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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to building permits for single -family 2
dwellings; amending ss. 125.56 and 553.79, F.S.; 3
prohibiting the expiration of certain building permits 4
issued by a county or a local government, 5
respectively, before a specified event; amending s. 6
553.792, F.S.; specifying that certain permit 7
applications are deemed approved by a local 8
government; requiring the local government to issue 9
such permit within a certain timeframe; providing an 10
effective date. 11
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 13
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Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 15
125.56, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 16
125.56 Enforcement and amendment of t he Florida Building 17
Code and the Florida Fire Prevention Code; inspection fees; 18
inspectors; etc.— 19
(4) 20
(d) A county that issues building permits may send a 21
written notice of expiration, by e -mail or United States Postal 22
Service, to the owner of the prope rty and the contractor listed 23
on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building permit is 24
set to expire. The written notice must identify the permit that 25
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is set to expire and the date the permit will expire. A building 26
permit issued by a county for a s ingle-family dwelling may not 27
expire before the effective date of the next edition of the 28
Florida Building Code, which is updated every 3 years pursuant 29
to s. 553.73(7)(a). 30
Section 2. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 31
553.79, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 32
553.79 Permits; applications; issuance; inspections. — 33
(1) 34
(c) A local government that issues building permits may 35
send a written notice of expiration, by e -mail or United States 36
Postal Service, to the owner of the property and the contractor 37
listed on the permit, no less than 30 days before a building 38
permit is set to expire. The written notice must identify the 39
permit that is set to expire and the date the permit will 40
expire. A building permit issued by a local government under 41
this section for a single -family dwelling may not expire before 42
the effective date of the next edition of the Florida Building 43
Code, which is updated every 3 years pursuant to s. 44
553.73(7)(a). 45
Section 3. Present paragraphs (b) through (g) of 46
subsection (1) of section 553.792, Florida Statutes, are 47
redesignated as paragraphs (c) through (h), respectively, and a 48
new paragraph (b) is added to that subsection, to read: 49
553.792 Building permit application to local government. — 50
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(1) 51
(b) A permit application for the construction of a single -52
family dwelling in a jurisdiction for which a state of emergency 53
was issued within the 24 months before the submission of the 54
application, and which is signed and sealed with an attestation 55
by an architect licensed under c hapter 481 or an engineer 56
licensed under chapter 471 that the plans in the permit comply 57
with the Florida Building Code, is deemed approved. The local 58
government shall issue such permit within 2 days after approval. 59
Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025. 60