SB246 Alabama 2022 Session

Existing law provides the Home Builders Licensure Board with authority to adopt residential building codes and standards of practices for residential home builders within this state and allows county commissions and municipalities to adopt building laws and codes within their respective jurisdictions

This bill would create the Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council to recommend an Alabama Residential Building Code to be based upon the International Residential Code and the residential chapters of the International Energy Conservation Code to be adopted by the Home Builders Licensure Board

This bill would require counties and municipalities that enforce residential building laws or codes to comply with the minimum standards set by the Alabama Residential Building Code

This bill would require residential home builders in this state to build, renovate, and repair residences in accordance with the minimum standards set by the Alabama Residential Building Code

This bill would establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board and provide for the authority and jurisdiction of the division

This bill would establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund for use by the Alabama Residential Building Code Division for purposes of administrative operations and implementation of the Alabama Residential Building Code and assisting local governments in the implementation and enforcement of a local building code

This bill would allow the Alabama Residential Building Code Division to provide funds for grants designed to promote residential building code enforcement operations among local jurisdictions

This bill would also create the Alabama Commercial Energy Code Board and provide for its composition and authority

Relating to home building and home improvement; to amend Sections 27-2-39, 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, 34-14A-7, 34-14A-12, 34-14A-20, 41-23-80, 41-23-81, 41-23-82, 41-23-84, and 41-23-85, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the adoption of the Alabama Residential Building Code for use in construction, renovation, or repair of residences; to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board; to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund for certain uses; to provide for the issuance of grant funds in certain cases; and to create the Alabama Commercial Energy Code Board and provide for its composition and authority.