(1) Any county, municipality, or independent special fire control district having firesafety responsibilities which does not employ or has not contracted with a firesafety inspector certified under Florida Statutes § 633.216(1), to enforce the Florida Fire Prevention Code as required by Florida Statutes § 633.208(2), at the time of the adoption of this rule chapter is permitted to contact the division and request that the division perform the inspections required by the local fire official pursuant to Florida Statutes § 1013.12(3), and this rule chapter and performed under Florida Statutes § 633.216(1)

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Terms Used In Florida Regulations 69A-58.007

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    (2) Upon receiving such request, the division shall perform the inspections required by this rule chapter during the period of time the county, municipality, or independent special fire control district is not in compliance with Florida Statutes § 633.216(1), and does not employ or is not under contract with a firesafety inspector certified under Florida Statutes § 633.216(1), not, however, to exceed one (1) annual inspection per facility.
    (3) Each such county, municipality, or independent special fire control district having firesafety enforcement responsibilities shall employ or contract with a firesafety inspector certified under Florida Statutes § 633.216(2), pursuant to the requirement of Florida Statutes § 633.216(1), to fulfill the obligation imposed by Florida Statutes § 633.208
    (4) No county, municipality, or independent special fire control district having firesafety enforcement responsibilities which employs or contracts with a firesafety inspector as of the effective date of Florida Statutes § 1013.12, is authorized to request that the State Fire Marshal perform the inspections referred to in this section, and the State Fire Marshal shall not perform any inspection for such county, municipality, or independent special fire control district having firesafety responsibilities.
Rulemaking Authority 633.104(1), (7), 1013.12(1) FS. Law Implemented 633.104(7), 633.206, 633.208, 633.216, 1013.12, 1013.371, 1013.38 FS. History-New 2-18-03, Formerly 4A-58.007, Amended 11-26-06, 11-4-12.