NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND 
 Florida Building Commission
RULE
NO.:                              RULE
TITLE:  
61G20-1.002
                          Alternative
Design Method for Screen Enclosures                   
PURPOSE
AND EFFECT:  The purpose and effect of
the proposed rule is to comply with Ch. 2012-13, Laws of Florida, which
directed the Florida Building Commission to establish a workgroup to assist the
commission in developing a rule for implementing an alternative design method
for screen enclosures which allows for the removal of a section of the screen
to accommodate high-wind events consistent with the provisions of the Florida
Building Code.  
SUBJECT
AREA TO BE ADDRESSED:  Alternative Design
methods for screen enclosures
SPECIFIC
AUTHORITY:  212 – 13 (Section 19), 
LAW
IMPLEMENTED:   212 – 13 (Section 19), 
A
RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE
AND TIME:  August 7, 2012, 8:30 a.m., or
as soon thereafter as the matter is brought before the Commission in accordance
with its agenda.
Place:  Embassy Suites
Hotel, 
agenda and other information may be obtained at:  
http://www.floridabuilding.org/fbc/meetings/1_meetings.htm
Any
person requiring special accommodation at the workshop because of a disability
or physical impairment should contact Mo Madani, Planning Manager, Department
of Business and Professional Regulation, 
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE
DEVELOPMENT IS:  Mo Madani, Planning
Manager, Department of Business and Professional Regulation, 
THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS
AVAILABLE AT NO CHARGE FROM THE CONTACT PERSON LISTED ABOVE.