Bill Text: PA SB1077 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Further providing for manufactured housing; adding provisions relating to residential buildings with log walls; and providing for a report by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-03-09 - Referred to LABOR RELATIONS [SB1077 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1077-Amended.html

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PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 1389, 1546, 1665 PRINTER'S NO. 1681
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1077 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY BAKER, BRUBAKER, FOLMER, RAFFERTY, ROBBINS, WARD, D. WHITE AND ALLOWAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2009
SENATOR CORMAN, APPROPRIATIONS, RE-REPORTED AS AMENDED, FEBRUARY 8, 2010
AN ACT
Amending the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L.491, No.45), entitled
"An act establishing a uniform construction code; imposing
powers and duties on municipalities and the Department of
Labor and Industry; providing for enforcement; imposing
penalties; and making repeals," further providing for
manufactured housing; adding provisions relating to
residential buildings with log walls; and providing for a
report by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 901(a) of the act of November 10, 1999
(P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code
Act, amended July 7, 2006 (P.L.1052, No. 108), is amended and
the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:
Section 901. Exemptions.
(a) Manufactured housing.--This act shall not apply to
manufactured housing which bears a label, as required by and
referred to in the act of November 17, 1982 (P.L.676, No.192),
known as the Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety
Standards Authorization Act, which certifies that it conforms to
Federal construction and safety standards adopted under the
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-383, 88 Stat. 633), nor shall it apply to industrialized
housing, as defined in the act of May 11, 1972 (P.L.286, No.70),
known as the Industrialized Housing Act, with the exception that
any model code enacted pursuant to the Industrialized Housing
Act shall also have been adopted pursuant to this act and that
any model code enacted pursuant to the Industrialized Housing
Act shall not include code provisions specifically omitted from
adoption pursuant to this act.
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(f) Residential buildings with log Log walls.--Log walls <--
with a minimum average wall thickness of five inches or greater
which comply with the International Code Council Standard on the
Design and Construction of Log Structures, ICC 400-2007, or
other successor standard which the department may specify by
regulation, shall be permitted in residential buildings if: <--
(1) the area weighted average U-factor for fenestration
products in the log walls is a maximum of 0.31; and
(2) (i) the building heating equipment meets or exceeds
the following Department of Energy ratings:
(A) Gas furnace - 90 annual fuel utilization
efficiency (AFUE).
(B) Oil furnace - 85 annual fuel utilization
efficiency (AFUE).
(C) Boilers - 85 annual fuel utilization
efficiency (AFUE).
(D) Air source heat pumps - 8.2 heating seasonal
performance factor (HSPF) split systems.
(E) For water-to-air geothermal heat pumps:
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(I) Closed loop water-to-air, an energy
efficiency rating of 14.1 and coefficient of
performance of 3.3.
(II) Open loop water-to-air, an energy
efficiency rating of 16.2 and coefficient of
performance of 3.6.
(F) For water-to-water geothermal heat pumps:
(I) Closed loop water-to-water, an energy
efficiency rating of 15.1 and coefficient
performance of 3.0.
(II) Open loop water-to-water, an energy
efficiency rating of 19.1 and coefficient of
performance of 3.4.
(G) For direct geothermal exchange, an energy
efficiency rating of 15.0 and coefficient of
performance of 3.5;
or
(ii) the building heating equipment is qualified
under the Energy Star program jointly operated by the
Department of Energy and the United States Environmental
Protection Agency as provided for in 10 CFR Pt. 430
(relating to energy conservation program for consumer
products); and
(iii) all energy efficiency requirements of this act
applicable to components other than log walls are met.
Section 2. The Legislative Budget and Finance Committee
shall undertake a comprehensive review of this act and submit a
report on its findings to the Labor and Industry Committee of
the Senate and the Labor Relations Committee of the House of
Representatives and the Local Government Committee of the Senate
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and the Local Government Committee of the House of
Representatives before November 30, 2010. The review shall
include:
(1) The process by which the International Code Council
adopts changes to its codes and subcodes.
(2) Costs and benefits of triennial adoption of the
Uniform Construction Code.
(3) The composition of the Uniform Construction Code
Review and Advisory Council and the process by which it
reviews and recommends changes to this act.
(4) The process of administration and enforcement of the
Uniform Construction Code.
(5) The fee structure of the Uniform Construction Code.
(6) The process, including time frames, by which the
Department of Labor and Industry adopts the Uniform
Construction Code.
Section 3. The addition of section 901(f) of the act shall
expire June 30, 2011.
Section 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
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