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Florida Senate - 2024 CS for SB 684 <br />578-03037-24 2024684c1 <br />581 part. These fees, and any fines or investment earnings related <br />582 to the fees, may shall be used only selely for carrying out the <br />583 local government's responsibilities in enforcing the Florida <br />584 Building Code. When providing a schedule of reasonable fees, the <br />585 total estimated annual revenue derived from fees, and the fines <br />586 and investment earnings related to the fees, may not exceed the <br />587 total estimated annual costs of allowable activities. Any <br />588 unexpended balances must be carried forward to future years for <br />589 allowable activities or must be refunded at the discretion of <br />590 the local government. A local government may not carry forward <br />591 an amount exceeding the average of its operating budget for <br />592 enforcing the Florida Building Code for the previous 4 fiscal <br />593 years. For purposes of this subsection, the term "operating <br />594 budget" does not include reserve amounts. Any amount exceeding <br />595 this limit must be used as authorized in subparagraph 2. <br />596 However, a local government that established, as of January 1, <br />597 2019, a Building Inspections Fund Advisory Board consisting of <br />598 five members from the construction stakeholder community and <br />599 carries an unexpended balance in excess of the average of its <br />600 operating budget for the previous 4 fiscal years may continue to <br />601 carry such excess funds forward upon the recommendation of the <br />602 advisory board. The basis for a fee structure for allowable <br />603 activities must relate to the level of service provided by the <br />604 local government and must include consideration for refunding <br />605 fees due to reduced services based on services provided as <br />606 prescribed by s. 553.791, but not provided by the local <br />607 government. Fees charged must be consistently applied. <br />608 1. As used in this subsection, the phrase "enforcing the <br />609 Florida Building Code" includes the direct costs and reasonable <br />Page 21 of 24 <br />CODING: Wordsen are deletions; words underlined are additions. 303 <br />