HB442 Alabama 2020 Session

Existing law provides the Home Builders Licensure Board with authority to adopt residential building codes and standards of practices for residential home builders within this state and allows county commissions and municipalities to adopt building laws and codes within their respective jurisdictions

This bill would create the Alabama Residential Building Code Advisory Council to recommend an Alabama Residential Building Code to be based upon the International Residential Code to be adopted by the Home Builders Licensure Board

This bill would require counties and municipalities that enforce residential building laws or codes to comply with the minimum standards set by the Alabama Residential Building Code

This bill would require residential home builders in this state to build, renovate, and repair residences in accordance with the minimum standards set by the Alabama Residential Building Code

This bill would establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board and provide the division would enforce the Alabama Residential Building Code in those areas where a municipality or county does not enforce the code or a local building code

This bill would establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund for use by the Alabama Residential Building Code Division for purposes of administrative operations and implementation of the Alabama Residential Building Code and assisting local governments in the implementation and enforcement of a local building code

This bill would also allow the Alabama Residential Building Code Division to provide matching funds for grants designed to promote residential building code enforcement operations among local jurisdictions

Relating to home building and home improvement; to amend Section 27-2-39, Code of Alabama 1975, Sections 34-14A-1, 34-14A-2, and 34-14A-12, Code of Alabama 1975, as last amended by Act 2019-482, 2019 Regular Session, and Sections 34-14A-7 and 34-14A-13, Code of Alabama 1975, and Section 2 of Act 2019-482, now appearing as Section 34-14A-20, Code of Alabama 1975; to provide for the adoption of the Alabama Residential Building Code for use in construction, renovation, or repair of residences; to establish the Alabama Residential Building Code Division within the Home Builders Licensure Board; to establish and appropriate funds to the Alabama Residential Building Code Fund for certain uses; and to provide for the issuance of grant funds in certain cases.