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AL HB288
Bill
Status
3/20/2012
Primary Sponsor
Ed Henry
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AI Summary
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Excludes prefabricated storm shelters without electrical, plumbing, heating, or utility service lines from Title 24 building code requirements if they meet specified criteria.
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Requires shelters to be designated as temporary safe places per Federal Emergency Management Agency Publication 320 or 361, with capacity not exceeding 12 people.
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Mandates construction plans be stamped, dated, and signed by a licensed engineer or registered architect, with required compliance statements and occupancy information on blueprints.
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Requires all resident and nonresident manufacturers selling prefabricated storm shelters in Alabama to annually post a $20,000 surety bond with the Alabama Emergency Management Agency.
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Authorizes the Alabama Emergency Management Agency to adopt rules ensuring shelters funded by or eligible for reimbursement from state or federal funds meet appropriate standards before payment or reimbursement.
Legislative Description
Certain prefabricated storm shelters excluded from provisions of Title 24, Code of Alabama 1975, surety bond by manufacturers of prefabricated storm shelters required
Business and Commerce
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Small Business
3/22/2012