SF 2439 (LSB 2244SZ (2) 91)

SENATE FILE 2439

BY  COMMITTEE ON LOCAL GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SF 310)
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1094)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to fire protection sprinkler systems in certain residential properties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  103A.8E  Fire protection sprinkler systems.
   1.  The commissioner shall adopt as part of the state building code a prohibition on the required installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of eighteen thousand square feet or less.
   2.  A local building regulation shall not require the installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of eighteen thousand square feet or less.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the state building code commissioner to adopt as part of the state building code a prohibition on the required installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of 18,000 square feet or less. The bill also prohibits a local building regulation from requiring the installation of a fire protection sprinkler system in a series of attached single-family residences consisting of 18,000 square feet or less.