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| 57 | + | section may hereafter be amended . As defined below, the basic 32 |
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| 58 | + | entities are: 33 |
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| 59 | + | 1. The "travel trailer," which is a vehicular portable 34 |
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| 60 | + | unit, mounted on wheels, of such a size or weight as not to 35 |
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| 61 | + | require special highway movement permits when drawn by a 36 |
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| 62 | + | motorized vehicle. It is primarily designed and constructed to 37 |
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| 63 | + | provide temporary living quarters for recreational, camping, or 38 |
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| 64 | + | travel use. It has a body width of no more than 8 1/2 feet and 39 |
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| 65 | + | an overall body length of no more than 40 feet when factory -40 |
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| 66 | + | equipped for the road. 41 |
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| 67 | + | 2. The "camping trailer," which is a vehicular portable 42 |
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| 68 | + | unit mounted on wheels and constructed with collapsible partial 43 |
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| 69 | + | sidewalls which fold for towing by another vehicle and u nfold at 44 |
|---|
| 70 | + | the campsite to provide temporary living quarters for 45 |
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| 71 | + | recreational, camping, or travel use. 46 |
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| 72 | + | 3. The "truck camper," which is a truck equipped with a 47 |
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| 73 | + | portable unit designed to be loaded onto, or affixed to, the bed 48 |
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| 74 | + | or chassis of the truck and cons tructed to provide temporary 49 |
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| 75 | + | living quarters for recreational, camping, or travel use. 50 |
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| 88 | | - | 5. The "private motor coach," which is a vehicular unit 51 |
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| 89 | | - | which does not exceed the length, width, and height limitations 52 |
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| 90 | | - | provided in s. 316.515(9), i s built on a self-propelled bus type 53 |
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| 91 | | - | chassis having no fewer than three load -bearing axles, and is 54 |
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| 92 | | - | primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for 55 |
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| 93 | | - | recreational, camping, or travel use. 56 |
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| 94 | | - | 6. The "van conversion," which is a vehicular unit which 57 |
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| 95 | | - | does not exceed the length and width limitations provided in s. 58 |
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| 96 | | - | 316.515, is built on a self -propelled motor vehicle chassis, and 59 |
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| 97 | | - | is designed for recreation, camping, and travel use. 60 |
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| 98 | | - | 7. The "park trailer," which is a transportable unit that 61 |
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| 99 | | - | which has a body width not exceeding 14 feet and that which is 62 |
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| 100 | | - | built on a single chassis and is designed to provide seasonal or 63 |
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| 101 | | - | temporary living quarters when connected to utilities necessary 64 |
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| 102 | | - | for operation of installed fixtures and appliances. The total 65 |
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| 103 | | - | area of such the unit may in a setup mode, when measured from 66 |
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| 104 | | - | the exterior surface of the exterior stud walls at the level of 67 |
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| 105 | | - | maximum dimensions, not including any bay window, does not 68 |
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| 106 | | - | exceed 400 square feet when constructed to ANSI A -119.5 69 |
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| 107 | | - | standards, and 500 square feet when constructed to United States 70 |
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| 108 | | - | Department of Housing and Urban Development Standards. The 71 |
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| 109 | | - | length of a park trailer means the distance from the exterior of 72 |
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| 110 | | - | the front of the body (nearest to the drawbar and coupling 73 |
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| 111 | | - | mechanism) to the exterior of the rear of the body (at the 74 |
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| 112 | | - | opposite end of the body), including any protrusions. 75 |
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| 88 | + | 4. The "motor home," which is a vehicular unit which does 51 |
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| 89 | + | not exceed the length, height, and width limitations provided in 52 |
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| 90 | + | s. 316.515, is a self -propelled motor vehicl e, and is primarily 53 |
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| 91 | + | designed to provide temporary living quarters for recreational, 54 |
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| 92 | + | camping, or travel use. 55 |
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| 93 | + | 5. The "private motor coach," which is a vehicular unit 56 |
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| 94 | + | which does not exceed the length, width, and height limitations 57 |
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| 95 | + | provided in s. 316.515(9), is built on a self-propelled bus type 58 |
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| 96 | + | chassis having no fewer than three load -bearing axles, and is 59 |
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| 97 | + | primarily designed to provide temporary living quarters for 60 |
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| 98 | + | recreational, camping, or travel use. 61 |
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| 99 | + | 6. The "van conversion," which is a vehicular unit whic h 62 |
