Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 33 No. 30, July 27, 2007 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

FLORIDA BUILDING COMMISSION

9B-3.047 State Building Code Adopted.

(1) The Florida Building Code, 2007 edition, as updated by the Florida Building Commission, and as approved by the Commission on August 21, 2007, incorporated herein by reference is hereby adopted as the building code for the State of Florida.

Proposed effective date is October 1, 2008.

Specific Authority 553.73(1), (2), (7) FS, Sections 21, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida, Section 1, Chapter 2006-65, Laws of Florida. Law Implemented 553.72, 553.73(2), (3), (7), (9) FS., Sections 21, 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida. History–New 7‑18‑90, Amended 3‑30‑93, 10‑17‑93, 8‑28‑95, 9‑24‑96, 12‑26‑96, 4‑27‑97, 10‑5‑97, 10‑14‑97, 9‑7‑00, 11‑28‑00, 2‑7‑01, 12‑16‑01, 6‑30‑03, 4‑3‑05, 12-11-05, 12-8-06, 10-1-08.

NOTE: Amendments to or modifications of the following sections of the indicated volumes of the Florida Building Code (2007) were approved by the Florida Building Commission at its August 21, 2007 meeting:

BUILDING VOLUME

Section 202. Definition of “Shear wall”; Section 428.4; Referenced standards within Subchapter 13-3; Subchapter 13-4; Subchapter 13-6; Section 13-604.A.4; Section 13-610.A.3 [new]; Appendix 13-A; Appendix 13-D; EPL Display Card as required by Chapter 13; Section 2107.1; Section 2107.4; Section 2107.1; Section 2107.6 [renumbered to 2107.5]; Section 2108.1; Section 2108.2; Section 2108.3 [deleted]; Section 2108.4 [renumbered to 2108.3]

MECHANICAL VOLUME

Section 306.3.

PLUMBING VOLUME

Section 403.1.1.2.

FUEL GAS VOLUME

Sections 306.3 and 306.3.1 are amended.

RESIDENTIAL VOLUME

Chapter 11 [Universal change made to reference the EnergyGauge USA Fla/Res instead of Fla/Res.]; Section N1104.A.4; Section N1110.A.3 [new]; Section M1305.1.3; Within Chapter 43, FSEC 2007 EnergyGauge USA Fla/Res added as a referenced standard and NFPA 720-05, Standard for the Installation of Carbon Monoxide (CO) Warning Equipment in Dwelling Units was deleted; Section R4410.1 renumbered.