Okaloosa County BOCC — November 16, 2013 — HB 269 2013 — reading text

979 system and have been certified by the Department of Business and 980 Professional Regulation. Page 35 of 37 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0269-04-er  F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S  ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 269, Engrossed 1 2013 Legislature 981 (c) A state agency that which has building construction 982 regulation authority may rate its own buildings and those it is 983 responsible for, if the appropriate persons have completed the 984 necessary training established by the applicable building 985 energy-efficiency rating system and have been certified by the 986 Department of Business and Professional Regulation. The 987 Department of Business and Professional Regulation may charge a 988 fee not to exceed the costs for the training and certification 989 of raters. The department shall by rule set the appropriate 990 charges for raters to charge for energy ratings, not to exceed 991 the actual costs. 992 Section 30. Section 553.996, Florida Statutes, is amended 993 to read: 994 553.996 Energy-efficiency information provided by building 995 energy-efficiency rating systems providers brochure.—A 996 prospective purchaser of real property with a building for 997 occupancy located thereon shall be provided with a copy of an 998 information brochure, at the time of or before prior to the 999 purchaser's execution of the contract for sale and purchase 1000 which notifies, notifying the purchaser of the option for an 1001 energy-efficiency rating on the building. Building energy- 1002 efficiency rating system providers identified in this part shall 1003 prepare such information and make it available for distribution 1004 Such brochure shall be prepared, made available for 1005 distribution, and provided at no cost by the department. Such 1006 brochure shall contain information relevant to that class of 1007 building must include, including, but need not be limited to: 1008 (1) How to analyze the building's energy-efficiency Page 36 of 37 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0269-04-er  F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S  ENROLLED CS/CS/HB 269, Engrossed 1 2013 Legislature 1009 rating. 1010 (2) Comparisons to statewide averages for new and existing 1011 construction of that class. 1012 (3) Information concerning methods to improve the 1013 building's energy-efficiency rating. 1014 (4) A notice to residential purchasers that the energy- 1015 efficiency rating may qualify the purchaser for an energy- 1016 efficient mortgage from lending institutions. 1017 Section 31. Subsection (2) of section 553.997, Florida 1018 Statutes, is amended to read: 1019 553.997 Public buildings.— 1020 (2) The department, together with other State agencies 1021 having building construction and maintenance responsibilities, 1022 shall make available energy-efficiency practices information to 1023 be used by individuals involved in the design, construction, 1024 retrofitting, and maintenance of buildings for state and local 1025 governments. 1026 Section 32. Section 553.998, Florida Statutes, is amended 1027 to read: 1028 553.998 Compliance.—All ratings must shall be determined 1029 using tools and procedures developed by the systems recognized 1030 under this part adopted by the department by rule in accordance 1031 with chapter 120 and must shall be certified by the rater as 1032 accurate and correct and in compliance with procedures of the 1033 system under which the rater is certified adopted by the 1034 department by rule in accordance with chapter 120. 1035 Section 33. Except as otherwise explicitly stated 1036 elsewhere, this act shall take effect July 1, 2013. Page 37 of 37 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. hb0269-04-er