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| 100 | + | does not exceed the length and width limitations provided in s. 63 |
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| 101 | + | 316.515, is built on a self -propelled motor vehicle chassis, and 64 |
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| 102 | + | is designed for recreation, camping, and travel use. 65 |
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| 103 | + | 7.a. The "park trailer," which is a transportable unit 66 |
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| 104 | + | that which has a body width not exceeding 14 feet and that which 67 |
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| 105 | + | is built on a single chassis and is : 68 |
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| 106 | + | (I) Designed to provide seasonal or temporary living 69 |
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| 107 | + | quarters when connected to utilities necessary for operation of 70 |
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| 108 | + | installed fixtures and appliances. The total area of such the 71 |
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| 109 | + | unit may in a setup mode, when measured from the exterior 72 |
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| 110 | + | surface of the exterior stud walls at the level of maximum 73 |
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| 111 | + | dimensions, not including any bay window, does not exceed 400 74 |
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| 112 | + | square feet when constructed to ANSI A -119.5 standards, and 500 75 |
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| 125 | | - | 8. The "fifth-wheel trailer," which is a vehicular unit 76 |
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| 126 | | - | mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters 77 |
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| 127 | | - | for recreational, camping, or travel use, of such size or w eight 78 |
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| 128 | | - | as not to require a special highway movement permit, of gross 79 |
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| 129 | | - | trailer area not to exceed 400 square feet in the setup mode, 80 |
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| 130 | | - | and designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle that contains a 81 |
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| 131 | | - | towing mechanism that is mounted above or forward of the tow 82 |
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| 132 | | - | vehicle's rear axle. 83 |
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| 133 | | - | (4)(a) "Trailer" means any vehicle without motive power 84 |
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| 134 | | - | designed to be coupled to or drawn by a motor vehicle and 85 |
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| 135 | | - | constructed so that no part of its weight or that of its load 86 |
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| 136 | | - | rests upon the towing vehicle. 87 |
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| 137 | | - | (b) "Movable tiny home" means a trailer with a house 88 |
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| 138 | | - | affixed to a single chassis which is a transportable unit that 89 |
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| 139 | | - | has a body width not exceeding 14 feet and is designed to 90 |
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| 140 | | - | provide permanent living quarters for no more than one household 91 |
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| 141 | | - | when connected to utilities necessary for operation of installed 92 |
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| 142 | | - | fixtures and appliances. The total area of the unit in a setup 93 |
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| 143 | | - | mode, when measured from the exterior surface of the exterior 94 |
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| 144 | | - | stud walls at the level of maximum dimensions, not including any 95 |
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| 145 | | - | bay window, does not exceed 500 square feet when constructed to 96 |
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| 146 | | - | standards specified in s. 320.8201. The length of a movable tiny 97 |
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| 147 | | - | home means the distance from the exterior of the front of the 98 |
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| 148 | | - | body (nearest to the drawbar and coupling mechanism) to the 99 |
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| 149 | | - | exterior of the rear o f the body (at the opposite end of the 100 |
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| 125 | + | square feet when constructed to United States Department of 76 |
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| 126 | + | Housing and Urban Development Standards ; or 77 |
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| 127 | + | (II) Used as permanent living quarters for no more than 78 |
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| 128 | + | one household when connected to utilities necessary for 79 |
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| 129 | + | operation of installed fixtures and appliances. The total area 80 |
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| 130 | + | of such unit may not exceed 400 square feet when constructed to 81 |
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| 131 | + | standards specified in s. 320.8231(3), and 500 square feet when 82 |
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| 132 | + | constructed to United States Department of Housing and Urban 83 |
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| 133 | + | Development Standards. A park trailer un der this sub-sub-84 |
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| 134 | + | subparagraph may be referred to as a "movable tiny home." 85 |
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| 135 | + | b. The total area of a park trailer is measured from the 86 |
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| 136 | + | exterior surface of the exterior stud walls at the level of 87 |
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| 137 | + | maximum dimensions, not including any bay window, when the uni t 88 |
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| 138 | + | is in setup mode. The length of a park trailer means the 89 |
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| 139 | + | distance from the exterior of the front of the body (nearest to 90 |
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| 140 | + | the drawbar and coupling mechanism) to the exterior of the rear 91 |
