Bill Text: VA SB921 | 2018 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-02 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0092) [SB921 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2018-SB921-Comm_Sub.html

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SENATE BILL NO. 921 AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE (Proposed by the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on February 5, 2018) (Patron Prior to Substitute--Senator Ebbin) A BILL to amend and reenact §36-105.3 of the Code of Virginia, relating to the Uniform Statewide Building Code; security of certain records.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §36-105.3 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:

§36-105.3. Security of certain records.

Building Code officials shall institute procedures to ensure the safe storage and secure handling by local officials having access to or in the possession of engineering and construction drawings and plans containing critical structural components, security equipment and systems, ventilation systems, fire protection equipment, mandatory building emergency equipment or systems, elevators, electrical systems, telecommunications equipment and systems, and other utility equipment and systems submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§27-94 et seq.).

Further, information contained in engineering and construction drawings and plans for any single-family residential dwelling submitted for the purpose of complying with the Uniform Statewide Building Code (§36-97 et seq.) or the Statewide Fire Prevention Code (§27-94 et seq.) shall be confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§2.2-3700 et seq.), except to the applicant or the owner of the property upon the applicant's or owner's request.