HB198 Alabama 2024 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Chip Brown Representative

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2024

Title

Building codes; Alabama Home Builders Licensure Board; Alabama Residential Building Code, authorized to be established

Description

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, when adopting new codes or amending existing codes, to adopt or amend the codes in accordance 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 HB198 INTRODUCED Builders Licensure Board and provide for the authority and jurisdiction of the division.

This bill would establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund within the State Treasury and would provide for the distribution of funds and administration thereof by the Alabama Residential Building Code Division for purposes of implementing the Alabama Residential 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 change the name of the Alabama Energy and Residential Codes Board to the Alabama Commercial Energy Code Board and would further provide for the membership of the board.

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Subjects

Buildings, Construction & Infrastructure