ID – Request	RESEARCH TOPIC
Jeffery Gross Jeffery Gross & Associates Accessibility TAC	My suggestion would be to study the seven Florida Specific items in the Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction and see if the research shows if the specific items need to be expanded, reduced or eliminated.
Bemmie Eustace INterplan LLC Accessibility TAC	I saw the August 1^st, 2013 Accessibility TAC agenda has an item for research projects.  I thought I would throw this possibility out to you (and all) for consideration. I was hoping the staff could explore the possibility of providing Technical Bulletins or memos similar to Texas (several attached for your review). I realize Florida is concerned about liability with issuing an opinion as to how the accessibility laws are applied, but Texas does it regularly and I was wondering how their “protection” from liability is different than Florida’s.  I go back to the question that was cleared up at the Workshop by Rick Dixon….if the state adopts a federal law in whole, then it becomes state law and is applied as a state law. The follow up then was why then wouldn’t the state interpret the state law that has been adopted. It seems that once the federal law is incorporated into the state statutes, then the state should own it, interpret it, and apply it uniformly. As we know, this has not been the case to date with the Accessibility law. Anyway, I was wondering if a research project could include inquires with the state of Texas (and other states that parallel the federal law (Maryland, Massachusetts, Illinois for examples) to determine how Florida would be able to issue technical bulletins or memos while addressing the liabilities that are concerning to staff. Bemmie Eustace