HB274INTRODUCED
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6Y5L11-1
By Representative Ingram
RFD: County and Municipal Government
First Read: 06-Apr-23
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SYNOPSIS: Under existing law, municipal and county
governing bodies may adopt and enforce local building
codes governing the construction of residential
structures.
This bill would provide that a municipal or
county governing body, or any agency thereof, may not
directly or indirectly adopt or enforce any
ordinance, rule, bylaw, order, or local building code
provision that would require, in the construction of
a residential structure, certain latent features,
including wiring, plumbing, gas tubing, or framing,
which features would not be operational at the time
of completion.
A BILL
TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
Relating to county and local government; to provide
prohibitions on the adoption or enforcement of certain
building codes requiring the installation of certain latent,
non-operable features in a residential structure.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
Section 1. (a) For the purposes of this act, the
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following terms have the following meanings:
(1) LATENT FEATURE. Any technology, appliance,
electrical circuit, wiring, plumbing, gas tubing, framing, or
other item, installed in or connected to a residential
structure, that will not be placed in a state of active
operation or that will not be utilized by the homeowner at the
time of the residential structure's completion.
(2) RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE. A residence on a single lot,
including a site-built home, a condominium, duplex, apartment,
or any other single-unit or multi-unit residential building.
(b) The governing body of any municipality or county,
or any agency thereof, may not directly or indirectly adopt or
enforce any ordinance, rule, bylaw, order, or state or local
building code provision requiring the installation of any
latent feature in any residential structure.
Section 2. This act shall become effective on the first
day of the third month following its passage and approval by
the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
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