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| 141 | + | of the body (at the opposite end of the body), including any 92 |
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| 142 | + | protrusions. 93 |
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| 143 | + | 8. The "fifth-wheel trailer," which is a vehicular unit 94 |
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| 144 | + | mounted on wheels, designed to provide temporary living quarters 95 |
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| 145 | + | for recreational, camping, or travel use, of such size or weight 96 |
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| 146 | + | as not to require a special highway movement permit, of gross 97 |
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| 147 | + | trailer area not to exceed 400 square feet in the setup mode, 98 |
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| 148 | + | and designed to be towed by a motorized vehicle that contains a 99 |
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| 149 | + | towing mechanism that is mounted above or forward of the tow 100 |
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| 162 | | - | body), including any protrusions. 101 |
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| 163 | | - | Section 2. Section 320.8201, Florida Statutes, is created 102 |
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| 164 | | - | to read: 103 |
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| 165 | | - | 320.8201 Movable tiny homes; construction and inspection. — 104 |
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| 166 | | - | A movable tiny home as defined in s. 320.01(4)(b) m ust be 105 |
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| 167 | | - | constructed and inspected in accordance with the Florida 106 |
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| 168 | | - | Building Code and must have a sticker or other documentation 107 |
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| 169 | | - | certifying that the movable tiny home was inspected and 108 |
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| 170 | | - | certified for compliance with the Florida Building Code by a 109 |
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| 171 | | - | professional engineer or architect licensed in this state or by 110 |
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| 172 | | - | a third-party inspector who is qualified to inspect for 111 |
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| 173 | | - | compliance with the Florida Building Code. 112 |
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| 174 | | - | Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 113 |
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| 175 | | - | 553.73, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 114 |
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| 176 | | - | 553.73 Florida Building Code. — 115 |
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| 177 | | - | (7)(a) The commission shall adopt an updated Florida 116 |
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| 178 | | - | Building Code every 3 years through review of the most current 117 |
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| 179 | | - | updates of the International Building Code, the International 118 |
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| 180 | | - | Fuel Gas Code, the International Existing Buil ding Code, the 119 |
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| 181 | | - | International Mechanical Code, the International Plumbing Code, 120 |
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| 182 | | - | and the International Residential Code, all of which are 121 |
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| 183 | | - | copyrighted and published by the International Code Council, and 122 |
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| 184 | | - | the National Electrical Code, which is copyrighted and published 123 |
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| 185 | | - | by the National Fire Protection Association. At a minimum, the 124 |
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| 186 | | - | commission shall adopt any updates to such codes or any other 125 |
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| 162 | + | vehicle's rear axle. 101 |
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| 163 | + | Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 320.822, Florida 102 |
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| 164 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 103 |
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| 165 | + | 320.822 Definitions; ss. 320.822 -320.862.—In construing 104 |
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| 166 | + | ss. 320.822-320.862, unless the context otherwise requires, the 105 |
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| 167 | + | following words or phrases have the following meanings: 106 |
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| 168 | + | (2) "Code" means the appropriate stan dards found in: 107 |
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| 169 | + | (a) The Federal Manufactured Housing Construction and 108 |
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| 170 | + | Safety Standards for single -family mobile homes, adopted 109 |
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| 171 | + | promulgated by the Department of Housing and Urban Development; 110 |
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| 172 | + | (b) The Uniform Standards Code approved by the American 111 |
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| 173 | + | National Standards Institute, ANSI A -119.2 for recreational 112 |
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| 174 | + | vehicles and ANSI A-119.5 for park trailers or the United States 113 |
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| 175 | + | Department of Housing and Urban Development standard for park 114 |
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| 176 | + | trailers certified as meeting that standard; or 115 |
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| 177 | + | (c) The Mobile and Manuf actured Home Repair and Remodeling 116 |
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| 178 | + | Code and the Used Recreational Vehicle Code ; or 117 |
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| 179 | + | (d) The standards provided in s. 320.8231(3) . 118 |
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| 180 | + | Section 3. Subsections (3) and (4) are added to section 119 |
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| 181 | + | 320.8231, Florida Statutes, to read: 120 |
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| 182 | + | 320.8231 Establishment of uniform standards for 121 |
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| 183 | + | recreational vehicle -type units and park trailers. — 122 |
