Bill Text: GA SR1069 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Community Affairs Dept. & Georgia Environmental Finance Authority; urge to set aside the adoption; Ga. amendments to the 2009 International Energy Conservation Code
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-28 - Senate Read and Referred [SR1069 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2011-SR1069-Introduced.html
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Senate
Resolution 1069
By:
Senators Stone of the 23rd, Millar of the 40th, Loudermilk of the 52nd, Jeffares
of the 17th, Davis of the 22nd and others
A
RESOLUTION
Urging
the Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Environmental Finance
Authority to set aside the adoption of the Georgia amendments to the 2009
International Energy Conservation Code; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
the home-building industry is very important to the economy and the citizens of
Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
additional regulations increase the cost of building and the price of housing to
consumers and create a constraint on an important, struggling industry;
and
WHEREAS,
the State of Georgia was required to adopt the 2009 International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC) to comply with federal mandates attached to the receipt
of "stimulus" funds; and
WHEREAS,
a task force was appointed by the Department of Community Affairs comprised of
17 members, of which only one was a builder and one a code official, while the
remaining members represented special interest groups, vendors, and state
officials; and
WHEREAS,
the task force adopted an additional 36 pages of amendments to the original 2009
IECC which mandated additional, unnecessary costs to builders and consumers
while reducing the flexibility and authority of local governments;
and
WHEREAS,
every code adoption and amendment process should weigh carefully and openly any
costs versus benefits to be derived from the additional code provisions;
and
WHEREAS,
the citizens of Georgia should have confidence that all code adoptions and
amendments are free of "sweetheart deals," conflicts of interest, and special
interest influences; and
WHEREAS,
due to the financial impact of the code adoption process, the state should use
all reasonable means to inform and solicit input from the license holders of any
affected industry; and
WHEREAS,
the code adoption and amendment process should require that members of the task
force be held to a code of ethics and prohibited from proposing and voting on
amendments that mandate a product or service that they or their employers
provide for a fee; prohibit members of the task force from entering contracts
with the state to provide services to implement code revisions adopted by the
task force; require a policy of written and published cost versus benefit
analysis, which includes the identification of the parties who did the analysis;
and require reasonable notice of the task force meetings to all licensed
builders, contractors, specialty contractors, and code enforcement officials in
this state.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body urge the
Department of Community Affairs and the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority
to set aside the adoption of the Georgia amendments to the 2009 International
Energy Conservation Code that mandate the Blower Door Tests and third-party
inspections and to revise the task force process to ensure a fair assessment of
amendments and a fair process of code adoption.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Department of
Community Affairs and the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority.
