No. HB 239
Filed under Local Government.
Standards for Storm Water Systems; Requires storm water systems in counties & municipalities, respectively, to comply with specified DOT standards; provides inspection requirements for such systems; specifies that certain local standards are superseded; provides finding of important state interest.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCounties and municipalities installing new storm pipe or storm structures must now follow the Department of Transportation's annual road-and-bridge construction specifications for pipe culverts and pipe liners.
Final inspections must be done by a certified technician from a third-party engineering firm with no controlling interest in the company that installed the system.
These new installation and inspection rules override every existing state and local standard that counties and municipalities were previously using for storm pipe and structures.
The Legislature separately declares this an important state interest, the finding Florida's constitution requires to impose this kind of mandate on local governments.
AIWhen installing new storm pipe or storm structures, counties and municipalities must follow the Department of Transportation's annual Standard Specifications for Road and Bridge Construction, specifically its Pipe Culverts and Pipe Liner sections.
AIFinal inspections must be performed by a NASSCO PACP-certified technician employed by a third-party engineering firm with no controlling interest in the company that installed the storm system -- the installer cannot inspect its own work.
AIThe new installation and inspection standards supersede all existing and local standards in counties and municipalities, displacing whatever construction or inspection rules local governments previously applied.
AIThe Legislature makes a formal finding under article VII, section 18 of the Florida Constitution that this act fulfills an important state interest -- the mechanism the constitution requires before this kind of mandate can bind local governments without state funding.