Bill Text: IA HF476 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requiring the state building code commissioner to adopt statewide requirements and standards for radon control in residential construction and making penalties applicable.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-05 - Subcommittee, Cownie, Oldson, and Soderberg. H.J. 479. [HF476 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF476-Introduced.html
House File 476 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY KELLEY A BILL FOR 1 An Act requiring the state building code commissioner to adopt 2 statewide requirements and standards for radon control in 3 residential construction and making penalties applicable. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1749YH (2) 86 aw/sc PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 103A.8D Residential construction 1 2 requirements and standards for radon control. 1 3 The state building code commissioner shall adopt as a part 1 4 of the state building code construction requirements and 1 5 standards for radon control in new residential construction. 1 6 The requirements and standards adopted by the commissioner 1 7 shall, if possible, be based upon a nationally recognized 1 8 standard or code for radon control in residential construction. 1 9 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the 1 10 contrary, the construction requirements and standards for radon 1 11 control adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council 1 12 shall apply to new residential construction commenced on or 1 13 after January 1, 2017, and shall supersede and replace any 1 14 minimum requirements and standards for radon control in new 1 15 residential construction adopted or enacted by a governmental 1 16 subdivision prior to that date. The state building code 1 17 commissioner may provide training to builders, contractors, and 1 18 other interested persons on the construction requirements and 1 19 standards for radon control in residential construction. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 103A.10, Code 2015, is amended by adding the 1 21 following new subsection: 1 22 NEW SUBSECTION. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of 1 23 this chapter to the contrary, the construction requirements and 1 24 standards for radon control in new residential construction 1 25 adopted by the commissioner and approved by the council shall 1 26 apply to all new residential construction commenced on or after 1 27 January 1, 2017, and shall supersede and replace any minimum 1 28 requirements or standards for radon control in new residential 1 29 construction adopted or enacted by the governmental subdivision 1 30 prior to that date. 1 31 EXPLANATION 1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 34 This bill requires that the building code commissioner, 1 35 with the approval of the building code advisory council, adopt 2 1 requirements and standards for radon control in new residential 2 2 construction. The bill provides that the standards shall 2 3 supersede and replace any minimum radon control requirements 2 4 and standards for new residential construction adopted by 2 5 governmental subdivisions in Iowa. The bill requires that the 2 6 requirements and standards be mandatory for all new residential 2 7 construction beginning on or after January 1, 2017. 2 8 The bill makes penalties related to failure to comply 2 9 with certain orders applicable under Code section 103A.19, 2 10 subsection 2, paragraph "c", to the radon control requirements 2 11 and standards. A knowing violation of the state building code 2 12 or a lawful order is considered a simple misdemeanor under 2 13 Code section 103A.21. A simple misdemeanor is punishable by 2 14 confinement for no more than 30 days or a fine of at least $65 2 15 but not more than $625 or by both. LSB 1749YH (2) 86 aw/sc
