Bill Text: FL S1034 | 2015 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Residential Construction

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2015-05-01 - Died in Community Affairs [S1034 Detail]

Download: Florida-2015-S1034-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1034
       
       
        
       By Senator Clemens
       
       
       
       
       
       27-01311A-15                                          20151034__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to residential construction; amending
    3         s. 553.37, F.S.; directing the Florida Building
    4         Commission to adopt a requirement within the Florida
    5         Building Code that, on or after a specified date, all
    6         newly constructed residential buildings have a solar
    7         thermal compatible system; defining the term “solar
    8         thermal compatible system”; providing an effective
    9         date.
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   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Subsection (13) is added to section 553.37,
   14  Florida Statutes, to read:
   15         553.37 Rules; inspections; and insignia.—
   16         (13) The Florida Building Commission shall adopt within the
   17  Florida Building Code a requirement that, effective January 1,
   18  2019, all newly constructed residential buildings in this state
   19  must have a solar thermal compatible system. For the purposes of
   20  this subsection, the term “solar thermal compatible system”
   21  means a water heating device that is capable of using heat
   22  trapped from incidental sunlight in order to heat water.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.