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AL SB246
Bill
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SB246 Summary
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Establishes the Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council to recommend a statewide residential building code based on the International Residential Code and International Energy Conservation Code for adoption by the Home Builders Licensure Board.
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Creates the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board to administer and enforce the code, with an associated fund for administrative operations and grants to support local building code enforcement.
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Requires residential home builders statewide to comply with minimum standards set by the Alabama Residential Building Code beginning January 1, 2027, and mandates counties and municipalities that enforce residential building codes to meet these minimum standards.
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Establishes the Alabama Commercial Energy Code Board to manage commercial building energy codes, replacing previous references to combined residential and commercial energy codes.
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Permits consumers to elect to install residential fire sprinkler systems at their own expense but prohibits mandatory installation requirements in new or existing one- and two-family dwellings.
Legislative Description
Home building, Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council, established, provides for powers and authority, provides for adoption of Alabama Residential Building Code, establishes Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board, Secs. 27-2-39, 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-7, 34-14A-12, 34-14A-20, 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-84, 41-23-85 am'd.
Residential Construction
Last Action
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
2/22/2022