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HB 1211 Building Code; rehabilitation of existing buildings, fire prevention.

Introduced by: Marian Van Landingham | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Uniform Statewide Building Code; rehabilitation of existing buildings; fire prevention. Replaces the standards of the Southern Building Code Congress and the Building Official Conference of America with the International Code Council for formulating building code provisions by the Board of Housing and Community Development. The bill also (i) declares the intent of the General Assembly to improve the condition of existing, commercial properties, (ii) expands persons to be trained in the building code to include contractors and other code enforcement personnel such as fire prevention persons, (iii) adds fire prevention to the subject areas of competency for which the HCD Board may issue certificates, (iv) increases the building permit fee levy for support of the Virginia Building Code Academy from one percent to two percent, (v) removes the $500,000 “carry” cap for the training academy, and (vi) clarifies that the training done by the Building Code Academy may include fire prevention regulations. The bill also contains a technical amendment.


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