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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:
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16 Other Special Clauses:
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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; [
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
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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.