House File 464 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 464 BY BEARINGER A BILL FOR An Act relating to the state building code. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 2361YH (2) 86 aw/sc

H.F. 464 Section 1. Section 103A.8, subsection 1, Code 2015, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Provide uniform standards and requirements for 3 construction, construction materials, and equipment through 4 the adoption by reference of applicable national codes where 5 appropriate and providing exceptions when necessary the 6 most recent international building code developed by the 7 international code council . The rules adopted shall include 8 provisions imposing requirements reasonably consistent with or 9 identical to recognized and accepted standards contained in 10 performance criteria. 11 Sec. 2. Section 103A.10, subsection 2, Code 2015, is amended 12 by adding the following new paragraph: 13 NEW PARAGRAPH . e. To all newly constructed residential and 14 all newly constructed or renovated commercial buildings and 15 structures in this state. However, a governmental subdivision 16 of the state may adopt and enforce higher standards than those 17 required under the state building code. 18 Sec. 3. Section 103A.22, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 1. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as prohibiting 21 any governmental subdivision from adopting or enacting any 22 building regulations relating to any building or structure 23 within its limits, but a governmental subdivision in which 24 the state building code has been accepted and is applicable 25 shall not have the power to supersede, void, or repeal or make 26 more restrictive any of the provisions of this chapter or of 27 the rules adopted by the commissioner. This subsection shall 28 not apply to energy conservation requirements adopted by the 29 commissioner and approved by the council pursuant to section 30 103A.8A or 103A.10 . 31 Sec. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 32 3, shall not apply to this Act. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 2361YH (2) 86 aw/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 464 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill requires that the state building code provide 2 uniform standards and requirements for construction, 3 construction materials, and equipment through the adoption 4 by reference of the most recent international building code 5 developed by the international code council. The bill provides 6 that the state building code is applicable to all newly 7 constructed residential and all newly constructed or renovated 8 commercial buildings and structures in the state. The bill 9 also provides that a governmental subdivision of the state may 10 adopt and enforce higher standards than those required under 11 the state building code. 12 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 13 section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, 14 subsection 3, which would relieve a political subdivision from 15 complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of 16 the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, 17 political subdivisions are required to comply with any state 18 mandate included in the bill. 19 -2- LSB 2361YH (2) 86 aw/sc 2/ 2