ePermits Working Group Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department

Design Professionals Subcommittee Thursday, September 26, 2013

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Agenda• Presentation of the Vision• Focus of the Subcommittee• Outstanding working group questions for the committee

– Amendment to electronic signing and sealing • Update by David Vanlandingham, Engineer IV

– Committee’s thoughts and recommendations on how electronic upload of documents should be configured?• Cloud

• Open Discussion• Next Meeting

– Frequency and meeting times• Adjourn

Amendment to FBPE Sign and Seal Rule

David Vanlandingham, P.E.Engineer IV

Sign and Seal Rules for Electronic Documents

Digital Sign and Seal

3rd PartyAdobe Partner

3rd PartyNon-Adobe Partner

Electronic Sign and Seal

Accommodated by ePermit system

• Easy and Portable: automated verification by Adobe

• Some level of identity verification

• EXPENSIVE $$$

• Manual verification:burdensome and time consuming

• Not portable• Some have little to no

identify verification• Costs to both engineer

and County

• Free!• Easy!• Secure!• NOT PAPERLESS

Proposed Amendment to Rule 61G15-23.003, FAC

• Tightens up digital signature requirements to ensure identity vetting.

• For electronic signatures, allows the signed and sealed SHA-1 report to be scanned and sent electronically as long as the original is retained by the engineer for 3 years.

Timeline for Amendment to Rule 61G15-23.003, FAC

• July 17, 2013: Approved by FBPE Rules Committee

• August 7, 2013: Approved by FBPE

• September 9, 2013: Published in Florida Administrative Register

• September 30, 2013: Deadline for public comment and to request hearing (21 days from publishing).

Timeline for Amendment to Rule 61G15-23.003, FAC (continued)

• October 7, 2013: Earliest to file with the Department of State.

• Must be reviewed by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.

• October 27, 2013: Earliest effective date (20 days after filing).

• December 7, 2013: Deadline to file.