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HOUSE BILL NO. 585 – Modular bldgs/out of state/inspectn

HOUSE BILL NO. 585

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H0585...........................................................by BUSINESS
MODULAR BUILDINGS - Amends and adds to existing law to provide that modular
buildings or manufactured homes being built for shipment out of state shall
be inspected with regard to certain life safety codes.
                                                                        
01/30    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/02    Rpt prt - to Bus
02/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/23    3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-3-2
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Harwood, Henbest, Jaquet,
      Jones, Kellogg, Lake, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, McKague, Meyer,
      Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen, Pasley-Stuart, Raybould,
      Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sali, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd, Skippen, Smith(24), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson,
      Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Kulczyk, Langford, Smith(30)
      Absent and excused -- Gagner, Shirley
    Floor Sponsor - Snodgrass
    Title apvd - to Senate
02/24    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/03    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/04    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/16    3rd rdg - PASSED - 27-7-1
      AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Compton,
      Darrington, Davis, Gannon, Geddes, Hill, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough,
      Little, Lodge, McKenzie, McWilliams, Noble, Noh, Pearce, Richardson,
      Schroeder, Sorensen, Sweet, Werk, Williams
      NAYS -- Bailey, Burkett, Calabretta, Goedde, Malepeai, Marley,
      Stegner
      Absent and excused -- Stennett
    Floor Sponsor - Cameron
    Title apvd - to House
03/17    To enrol
03/18    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/19    Pres signed - To Governor
03/23    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 250
         Effective: 03/23/04

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  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 Second Regular Session - 2004
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 585
                                                                        
                                   BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO INSPECTIONS OF MODULAR BUILDINGS OR MANUFACTURED HOUSING; AMENDING
  3        SECTION 39-4103, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE AN EXEMPTION TO MODULAR  BUILDINGS
  4        IF  CERTAIN  CIRCUMSTANCES OCCUR; AMENDING SECTION 39-4105, IDAHO CODE, TO
  5        REVISE THE DEFINITION OF "MODULAR  BUILDING";  AMENDING  SECTION  39-4107,
  6        IDAHO  CODE, TO PROVIDE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF BUILDING
  7        SAFETY; AMENDING CHAPTER 10, TITLE 54, IDAHO CODE, BY THE  ADDITION  OF  A
  8        NEW  SECTION  54-1001D,  IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE FOR INSPECTIONS OF MODULAR
  9        BUILDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1005,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO  PROVIDE  THAT  THE
 10        ADMINISTRATOR  OF  THE  DIVISION  OF  BUILDING  SAFETY MAY MAKE ELECTRICAL
 11        INSPECTIONS FOR ANOTHER STATE OR LOCAL JURISDICTION UNDER CERTAIN  CIRCUM-
 12        STANCES  AND  TO  MAKE  A  TECHNICAL CORRECTION; AMENDING SECTION 54-1016,
 13        IDAHO CODE, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND TO PROVIDE AN  EXEMPTION  TO
 14        CERTAIN  MODULAR  BUILDINGS; AMENDING SECTION 54-2602, IDAHO CODE, TO PRO-
 15        VIDE AN EXCEPTION TO A MODULAR BUILDING AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS;
 16        AMENDING SECTION 54-2607, IDAHO CODE, TO  PROVIDE  ADDITIONAL  POWERS  AND
 17        DUTIES  TO  THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUILDING SAFETY; AMENDING
 18        CHAPTER 26, TITLE 54, IDAHO  CODE,  BY  THE  ADDITION  OF  A  NEW  SECTION
 19        54-2622A, IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE THAT THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF
 20        BUILDING  SAFETY MAY INSPECT PLUMBING SYSTEMS OF ANY MODULAR BUILDING UPON
 21        WRITTEN REQUEST FROM THE MANUFACTURER; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
                                                                        
