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IN SB0435
Bill
AI Summary
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Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission must adopt a statewide residential code known as the Indiana Residential Code for Class 2 structures (detached one or two-family dwellings and one-family townhouses not exceeding three stories).
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Indiana Residential Code must be made accessible on the commission's Internet website and serves as both the minimum and maximum standard that state agencies and political subdivisions can enforce.
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State agencies and political subdivisions are prohibited from enforcing standards that exceed those established in the Indiana Residential Code.
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Commission must establish an 11-member review committee to meet periodically (but not later than six years after adoption) and submit recommendations for amendments with fiscal impact analysis to the commission.
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Commission rules take precedence over conflicting state agency rules and local ordinances; political subdivisions must revise any ordinances that duplicate, conflict, or overlap with commission rules.
Legislative Description
Building codes. Requires the fire prevention and building safety commission (commission) to adopt a statewide residential code to be known as the Indiana Residential Code. Requires the commission to provide access to the statewide residential code on the commission's Internet web site. Prohibits a state agency or political subdivision from enforcing standards that exceed those established in the statewide residential code. Requires the commission to establish a review committee to make recommendations for amendments to the statewide residential code and provide a report on any fiscal impact of the recommended amendments. Provides that rules adopted by the commission are the
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce and Technology
1/10/2018