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FISCAL NOTE
House Bill 198
Committee: County and Municipal
Government
Sponsor: Representative Chip Brown
Analyst: Jennifer Farish Date: 02/27/2024
House Bill 198 as introduced would increase the obligations of the Alabama Home Builders
Licensure Board by an undetermined amount dependent on the cost to: 1) adopt a statewide
residential building code (the Alabama Residential Building Code); and 2) create the Alabama
Residential Building Code Division within the board, which may employ staff, provide funding
to local jurisdictions, and apply for funding from other sources. These obligations may be offset
by any funding received by the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund, created by this bill
within the State Treasury and administered by the board, to be used for administration of the
division and enforcement of the code. This bill would further require the unencumbered
year-end balance of the fund, in excess of 25% of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year, to
revert to the State General Fund.