 22    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 23        SECTION 1.  That Section 39-4103, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 24    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 25        39-4103.  SCOPE -- EXEMPTIONS. (1) This chapter authorizes the state divi-
 26    sion  of  building  safety and local governments to adopt and enforce building
 27    codes pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
 28        (2)  All buildings and other facilities  owned  by  any  state  government
 29    agency  or entity, including those owned, constructed or financed by the Idaho
 30    state building authority, shall conform to the codes adopted in this  chapter,
 31    chapter 2, title 41, Idaho Code, chapter 26, title 54, Idaho Code, and chapter
 32    10,  title  54,  Idaho  Code,  and shall be subject to the jurisdiction of the
 33    state division of building safety and the state fire marshal for  purposes  of
 34    all plan reviews, permitting and inspections. In performing such plan reviews,
 35    permitting and inspections, the division of building safety and the state fire
 36    marshal  shall route building plans to affected local government agencies, and
 37    shall take into consideration local government  comments  and  ordinances  and
 38    shall promptly notify the local jurisdictions of actions taken and the reasons
 39    therefor,  and  transmit  to  the local jurisdictions copies of final building
 40    plans.
 41        (3)  All buildings and other facilities owned by anyone other  than  state
 42    government  agencies  or  entities which are constructed or renovated specifi-
 43    cally for use or occupancy by any state agency or entity shall conform to  all
                                                                        
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  1    state adopted codes and standards.  Nothing in this subsection shall limit the
  2    authority  of  local  governments to issue permits, review plans and provide a
  3    full range of building code enforcement activities for such buildings.
  4        (4)  The following is are exempt from the provisions of this chapter:
  5        (a)  Equipment used primarily for industrial chemical process purposes and
  6        for mineral extraction and mineral  processing  purposes.  This  exemption
  7        shall  not  include  the erection and fabrication of new boilers, pressure
  8        vessels and other equipment as required to condition the building for per-
  9        sonnel comfort and safety. Equipment in this regard shall mean  and  shall
 10        be  limited  to  facilities or installations for heating, ventilating, air
 11        conditioning, refrigerating equipment, elevators, dumbwaiters, escalators,
 12        and boilers and pressure vessels associated with building heating systems.
 13        (b)  Modular buildings as defined in subsection (12) of  section  39-4105,
 14        Idaho Code, that are constructed in the state of Idaho for installation on
 15        building sites outside the state; provided however, that no modular build-
 16        ing  shall  be installed on a building site in the state of Idaho until it
 17        has been approved and bears the insignia of approval of  the  division  as
 18        being  in  compliance  with the requirements set forth in section 39-4121,
 19        Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 2.  That Section 39-4105, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        39-4105.  DEFINITIONS.  As used in this chapter, the terms defined in this
 23    section shall have the following meanings, unless the  context  clearly  indi-
 24    cates  another  meaning.  Where  terms are not defined in this chapter and are
 25    defined in the currently adopted International Building Code published by  the
 26    International  Code  Council,  such  terms shall have the meanings ascribed to
 27    them in that code:
 28        (1)  "Administrator" means the administrator of the division  of  building
 29    safety for the state of Idaho.
 30        (2)  "Board" means the Idaho building code board, herein created.
 31        (3)  "Building  inspector" means a person who inspects buildings or struc-
 32    tures for compliance with the provisions of this chapter.
 33        (4)  "Closed construction" means any  manufactured  building  or  building
 34    component which may enclose factory installed structural, mechanical, electri-
 35    cal  or plumbing systems and is not open for visual inspection at the building
 36    site.
 37        (5)  "Commercial coach" means a modular building equipped with the  neces-
 38    sary service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit on its
 39    own  running  gear  and  originally  designated to be used without a permanent
 40    foundation.
 41        (6)  "Construction" means the erection, fabrication, reconstruction, demo-
 42    lition, alteration, conversion, or repair of a building, or  the  installation
 43    of equipment therein normally a part of the structure.
 44        (7)  "Division" means the state of Idaho division of building safety.
 45        (8)  "International  Fire  Code" means the International Fire Code as pub-
 46    lished by the International Code Council.
 47        (9)  "Local government" means any city or county of this state.
 48        (10) "Manufactured home" means a structure,  constructed  after  June  15,
 49    1976,  in  accordance  with  the HUD manufactured home construction and safety
 50    standards, and is transportable in one (1) or more  sections,  which,  in  the
 51    traveling  mode, is eight (8) body feet or more in width or is forty (40) body
 52    feet or more in length, or when erected on site, is three hundred twenty (320)
 53    or more square feet, and which is built on a permanent chassis and designed to
                                                                        
