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CONSTRUCTION CODE FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION

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2019 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Chief Sponsor: Gene Davis

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House Sponsor: Mike Schultz

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill amends provisions related to the construction code.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     adopts provisions related to plaster in the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary's
13     Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
14     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
15          None
16     Other Special Clauses:
17          None
18     Utah Code Sections Affected:
19     AMENDS:
20          15A-2-103, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2018, Chapter 186
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22     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
23          Section 1. Section 15A-2-103 is amended to read:
24          15A-2-103. Specific editions adopted of construction code of a nationally
25     recognized code authority.
26          (1) Subject to the other provisions of this part, the following construction codes are
27     incorporated by reference, and together with the amendments specified in Chapter 3, Part 3,
28     Statewide Amendments to International Plumbing Code, and Chapter 4, Local Amendments
29     Incorporated as Part of State Construction Code, are the construction standards to be applied to

30     building construction, alteration, remodeling, and repair, and in the regulation of building
31     construction, alteration, remodeling, and repair in the state:
32          (a) the 2015 edition of the International Building Code, including Appendix J, issued
33     by the International Code Council;
34          (b) the 2015 edition of the International Residential Code, issued by the International
35     Code Council;
36          (c) the 2015 edition of the International Plumbing Code, issued by the International
37     Code Council;
38          (d) the 2015 edition of the International Mechanical Code, issued by the International
39     Code Council;
40          (e) the 2015 edition of the International Fuel Gas Code, issued by the International
41     Code Council;
42          (f) the 2017 edition of the National Electrical Code, issued by the National Fire
43     Protection Association;
44          (g) the 2015 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code, issued by the
45     International Code Council;
46          (h) the 2015 edition of the International Existing Building Code, issued by the
47     International Code Council;
48          (i) subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(2), the HUD Code;
49          (j) subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(1), Appendix E of the 2015 edition of the
50     International Residential Code, issued by the International Code Council; [and]
51          (k) subject to Subsection 15A-2-104(1), the 2005 edition of the NFPA 225 Model
52     Manufactured Home Installation Standard, issued by the National Fire Protection
53     Association[.]; and
54          (l) subject to Subsection (3), for standards and guidelines pertaining to plaster on a
55     historic property, as defined in Section 9-8-302, the U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary's
56     Standards for Rehabilitation and Guidelines for Rehabilitating Historic Buildings.
57          (2) Consistent with Title 65A, Chapter 8, Management of Forest Lands and Fire

58     Control, the Legislature adopts the 2006 edition of the Utah Wildland Urban Interface Code,
59     issued by the International Code Council, with the alternatives or amendments approved by the
60     Utah Division of Forestry, as a construction code that may be adopted by a local compliance
61     agency by local ordinance or other similar action as a local amendment to the codes listed in
62     this section.
63          (3) The standards and guidelines described in Subsection (1)(l) apply only if:
64          (a) the owner of the historic property receives a government tax subsidy based on the
65     property's status as a historic property;
66          (b) the historic property is wholly or partially funded by public money; or
67          (c) the historic property is owned by a government entity.