Bill Amendment: FL S0286 | 2021 | Regular Session

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: Fire Sprinklers

Status: 2021-06-23 - Chapter No. 2021-123, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/CS/HB 1209 (Ch. 2021-113) [S0286 Detail]

Download: Florida-2021-S0286-Senate_Committee_Amendment_456088.html

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       Florida Senate - 2021                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 286
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       The Committee on Regulated Industries (Perry) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsections (3) and (11) of section 633.102,
    6  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
    7         633.102 Definitions.—As used in this chapter, the term:
    8         (3)(a) “Contractor I” means a contractor whose business
    9  includes the execution of contracts requiring the ability to lay
   10  out, fabricate, install, inspect, alter, repair, and service all
   11  types of fire protection systems, excluding preengineered
   12  systems.
   13         (b) “Contractor II” means a contractor whose business is
   14  limited to the execution of contracts requiring the ability to
   15  lay out, fabricate, install, inspect, alter, repair, and service
   16  water sprinkler systems, water spray systems, foam-water
   17  sprinkler systems, foam-water spray systems, standpipes,
   18  combination standpipes and sprinkler risers, all piping that is
   19  an integral part of the system beginning at the point of service
   20  as defined in this section, sprinkler tank heaters, air lines,
   21  thermal systems used in connection with sprinklers, and tanks
   22  and pumps connected thereto, excluding preengineered systems.
   23         (c) “Contractor III” means a contractor whose business is
   24  limited to the execution of contracts requiring the ability to
   25  fabricate, install, inspect, alter, repair, and service carbon
   26  dioxide systems, foam extinguishing systems, dry chemical
   27  systems, and Halon and other chemical systems, excluding
   28  preengineered systems.
   29         (d) “Contractor IV” means a contractor whose business is
   30  limited to the execution of contracts requiring the ability to
   31  lay out, fabricate, install, inspect, alter, repair, and service
   32  automatic fire sprinkler systems for detached one-family
   33  dwellings, detached two-family dwellings, and mobile homes,
   34  excluding preengineered systems and excluding single-family
   35  homes in cluster units, such as apartments, condominiums, and
   36  assisted living facilities or any building that is connected to
   37  other dwellings. A Contractor IV is limited to the scope of
   38  practice specified in NFPA 13D.
   39         (e) “Contractor V” means a contractor whose business is
   40  limited to the execution of contracts requiring the ability to
   41  fabricate, install, inspect, alter, repair, and service the
   42  underground piping for a fire protection system using water as
   43  the extinguishing agent beginning at the point of service as
   44  defined in this act and ending no more than 1 foot above the
   45  finished floor. A Contractor V may inspect underground piping
   46  for a water-based fire protection system under the direction of
   47  a Contractor I or Contractor II.
   48  
   49  The definitions in This subsection may not be construed to
   50  include engineers or architects within the defined terms and
   51  does do not limit or prohibit a licensed fire protection
   52  engineer or architect with fire protection design experience
   53  from designing any type of fire protection system. A distinction
   54  is made between system design concepts prepared by the design
   55  professional and system layout as defined in this section and
   56  typically prepared by the contractor. However, a person
   57  certified under this chapter as a Contractor I or, Contractor
   58  II, or Contractor IV under this chapter may design new fire
   59  protection systems of 49 or fewer sprinklers;, and may design
   60  the alteration of an existing fire sprinkler system if the
   61  alteration consists of the relocation, addition, or deletion of
   62  not more than 49 or fewer sprinklers, notwithstanding the size
   63  of the existing fire sprinkler system; or may design the
   64  alteration of an existing fire sprinkler system if the
   65  alteration consists of the relocation or deletion of 249 or
   66  fewer sprinklers, notwithstanding the size of the existing fire
   67  sprinkler system, if there is no change of occupancy of the
   68  affected areas, as defined in the Florida Building Code and the
   69  Florida Fire Prevention Code, and there is no change in the
   70  water demand as defined in NFPA 13, “Standard for the
   71  Installation of Sprinkler Systems,” and if the occupancy hazard
   72  classification as defined in NFPA 13 is reduced or remains the
   73  same as a result of the alteration. A person certified as a
   74  Contractor I, Contractor II, or Contractor IV may design a new
   75  fire protection system or design the alteration of an existing
   76  fire protection system, the scope of which complies with NFPA
   77  13D, “Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems in One-
   78  and Two-Family Dwellings and Manufactured Homes,” as adopted by
   79  the State Fire Marshal, notwithstanding the number of fire
   80  sprinklers. Contractor-developed plans may not be required by
   81  any local permitting authority to be sealed by a registered
   82  professional engineer.
   83         (11) “Fire protection system” means a system individually
   84  designed to protect the interior or exterior of a specific
   85  building or buildings, structure, or other special hazard from
   86  fire. Such systems include, but are not limited to, water
   87  sprinkler systems, water spray systems, foam-water sprinkler
   88  systems, foam-water spray systems, carbon dioxide systems, foam
   89  extinguishing systems, dry chemical systems, and Halon and other
   90  chemical systems used for fire protection use. Such systems also
   91  include any overhead and underground fire mains, fire hydrants
   92  and hydrant mains, standpipes and hoses connected to sprinkler
   93  systems, sprinkler tank heaters, air lines, thermal systems used
   94  in connection with fire sprinkler systems, and tanks providing
   95  water supply or pump fuel, including piping for such tanks, and
   96  pumps connected to fire sprinkler systems.
   97         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2021.
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   99  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
  100  And the title is amended as follows:
  101         Delete everything before the enacting clause
  102  and insert:
  103                        A bill to be entitled                      
  104         An act relating to fire sprinklers; amending s.
  105         633.102, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
  106         “Contractor V”; authorizing certain fire protection
  107         system contractors to design certain systems; revising
  108         the definition of the term “fire protection system”;
  109         providing an effective date.