Senate File 2251
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 358)
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1040)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act transferring responsibility for establishing the state
2 plumbing code from the Iowa department of public health to the
3 state building code commissioner and providing an effective
4 date.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
6 TLSB 6777SV 80
7 ec/gg/14
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 103A.7A STATE PLUMBING CODE.
1 2 The state building code commissioner shall establish,
1 3 publish, and enforce a code of rules governing the
1 4 installation of plumbing in cities and amend the same when
1 5 deemed necessary.
1 6 Sec. 2. Section 135.11, subsection 5, Code Supplement
1 7 2003, is amended by striking the subsection.
1 8 Sec. 3. Section 231B.2, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
1 9 Supplement 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 10 d. An elder group home shall be located in an area zoned
1 11 for single=family or multiple=family housing or in an
1 12 unincorporated area and shall be constructed in compliance
1 13 with applicable local housing codes and the rules adopted for
1 14 the special classification by the state fire marshal. In the
1 15 absence of local building codes, the facility shall comply
1 16 with the state plumbing code established pursuant to section
1 17 135.11 and the state building code, both established pursuant
1 18 to chapter 103A.
1 19 Sec. 4. Section 473.44, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
1 20 amended to read as follows:
1 21 1. The department shall adopt rules which prescribe water
1 22 use standards for each product classified as a covered product
1 23 under this section. The standards adopted shall be designed
1 24 to achieve the maximum efficiency of water use which the
1 25 department determines is technologically and economically
1 26 feasible. The department shall consult with the state
1 27 building code commissioner, the Iowa department of public
1 28 health, and the plumbing manufacturers' institute, and shall
1 29 review all applicable provisions under chapter 103A and
1 30 chapter 135 in establishing the standards.
1 31 Sec. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE RULES == TRANSITION PROVISIONS.
1 32 The state plumbing code as adopted by the Iowa department of
1 33 public health and in effect on the effective date of this Act
1 34 shall continue in full force and effect until amended,
1 35 repealed, or supplemented by affirmative action of the state
2 1 building code commissioner under the authority established by
2 2 this Act. In regard to updating references and format in the
2 3 Iowa administrative code in order to correspond to the
2 4 transfer of authority concerning the state plumbing code as
2 5 established in this Act, the administrative rules coordinator
2 6 and the administrative rules review committee, in consultation
2 7 with the administrative code editor, shall jointly develop a
2 8 schedule for the necessary updating of the Iowa administrative
2 9 code.
2 10 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
2 11 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill transfers the authority for establishing the
2 14 state plumbing code from the Iowa department of public health
2 15 to the state building code commissioner. The bill provides
2 16 that the current state plumbing code remains in effect until
2 17 the state building code commissioner amends, repeals, or
2 18 supplements the plumbing code. The bill also provides for the
2 19 updating of the Iowa administrative code based upon the
2 20 transfer of authority.
2 21 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
2 22 LSB 6777SV 80
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