Bill Text: CT SB00289 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Duties Of Building Officials.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-28 - Public Hearing 03/04 [SB00289 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-SB00289-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 289
February Session, 2014		LCO No. 1117
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)

AN ACT CONCERNING DUTIES OF BUILDING OFFICIALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (b) of section 29-261 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(b) The building official or assistant building official shall pass upon any question relative to the mode, manner of construction or materials to be used in the erection or alteration of buildings or structures, pursuant to applicable provisions of the State Building Code and in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the Department of Administrative Services. They shall require compliance with the provisions of the State Building Code, of all rules lawfully adopted and promulgated thereunder and of laws relating to the construction, alteration, repair, removal, demolition and integral equipment and location, use, accessibility, occupancy and maintenance of buildings and structures, except as may be otherwise provided for. In carrying out their duties under this subsection, the building official and assistant building official shall ensure that all inspections are performed by licensed inspectors holding the appropriate class of license for the inspection being performed, as provided in regulations adopted by the State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee, with the approval of the Commissioner of Construction Services, pursuant to section 29-262.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	29-261(b)

Statement of Purpose:

To require building officials to ensure that inspections are performed by inspectors with the appropriate class of license.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]