Bill Text: FL S1050 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Educational Facilities

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-05-03 - Died in Education [S1050 Detail]

Download: Florida-2013-S1050-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2013                                    SB 1050
       
       
       
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       37-00973-13                                           20131050__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public educational facilities;
    3         amending s. 1013.37, F.S.; authorizing district school
    4         boards to voluntarily comply with the State
    5         Requirements for Educational Facilities of the Florida
    6         Building Code for new construction, remodeling, and
    7         renovation projects; providing that this compliance by
    8         the school boards is not mandatory; providing an
    9         effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   12  
   13         Section 1. Subsection (1) of section 1013.37, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         1013.37 State uniform building code for public educational
   16  facilities construction.—
   17         (1) UNIFORM BUILDING CODE.—A uniform statewide building
   18  code for the planning and construction of public educational and
   19  ancillary plants by district school boards and Florida College
   20  System institution district boards of trustees shall be adopted
   21  by the Florida Building Commission within the Florida Building
   22  Code, pursuant to s. 553.73. District school boards may
   23  voluntarily comply with the State Requirements for Educational
   24  Facilities of the Florida Building Code for new construction,
   25  remodeling, and renovation projects. Such compliance is not
   26  mandatory. Included in this code must be flood plain management
   27  criteria in compliance with the rules and regulations in 44
   28  C.F.R. parts 59 and 60, and subsequent revisions thereto which
   29  are adopted by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. It is
   30  also the responsibility of the department to develop, as a part
   31  of the uniform building code, standards relating to:
   32         (a) Prefabricated facilities or factory-built facilities
   33  that are designed to be portable, relocatable, demountable, or
   34  reconstructible; are used primarily as classrooms; and do not
   35  fall under the provisions of ss. 320.822-320.862. Such standards
   36  must permit boards to contract with the Department of Business
   37  and Professional Regulation for factory inspections by certified
   38  building code inspectors to certify conformance with applicable
   39  law and rules. The standards must comply with the requirements
   40  of s. 1013.20 for relocatable facilities intended for long-term
   41  use as classroom space, and the relocatable facilities shall be
   42  designed subject to missile impact criteria of s. 423(24)(d)(1)
   43  of the Florida Building Code when located in the windborne
   44  debris region.
   45         (b) The sanitation of educational and ancillary plants and
   46  the health of occupants of educational and ancillary plants.
   47         (c) The safety of occupants of educational and ancillary
   48  plants as provided in s. 1013.12, except that the firesafety
   49  criteria shall be established by the State Fire Marshal in
   50  cooperation with the Florida Building Commission and the
   51  department and such firesafety requirements must be incorporated
   52  into the Florida Fire Prevention Code.
   53         (d) Accessibility for children, notwithstanding the
   54  provisions of s. 553.512.
   55         (e) The performance of life-cycle cost analyses on
   56  alternative architectural and engineering designs to evaluate
   57  their energy efficiencies.
   58         1. The life-cycle cost analysis must consist of the sum of:
   59         a. The reasonably expected fuel costs over the life of the
   60  building which are required to maintain illumination, water
   61  heating, temperature, humidity, ventilation, and all other
   62  energy-consuming equipment in a facility; and
   63         b. The reasonable costs of probable maintenance, including
   64  labor and materials, and operation of the building.
   65         2. For computation of the life-cycle costs, the department
   66  shall develop standards that must include, but need not be
   67  limited to:
   68         a. The orientation and integration of the facility with
   69  respect to its physical site.
   70         b. The amount and type of glass employed in the facility
   71  and the directions of exposure.
   72         c. The effect of insulation incorporated into the facility
   73  design and the effect on solar utilization of the properties of
   74  external surfaces.
   75         d. The variable occupancy and operating conditions of the
   76  facility and subportions of the facility.
   77         e. An energy-consumption analysis of the major equipment of
   78  the facility’s heating, ventilating, and cooling system;
   79  lighting system; and hot water system and all other major
   80  energy-consuming equipment and systems as appropriate.
   81         3. Life-cycle cost criteria published by the Department of
   82  Education for use in evaluating projects.
   83         4. Standards for construction materials and systems based
   84  on life-cycle costs that consider initial costs, maintenance
   85  costs, custodial costs, operating costs, and life expectancy.
   86  The standards may include multiple acceptable materials. It is
   87  the intent of the Legislature to require district school boards
   88  to comply with these standards when expending funds from the
   89  Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund or
   90  the School District and Community College District Capital
   91  Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund and to prohibit district
   92  school boards from expending local capital outlay revenues for
   93  any project that includes materials or systems that do not
   94  comply with these standards, unless the district school board
   95  submits evidence that alternative materials or systems meet or
   96  exceed standards developed by the department.
   97  
   98  It is not a purpose of the Florida Building Code to inhibit the
   99  use of new materials or innovative techniques; nor may it
  100  specify or prohibit materials by brand names. The code must be
  101  flexible enough to cover all phases of construction so as to
  102  afford reasonable protection for the public safety, health, and
  103  general welfare. The department may secure the service of other
  104  state agencies or such other assistance as it finds desirable in
  105  recommending to the Florida Building Commission revisions to the
  106  code.
  107         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.