Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1068 By Senator Collins 14-01120-23 20231068__ Page 1 of 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. A bill to be entitled 1

An act relating to drones; amending s. 330.41, F.S.; 2 defining the terms “drone delivery service” and “drone 3 port”; prohibiting a political subdivision from taking 4 certain actions relating to drone delivery services; 5 amending s. 553.73, F.S.; exempting drone ports from 6 the Florida Building Code; providing an effective 7 date. 8 9 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 10 11

Section 1. Present paragraph (

c) of subsection (2) and 12 present paragraphs (

c) and (

d) of subsection (3) of

section 13 330.41, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as paragraph (

e) of 14 subsection (2) and paragraphs (

d) and (

e) of subsection (3), 15 respectively, and new paragraphs (

c) and (

d) are added to 16 subsection (2) and a new paragraph (

c) is added to subsection 17 (3) of that section, to read: 18 330.41 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Act.— 19

(2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this act, the term: 20 (c) “Drone delivery service” means a person engaged in a 21 business or profession of delivering goods via drone and who is 22 governed by Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations. 23 (d) “Drone port” means any area of nonresidential land or 24 water which is used, or intended for use, by a drone delivery 25 service for the landing and takeoff of drones. 26

(3) REGULATION.— 27 (

c) Except as otherwise expressly provided, and 28 notwithstanding

part II of

chapter 163 and

chapter 205, a 29 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1068 14-01120-23 20231068__ Page 2 of 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. political subdivision may not withhold issuance of a business 30 tax receipt or enact or enforce an ordinance or resolution that 31 prohibits a drone delivery service’s operation based on the 32 location of the delivery service’s drone port. 33

Section 2. Paragraph (

l) is added to subsection (10) of 34

section 553.73, Florida Statutes, to read: 35 553.73 Florida Building Code.— 36

(10) The following buildings, structures, and facilities 37 are exempt from the Florida Building Code as provided by law, 38 and any further exemptions shall be as determined by the 39 Legislature and provided by law: 40 (

l) A drone port as defined in s. 330.41(2). 41 42 With the exception of paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (f), in 43 order to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of the public, 44 the Florida Building Commission may, by rule adopted pursuant to 45

chapter 120, provide for exceptions to the broad categories of 46 buildings exempted in this section, including exceptions for 47 application of specific sections of the code or standards 48 adopted therein. The Department of Agriculture and Consumer 49 Services shall have exclusive authority to adopt by rule, 50 pursuant to

chapter 120, exceptions to nonresidential farm 51 buildings exempted in paragraph (

c) when reasonably necessary to 52 preserve public health, safety, and welfare. The exceptions must 53 be based upon specific criteria, such as under-roof floor area, 54 aggregate electrical service capacity, HVAC system capacity, or 55 other building requirements. Further, the commission may 56 recommend to the Legislature additional categories of buildings, 57 structures, or facilities which should be exempted from the 58 Florida Senate - 2023 SB 1068 14-01120-23 20231068__ Page 3 of 3 CODING: Words stricken are deletions; words underlined are additions. Florida Building Code, to be provided by law.

The Florida 59 Building Code does not apply to temporary housing provided by 60 the Department of Corrections to any prisoner in the state 61 correctional system. 62

Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 63