(1) The Florida Building Code, 8th Edition (2023), as updated by the Florida Building Commission on June 20, 2023, and incorporated herein by reference is hereby adopted as the building code for the State of Florida.

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    (2) The material incorporated and adopted in subsection (1), is copyrighted material that is available for public inspection and examination at the Department of State, Administrative Code and Register Unit, The Capitol, 400 South Monroe Street, Room 701, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, and at the Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Office of Codes & Standards, 2601 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0772.
Rulemaking Authority 553.73(1), (7) FS. Law Implemented 399.031, 553.37(1), 553.72, 553.73, 553.844(5), 553.899 FS., Sections 32, 33, 34, 36, 44, 46, 48, Chapter 2005-147, Laws of Florida, Section 1, Chapter 2006-65, Laws of Florida, Section 10, Chapter 2007-1, Laws of Florida, Sections 10, 11, 14, 17, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, Chapter 2016-129, Laws of Florida, Chapter 2016-211, 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, 5-21-07, 10-1-08, 2-17-09, 10-1-09, Formerly 9B-3.047, Amended 11-10-11, Formerly 9N-1.001, Amended 4-25-13, 6-30-15, 12-21-16, 12-31-17, 12-31-20, 12-26-21, 1-1-23, 1-3-23, 9-18-23, 12-31-23.