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| 184 | + | (3) A movable tiny home described in s. 123 |
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| 185 | + | 320.01(1)(b)7.a.(II) must be constructed and inspected in 124 |
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| 186 | + | accordance with the Florida Building Code. 125 |
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| 199 | | - | code necessary to maintain eligibility for federal funding and 126 |
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| 200 | | - | discounts from the National Flood Insurance Program, the F ederal 127 |
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| 201 | | - | Emergency Management Agency, and the United States Department of 128 |
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| 202 | | - | Housing and Urban Development. The commission shall also review 129 |
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| 203 | | - | any updates to such codes which pertain to requirements for 130 |
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| 204 | | - | movable tiny homes. The commission shall also review and ado pt 131 |
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| 205 | | - | updates based on the International Energy Conservation Code 132 |
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| 206 | | - | (IECC); however, the commission shall maintain the efficiencies 133 |
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| 207 | | - | of the Florida Energy Efficiency Code for Building Construction 134 |
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| 208 | | - | adopted and amended pursuant to s. 553.901. Every 3 years, the 135 |
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| 209 | | - | commission may approve updates to the Florida Building Code 136 |
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| 210 | | - | without a finding that the updates are needed in order to 137 |
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| 211 | | - | accommodate the specific needs of this state. The commission 138 |
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| 212 | | - | shall adopt updated codes by rule. 139 |
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| 213 | | - | Section 4. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 140 |
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| 199 | + | (4) A movable tiny home described i n s. 126 |
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| 200 | + | 320.01(1)(b)7.a.(II) must have a sticker or other documentation 127 |
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| 201 | + | certifying that the movable tiny home was inspected and 128 |
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| 202 | + | certified for compliance with subsection (3) by a professional 129 |
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| 203 | + | engineer or architect licensed in this state or by a third -party 130 |
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| 204 | + | inspector who is qualified to inspect for compliance with the 131 |
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| 205 | + | Florida Building Code. 132 |
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| 206 | + | Section 4. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section 133 |
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| 207 | + | 553.73, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 134 |
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| 208 | + | 553.73 Florida Building Code. — 135 |
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| 209 | + | (7)(a) The commission shall adopt a n updated Florida 136 |
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| 210 | + | Building Code every 3 years through review of the most current 137 |
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| 211 | + | updates of the International Building Code, the International 138 |
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| 212 | + | Fuel Gas Code, the International Existing Building Code, the 139 |
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| 213 | + | International Mechanical Code, the International Plu mbing Code, 140 |
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| 214 | + | and the International Residential Code, all of which are 141 |
|---|
| 215 | + | copyrighted and published by the International Code Council, and 142 |
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| 216 | + | the National Electrical Code, which is copyrighted and published 143 |
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| 217 | + | by the National Fire Protection Association. At a minimum , the 144 |
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| 218 | + | commission shall adopt any updates to such codes or any other 145 |
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| 219 | + | code necessary to maintain eligibility for federal funding and 146 |
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| 220 | + | discounts from the National Flood Insurance Program, the Federal 147 |
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| 221 | + | Emergency Management Agency, and the United States Departmen t of 148 |
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| 222 | + | Housing and Urban Development. The commission shall also review 149 |
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| 223 | + | and adopt any updates to such codes which pertain to the 150 |
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| 232 | + | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 236 | + | superstructure requirements for movable tiny homes. The 151 |
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| 237 | + | commission shall also review and adopt updates based on the 152 |
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| 238 | + | International Energy Conservation Code (IECC); however, the 153 |
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| 239 | + | commission shall maintain the efficiencies of the Florida Energy 154 |
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| 240 | + | Efficiency Code for Building Construction adopted and amended 155 |
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| 241 | + | pursuant to s. 553.901. Every 3 years, the commission may 156 |
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| 242 | + | approve updates to the Fl orida Building Code without a finding 157 |
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| 243 | + | that the updates are needed in order to accommodate the specific 158 |
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| 244 | + | needs of this state. The commission shall adopt updated codes by 159 |
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| 245 | + | rule. 160 |
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| 246 | + | Section 5. This act shall take effect October 1, 2024. 161 |
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