Bill Text: PA SB1114 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Further providing for revised or successor codes; and providing for report.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-10-06 - Referred to LABOR AND INDUSTRY [SB1114 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SB1114-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 1477
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE BILL
No. 1114 Session of2009
INTRODUCED BY ROBBINS, OCTOBER 6, 2009
REFERRED TO LABOR AND INDUSTRY, OCTOBER 6, 2009
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 revised
or successor codes; and providing for report.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Section 304(a) of the act of November 10, 1999
(P.L.491, No.45), known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code
Act, amended October 9, 2008 (P.L.1386, No.106), is amended to
read:
Section 304. Revised or successor codes.
(a) Building code.--
(1) Subject to sections 105(c) and (d), 301(a)(3), (4),
(5), (6) and (7), (c) and (d) and 302, by December 31 of the
year of the issuance of a new triennial ICC International
Building Code, or its successor building code, the department
shall promulgate regulations adopting the new code as the
Uniform Construction Code unless the council informs the
department that it should exclude any provisions of the
triennial code from the Uniform Construction Code. If the
council provides this notification, the department shall
submit regulations adopting the triennial code with
provisions omitted by the council under this section within
90 days following council notification.
(2) Subject to sections 105(c) and (d), 301(a)(3), (4),
(5), (6) and (7), (c) and (d) and 302, by December 31 of the
year of issuance of a new triennial ICC International
Residential Code, or its successor building code, the
department shall promulgate regulations providing that all
detached one-family and two-family dwellings and one-family
townhouses that are not more than three stories in height and
their accessory structures may be designed in accordance with
that code or the Uniform Construction Code at the option of
the building permit applicant. The department shall
promulgate regulations adopting the new code as the Uniform
Construction Code unless the council informs the department
that it should exclude any provisions of the triennial code
from the Uniform Construction Code. If the council provides
this notification, the department shall submit regulations
adopting the triennial code with provisions omitted by the
council under this section within 90 days following council
notification.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs (1) and
(2), the department shall not promulgate regulations adopting
the 2009 ICC International Building Code or the 2009
International Residential Code, and the regulations adopting
the 2006 versions of those codes shall remain in effect until
December 31, 2012, and until such time as the department
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shall adopt the 2012 triennial versions of those codes
pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).
Section 2. The act is amended by adding a section to read:
Section 1101.1. Report.
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
within one year of the effective date of this section. 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 adopts the Uniform Construction Code.
Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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