No. CS/CS/SB 1260
Filed under Occupational.
Services During a State of Emergency; Requiring the Department of Management Services to enter into and maintain state term contracts for building code inspection services, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDFor one year after the Governor declares a natural, manmade, or technological emergency, a person may serve as a building, electrical, plumbing, mechanical, or coastal-construction inspector or plans examiner under a local building official's direction.
This overrides Florida's normal licensing rules for these roles, so long as the person holds a state term contract, is licensed in a mutual-aid state, or has held any state's license for the work for at least 5 years.
Separately, the Department of Management Services must keep at least one standing state term contract with vendors specifically for building code inspection services, creating a ready pool of contracted inspectors before any emergency hits.
AIFor one year after the Governor declares an emergency, a qualifying person may act as a building code inspector, plans examiner, or one of 12 similar inspection roles, overriding any other Florida licensing law, under a local building official's direction.
AIA person qualifies for the bypass by holding a state term contract, being licensed for the work in a state with a mutual aid agreement with Florida, or having held a license for that work in any state for at least five years before the declaration.
AIThe Department of Management Services must enter into and keep at least one state term contract with vendors specifically to provide building code inspection services.