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7. 17.1 BUILDING CODES (SB 704 & HB 535) Legislation: This legislation makes a large number of changes to the Florida Building Code. During the last week of session, some language was added to the bill which requires local governments to place all iof its permit applications online (i.e. pdf format). It also requires local governments be able to accept permit applications electronically. This can mean aria email if the local government does not have the} software for e -permitting. This was classified as a "soft push" for local governments to move in the direction of e -permitting. .Effective: This legislation was signed into law on March 28, 2016. The County has until October 1, 2017, to implement the changes. 7.2 REDUCED FEES FOR COUNTY AND MUNCIPAL PARKS (SB 1202 & HB 1321 )1 Legislation: This legislation requires counties and municipalities to provide a partial or a full discount on park entrance fees to the following people: military members, veterans, and the spouses and parents of deceased military members and first responders. Effective: This legislation was presented to the Governor on March 22, 2016. If the legislation be- comes law, it will take effect on July 1, 2016. 7.3 ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO ' (SB 698 & 1079 HB ) Legislation: The legislation expands a law which allows "civic organizations" to receive up to three temporary alcoholic beverage permits per year. The legislation allows municipalities, counties, and nonprofit civic and charitable organizations to be issued up to 12 temporary alcoholic beverages per- mits per calendar year. However, there are a number of conditions. The first condition is the county or municipality must first solicit a qualified civic or charitable organization to conduct the sales and be unable to Ifind such an organization in a reasonable and practical time frame. The second is if a county or municipality receives a temporary alcoholic beverages permit, it is required to donate all net profits from the sale of alcoholic beverages to a nonprofit civic or charitable organization within 90 days of the event. This legislation also creates a special license for passenger railroad transit stations. Specifically, a rail- road transit station is permitted to obtain a license to sell beverages mentioned in the Beverage Law upon the payment of an annual license tax of $2,500 to the division. Licenses issued to railroad transit stations would not be subject to the quota licenses restrictions that limit the number of such licenses that may be issued per county. A license issued to a railroad transit station may not be transferred to locations beyond the premises of the railroad transit station. The bill prohibits municipalities and counties from requiring any additional license or levying any tax for the privilege of selling alcoholic beverages. Effective: This legislation was signed into law on March 28, 2016, and is effective as of July 1, 2016. 12 24