House File 380 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  BUKTA and HUSER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the application and enforcement of the state
  2    building code and providing an applicability date.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2120HH 82
  5 eg/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 103A.10, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  In each city with a population of more
  1  4 than fifteen thousand that has not adopted a local building
  1  5 code that is substantially in accord with standards developed
  1  6 by a nationally recognized building code organization.  The
  1  7 city shall enforce the state building code, including the
  1  8 provisions in section 103A.19, subsections 1 through 6.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 103A.19, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
  1 10 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1 11    In aid of administration and enforcement of the state
  1 12 building code, and in addition to and not in limitation of
  1 13 powers vested in them by law, each governmental subdivision of
  1 14 the state may, and each city designated in section 103A.10,
  1 15 subsection 2, paragraph "d", shall:
  1 16    Sec. 3.  APPLICABILITY DATE.  This Act applies to building
  1 17 permits issued on or after July 1, 2008.
  1 18    Sec. 4.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection
  1 19 3, shall not apply to this Act.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    Under this bill, a city with a population over 15,000 that
  1 22 has not adopted a local building code in accord with standards
  1 23 developed by a nationally recognized building code
  1 24 organization is required to apply and enforce the state
  1 25 building code within its limits.
  1 26    The bill provides that the Act applies to building permits
  1 27 issued on or after July 1, 2008.
  1 28    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  1 29 section 25B.3.  The bill makes inapplicable Code section
  1 30 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a political
  1 31 subdivision from complying with a state mandate if funding for
  1 32 the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified.
  1 33 Therefore, political subdivisions are required to comply with
  1 34 any state mandate included in the bill.
  1 35 LSB 2120HH 82
  2  1 eg:rj/je/5