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  1    be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when connected to
  2    the required utilities, and includes the plumbing, heating, air  conditioning,
  3    and  electrical systems contained therein, except that such term shall include
  4    any structure which  meets all the requirements of this paragraph  except  the
  5    size requirements and with respect to which the manufacturer voluntarily files
  6    a certification required by the secretary of housing and urban development and
  7    complies with the standards established under 42 U.S.C. section 5401 et seq.
  8        (11) "Mobile  home" means a factory-assembled structure or structures gen-
  9    erally constructed prior to June 15, 1976, and  equipped  with  the  necessary
 10    service connections and made so as to be readily movable as a unit or units on
 11    their  own  running  gear  and designed to be used as a dwelling unit or units
 12    with or without a permanent foundation.
 13        (12) "Modular building" means any building or  building  component,  other
 14    than  a  manufactured  or mobile home, which is constructed according to codes
 15    and standards adopted by the division of building safety, which is  of  closed
 16    construction  and  is either entirely or substantially prefabricated or assem-
 17    bled at a place other than the building site.
 18        (13) "Telecommunications facilities" means all wires,  cables,  equipment,
 19    apparatus  or other installations necessary to furnish service, by which there
 20    is accomplished or may be accomplished, the sending or receiving  of  informa-
 21    tion, data, message writing signs, signals, pictures, and sounds of all kinds,
 22    by aid of such wires, cables, equipment, apparatus or other installations, but
 23    shall  not  include  the  habitable structure in which such telecommunications
 24    facilities are housed.
                                                                        
