10 LC 21 0779S

The House Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs offers the following substitute to HB 1196:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to buildings generally, so as to provide that no building code shall include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in a single-family dwelling or a residential building containing no more than two dwelling units; to provide an effective date; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Part 1 of Article 1 of Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to general provisions relative to buildings generally, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"8-2-4.

Neither the state residential and fire building code nor any residential and fire building code adopted by a political subdivision of the state adopted after the effective date of this Code section shall include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in a single-family dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than two dwelling units."

SECTION 2.

This Act shall become effective upon its approval by the Governor or upon its becoming law without such approval.

SECTION 3.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.