Building Code and Standards
| Bills | Committee | Last action | Date |
| HB 788 - Lopez - Green Public Buildings Act; created. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Subcommittee recommends striking from docket | 02/02/12 |
| notes: Requires public bodies entering the design phase for construction of a new building greater than 7,500 gross square feet in size, or renovating such a building where the cost of renovation exceeds 75 percent of the value of the building, to build to either the LEED Silver or Green Globes two globe standard. Exemptions from the requirement may be granted by the Director of the Department of General Services for state construction projects or by the governing body of a locality or school board for local projects. The bill provides for a delayed effective date for localities of July 1, 2013. | |||
| HB 1045 - Keam - Uniform Statewide Building Code; requires Board of Housing and Community Development to revise. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Subcommittee recommends laying on the table | 01/25/12 |
| notes: Requires the Board of Housing and Community Development to revise the Uniform Statewide Building Code to require a two-year time limit on the duration of a building permit issued for the completion of new construction of detached single-family dwellings, additions to detached single-family dwellings, or residential accessory structures. Under the current Building Code, the time limit is three years for such dwellings and structures. | |||
| HB 1111 - Greason - Statewide Fire Prevention Code & Uniform Statewide Building Code; fees for enforcement and appeals. | (H) Committee on General Laws | (H) Assigned GL sub: #1 Housing | 01/17/12 |
| notes: Defines the term "defray the cost" for purposes of fees authorized to be collected by a locality for costs for enforcement and appeals of the application of the Statewide Fire Prevention Code and the Uniform Statewide Building Code. | |||
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