 25        SECTION 3.  That Section 39-4107, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 26    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 27        39-4107.  POWERS  AND  DUTIES.  (1)  The board shall continually study the
 28    operation of adopted codes, standards and rules relating to  the  construction
 29    of buildings or facilities under the jurisdiction of the division to ascertain
 30    their  effect  upon  the  public safety and shall support an ongoing effort to
 31    promote the uniform adoption, application and interpretation of safety, acces-
 32    sibility and building codes statewide. The board shall have the  authority  to
 33    adopt and enforce the codes specified in section 39-4109, Idaho Code, or later
 34    editions of such codes, and to promulgate rules in accordance with chapter 52,
 35    title 67, Idaho Code, to implement the provisions of this chapter.
 36        (2)  The  board  shall  function as a board of appeals for the division as
 37    prescribed in the adopted building code. The board shall have no authority  to
 38    waive  any  requirements  of  the codes enumerated in this chapter or in rules
 39    promulgated pursuant to this chapter. Provided further:
 40        (a)  The decisions of the board shall be final, and the board shall render
 41        all decisions and findings in writing to the appellant and the administra-
 42        tor within ten (10) working days of the conclusion of a hearing; and
 43        (b)  For each appeal brought before the board, the chairman shall  appoint
 44        not less than three (3) members of the board to hear the appeal and render
 45        a decision and finding in the name of the board.
 46        (3)  The  board shall utilize experts, consultants, and technical advisors
 47    for assistance and recommendations relative to codes, standards, and appeals.
 48        (4)  The administrator may make  building  code  inspections  for  another
 49    state  or local jurisdiction upon request by an appropriate building official.
 50    Such inspections shall be made in  accordance  with  the  applicable  building
 51    codes  of  the requesting jurisdiction.  Fees charged for such inspection ser-
 52    vices shall be as provided in rules promulgated by the board pursuant to chap-
 53    ter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
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  1        (5)  Notwithstanding the exemptions provided in subsection (4)(b) of  sec-
  2    tion  39-4103,  Idaho  Code, the administrator may make inspections of modular
  3    buildings constructed in Idaho upon written request from the manufacturer.
  4        (a)  Such inspections shall be made in accordance with the  codes  adopted
  5        in this chapter.
  6        (b)  Inspection  fees  shall be as promulgated in board rule and  shall be
  7        paid prior to the inspection.
  8        (c)  The administrator of the division of building  safety  may  issue  an
  9        insignia  of approval if the buildings are in compliance with the require-
 10        ments set forth in section 39-4121, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 11        SECTION 4.  That Chapter 10, Title 54, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 12    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 13    ignated as Section 54-1001D, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 14        54-1001D. INSPECTIONS OF MODULAR BUILDINGS -- WHEN AUTHORIZED --  APPROVAL
 15    AND  CERTIFICATION.  (1)  Notwithstanding the exemption provided in subsection
 16    (1)(c) of section 54-1016, Idaho Code, the administrator of  the  division  of
 17    building  safety  may make electrical inspections of any modular building upon
 18    written request from the manufacturer.
 19        (a)  Inspections shall be made in accordance with  the  codes  adopted  in
 20        this chapter.
 21        (b)  Inspection  fees  shall  be as promulgated in board rule and shall be
 22        paid prior to the inspection.
 23        (c)  The administrator may issue inspection tags for  inspections  if  the
 24        buildings are in compliance with the codes adopted in this chapter.
 25        (2)  The administrator of the division of building safety is hereby autho-
 26    rized  to make inspections of electrical installations as set forth herein and
 27    to issue inspection tags covering such installations.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION 5.  That Section 54-1005, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        54-1005.  RULES -- INSPECTIONS -- INSPECTION TAGS AND FEES. (1) The admin-
 31    istrator  of the division of building safety is hereby authorized and directed
 32    to enforce rules consistent with this act for the administration of  this  act
 33    and  to effectuate the purposes thereof, and for the examination and licensing
 34    of electrical contractors, journeyman electricians, master electricians,  spe-
 35    cialty  electricians,  specialty  electrical contractors, specialty electrical
 36    trainees and apprentice electricians, s all such and to  make  inspections  of
 37    electrical  installations  referred  to in section 54-1001, Idaho Code, and to
 38    issue inspection tags covering such installations, and  to  collect  the  fees
 39    established therefor.
 40        (2)  The  administrator  of the division of building safety may make elec-
 41    trical inspections for another state or local jurisdiction upon request by  an
 42    appropriate  building  official.  Such inspections shall be made in accordance
 43    with the applicable electrical codes of  the  requesting  jurisdiction.   Fees
 44    charged for such inspection services shall be as provided in the rules promul-
 45    gated by the board.
 46        (3)  Individuals,  firms,  cooperatives,  corporations,  or municipalities
 47    selling electricity, hereinafter known as the power supplier, shall  not  con-
 48    nect with or energize any electrical installation, coming under the provisions
 49    of  this act, unless the owner or  a licensed electrical contractor has deliv-
 50    ered to the power supplier an inspection tag,  issued  by  the  administrator,
 51    covering  the  installation to be energized. Immediately after an installation
                                                                        
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  1    has been energized, the power supplier shall deliver to the  administrator  or
  2    his authorized agent, the inspection tag covering such installation.
  3        (34)  It  shall  be  unlawful  for any person, partnership, company, firm,
  4    association or corporation other than a power supplier, to energize any  elec-
  5    trical installation coming under the provisions of this act unless an applica-
  6    tion  for  an  electrical inspection tag, covering such installation, together
  7    with the inspection fee herein provided, has been forwarded to the administra-
  8    tor.
                                                                        
