ePermits Working Group Environmental Protection and Growth Management Department Design Professionals Subcommittee Thursday, September 26, 2013 broward.org/epermits

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 3 rd Party Adobe Partner 3 rd Party Non-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 61G , 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 61G , 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 61G , 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.