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The 1997 Florida Statutes

Title XXXIII
REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS
Chapter 553
Building Construction Standards

553.11  Construction, limitation of this part.--

(1)  This part is not applicable in counties where plumbing codes have been established by local or special laws or general bills of local application at the option of county commissioners of said counties; in any county, municipality, or district in which the Standard Plumbing Code, South Florida Plumbing Code, or EPCOT Plumbing Code is in effect; or to any state agency that has building construction regulation responsibility.

(2)  The provisions of this part shall not apply to minor maintenance or repairs of plumbing fixtures by persons, firms, or corporations upon their own property provided the minimum requirements of the State Plumbing Code are observed.

(3)  The provisions of this part shall not be construed as being in conflict with those provisions of chapter 489 which relate to plumbers.

(4)  Nothing herein contained shall prohibit any bona fide owner from personally installing plumbing in her or his own residence.

History.--ss. 4, 9, 10, 14, ch. 26904, 1951; ss. 19, 35, ch. 69-106; s. 11, ch. 79-12; s. 8, ch. 89-139; s. 801, ch. 97-103.