  9        SECTION 6.  That Section 54-1016, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 10    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 11        54-1016.  EXEMPTIONS.  (1)  Nothing in this act chapter shall be deemed to
 12    apply to:
 13        (a)  Tthe installation or maintenance of communication circuits, wires and
 14        apparatus; nor to
 15        (b)  Aany electrical public utility, or its employees, in the installation
 16        and maintenance of electrical wiring, circuits, apparatus and equipment by
 17        or for such public utility, or comprising a part of its plants,  lines  or
 18        system;
 19        (c)  Modular buildings as defined in section 39-4105, Idaho Code, that are
 20        constructed  in the state of Idaho for installation on building sites out-
 21        side the state; provided  however,  that  no  modular  building  shall  be
 22        installed  on  a  building  site  in  the state of Idaho until it has been
 23        approved and bears the insignia of approval of the division  as  being  in
 24        compliance with the requirements set forth in section 39-4121, Idaho Code.
 25        (2)  The  licensing provisions of this act chapter shall not apply to per-
 26    sons making electrical installations on their own  property  or  to  regularly
 27    employed maintenance electricians working on the premises of their employer.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION  7.  That  Section 54-2602, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        54-2602.  EXCEPTIONS. Certificate of competency requirements of  this  act
 31    chapter shall not be deemed to apply to:
 32        (a)  Any person who does plumbing work in a single or duplex family dwell-
 33    ing,  including  accessory  buildings, quarters and grounds in connection with
 34    such dwelling; provided that such person owns or is a  contract  purchaser  of
 35    the premises, and provided further that such person shall comply with the min-
 36    imum standards and rules applicable to plumbing practices provided by this act
 37    chapter.
 38        (b)  Farm  buildings  located  outside the incorporated limits of any city
 39    unless such buildings are connected to a public water or sewer system;  and  a
 40    farm  is hereby defined to be an agricultural unit on which the owner or occu-
 41    pant resides and from which the owner or occupant derives his principal income
 42    and livelihood.
 43        (c)  Logging, mining or construction camps when plumbing installations are
 44    made to conform with the recommendations of the department of health and  wel-
 45    fare.
 46        (d)  Piping  systems  in  industrial processing plants located outside the
 47    incorporated limits of any city unless such systems are connected to a  public
 48    water or sewer system.
 49        (e)  Work on plumbing systems on premises owned or operated by an employer
 50    who  regularly  employs  maintenance  or  construction plumbers, provided that
 51    alterations, extensions and new construction shall  comply  with  the  minimum
                                                                        
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  1    standards  and  rules  applicable  to  plumbing practices provided by this act
  2    chapter.
  3        (f)  Nothing contained in this section or any other provision of this code
  4    shall be construed or applied to require a sewer contractor,  sewage  disposal
  5    contractor,  or  any excavating or utility contractor who generally engages in
  6    the business of installing, altering or repairing sewers, private  and  public
  7    sewage  disposal systems, and water distribution and/or drainage lines outside
  8    the foundation  walls  of  any  building  or  structure,  to  obtain  a  valid
  9    contractor's  certificate  of competency or to employ only journeymen plumbers
 10    possessing a valid journeyman plumber's certificate of competency or registra-
 11    tion, or to in any way require that his employees be registered,  licensed  or
 12    declared competent by the board.
 13        (g)  Water  treatment installations and repairs when installed in residen-
 14    tial or business properties, provided the same  when  installed,  repaired  or
 15    completed,  shall be inspected by a designated, qualified and properly identi-
 16    fied agent of the division of building safety as to quality of workmanship and
 17    compliance with the applicable provisions of this act chapter.
 18        (h)  Plumbing work within modular buildings as defined in section 39-4105,
 19    Idaho Code, that are constructed in the state of  Idaho  for  installation  on
 20    building  sites  outside the state; provided however, that no modular building
 21    shall be installed on a building site in the state of Idaho until it has  been
 22    approved  and  bears the insignia of approval of the division as being in com-
 23    pliance with the requirements set forth in section 39-4121, Idaho Code.
 24        Any person, firm, co-partnership copartnership, association or corporation
 25    making water treatment installations and/or repairs  in  accordance  with  the
 26    provisions of this act shall maintain a surety bond in the amount of two thou-
 27    sand dollars ($2,000).
                                                                        
