SB40 Alabama 2023 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chris Elliott Senator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2023

Title

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.

Description

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.

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