Bill Text: IN SB0327 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Building standards.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-08 - First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government [SB0327 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2013-SB0327-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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SENATE BILL No. 327

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 36-7-8-3.

Synopsis: Building standards. Provides that a county department of buildings or a joint city-county building department has the exclusive authority to enforce the standards adopted for the unincorporated areas of the county.

Effective: July 1, 2013.

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    January 8, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.

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Introduced

First Regular Session 118th General Assembly (2013)

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SENATE BILL No. 327

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local government.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 36-7-8-3; (13)IN0327.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 36-7-8-3 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2013]: Sec. 3. (a) The legislative body of a county having a county department of buildings or joint city-county building department may, by ordinance, adopt building, heating, ventilating, air conditioning, electrical, plumbing, and sanitation standards for unincorporated areas of the county. These standards take effect only on the legislative body's receipt of written approval from the fire prevention and building safety commission. A county department of buildings or a joint city-county building department has the exclusive authority to enforce the standards adopted for the unincorporated areas of the county under this section. No other department or agency has the authority to enforce the standards in the unincorporated areas of the county.
    (b) An ordinance adopted under this section must be based on occupancy, and it applies to:
        (1) the construction, alteration, equipment, use, occupancy, location, and maintenance of buildings, structures, and

appurtenances that are on land or over water and are:
            (A) erected after the ordinance takes effect; and
            (B) if expressly provided by the ordinance, existing when the ordinance takes effect;
        (2) conversions of buildings and structures, or parts of them, from one occupancy classification to another; and
        (3) the movement or demolition of buildings, structures, and equipment for the operation of buildings and structures.
    (c) The rules of the fire prevention and building safety commission are the minimum standards upon which ordinances adopted under this section must be based.
    (d) An ordinance adopted under this section does not apply to private homes that are built by individuals and used for their own occupancy.