 28        SECTION  8.  That  Section 54-2607, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 29    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 30        54-2607.  ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DIVISION OF BUILDING SAFETY --  POWERS  AND
 31    DUTIES. The administrator shall exercise such powers and duties as are reason-
 32    ably  necessary  to enforce the minimum standards provided in this act, and he
 33    may among other things:
 34        (a)  Prescribe  and  establish  procedures  to  effectuate  the  efficient
 35    enforcement of this act not herein prescribed.
 36        (b)  Serve as secretary to the Idaho plumbing board.
 37        (c)  Appoint licensed staff inspectors who shall be  authorized  to  enter
 38    and  inspect by and through a properly identified person, at reasonable hours,
 39    plumbing and plumbing systems.
 40        (d)  Make plumbing inspections for another  state  or  local  jurisdiction
 41    upon  request  by an appropriate building official.  Such inspections shall be
 42    made in accordance with the applicable plumbing codes of the requesting juris-
 43    diction.  Fees charged for such inspection services shall be  as  provided  in
 44    the rules promulgated by the board.
 45        (e)  Summon  witnesses  to  appear  and  testify  before him on any matter
 46    within the provisions of this act. No person shall be required to testify out-
 47    side the county wherein he resides or where his principal place of business is
 48    located. Such summons to testify shall be issued and served in like manner  as
 49    a  subpoena to witness issued from the district court, or in other manner con-
 50    sistent with the procedure of the division of building  safety.  In  case  any
 51    witness  shall  fail  or  refuse  to appear and testify upon being summoned as
 52    herein provided, the clerk of the district court  of  the  county  shall  upon
 53    demand by the administrator or his designated agent, issue a subpoena reciting
                                                                        
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  1    the  demand therefor and summoning the witness to appear and testify at a time
  2    and place fixed. Violation of such subpoena or disobedience thereto  shall  be
  3    deemed  and punished as a violation of any other subpoena issued from the dis-
  4    trict court.
  5        (ef)  Administer oaths and take affirmations of witnesses appearing before
  6    him; and have the power to  appoint  competent  persons  to  issue  subpoenas,
  7    administer oaths and take testimony. It shall be the duty of the administrator
  8    to  give  notice  to  cities which supply sewer service to areas outside their
  9    city limits and who have requested in writing such notice from the administra-
 10    tor of all permits issued relative to sewer installations. The notice shall be
 11    given within ten (10) days from the date the permit  was  requested  for  such
 12    installation.  The  notice shall contain a map of the physical location of the
 13    installation and reference to the date of inspection if the city so requests.
                                                                        
 14        SECTION 9.  That Chapter 26, Title 54, Idaho Code, be,  and  the  same  is
 15    hereby  amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
 16    ignated as Section 54-2622A, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
                                                                        
 17        54-2622A.  INSPECTIONS OF MODULAR BUILDINGS -- WHEN AUTHORIZED -- APPROVAL
 18    AND CERTIFICATION. Notwithstanding the exception provided in subsection (h) of
 19    section 54-2602, Idaho Code, the administrator of  the  division  of  building
 20    safety  may  make  plumbing  inspections  of any modular building upon written
 21    request from the manufacturer.
 22        (1)  Inspections shall be made in accordance with  the  codes  adopted  in
 23    this chapter.
 24        (2)  Inspection  fees  shall  be as promulgated in board rule and shall be
 25    paid prior to the inspection.
 26        (3)  The administrator may issue inspection tags for  inspections  if  the
 27    buildings are in compliance with the codes adopted in this chapter.
                                                                        
 28        SECTION  10.  An  emergency  existing  therefor, which emergency is hereby
 29    declared to exist, this act shall be in full force and effect on and after its
 30    passage and approval.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact


                      STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                           RS 13721C2
                                
This legislation would exempt a modular building, manufactured in
Idaho and exported from the state, from various building,
electrical and plumbing codes and requirements. 

The legislation authorizes the division of building safety to
conduct building, electrical and plumbing inspections upon request
from other jurisdictions.  The legislation also authorizes the
division to conduct building, electrical and plumbing inspections
upon request from manufacturers and to issue inspection tags for
those inspections.

                          FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact.  All inspection costs are recovered through
fees.
     




Contact:  Jack Lyman
          Idaho Manufactured Housing Association
          342.0031


STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                      H 585