| Chapter 085 |
| 2017 -- H 5659 Enacted 06/29/2017 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE |
| Introduced By: Representative Robert E. Craven |
| Date Introduced: March 01, 2017 |
| It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
| SECTION 1. Section 23-27.3-100.1.4 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled |
| "State Building Code" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
| 23-27.3-100.1.4. Appointment and qualifications of the committee. |
| (a) The building code standards committee shall be composed of twenty-three (23) |
| twenty-five (25) members, residents of the state who shall be appointed by the governor with the |
| advice and consent of the senate. Eight (8) members are to be appointed for terms of one year |
| each, seven (7) for a term of two (2) years each, and eight (8) ten (10) for terms of three (3) years |
| each. Annually, thereafter, the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint |
| members to the committee to succeed those whose terms expired; the members to serve for terms |
| of three (3) years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Two (2) members |
| shall be architects registered in the state; three (3) shall be professional engineers registered in the |
| state, one specializing in mechanical, one specializing in structural, and one specializing in |
| electrical engineering; one landscape architect, registered in the state,; one full-time certified |
| electrical inspector; two (2) shall be builders or superintendents of building construction; one |
| shall be a public health official; one shall be a qualified fire code official; two (2) shall be from |
| the Rhode Island building trades council; two (2) shall be from the Rhode Island bBuilders |
| aAssociation; one shall be a holder of Class "A" electrician's license; one shall be a master |
| plumber; two (2) shall be from the general public; three (3) shall be building officials in office, |
| one from a municipality with a population of sixty thousand (60,000) persons or more, one from a |
| municipality with a population of over twenty thousand (20,000) persons but less than sixty |
| thousand (60,000), and one from a municipality with a population of less than twenty thousand |
| (20,000) persons; one shall be a minimum housing official in office from one of the local |
| municipalities; and two (2) residents of the state who shall be persons with disabilities as defined |
| in § 42-87-1. |
| (b) All members shall have no less than five (5) years practical experience in his or her |
| their profession or business. The committee shall elect its own chairperson and may elect from |
| among its members such other officers as it deems necessary. Twelve (12) Thirteen (13) members |
| of the board shall constitute a quorum and the vote of a majority vote of those present shall be |
| required for action. The committee shall adopt rules and regulations for procedure. The state |
| building commissioner shall serve as the executive secretary to the committee. The committee |
| shall have the power, within the limits of appropriations provided therefor, to employ such |
| assistance as may be necessary to conduct business. |
| (c) Members of the commission shall be removable by the governor pursuant to § 36-1-7 |
| of the general laws and for cause only, and removal solely for partisan or personal reasons |
| unrelated to capacity or fitness for the office shall be unlawful. |
| (d) The state housing and property maintenance code subcommittee shall be composed of |
| nine (9) members, residents of the state. Five (5) of these members are to be current members of |
| the state building code standards committee and are to be appointed by that committee. The four |
| (4) remaining members are to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the |
| senate. The four (4) appointed by the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall |
| initially be appointed on a staggered term basis, one for one year, one for two (2) years, and two |
| (2) for three (3) years. Annually thereafter, the building code standards committee, and the |
| governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint the subcommittee members, for |
| which they are respectively responsible, to succeed those whose terms have expired; the members |
| to serve for terms of three (3) years each and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Of |
| the members appointed by the committee, one shall be a full-time certified electrical inspector; |
| one shall be a master plumber and mechanical equipment expert,; one shall be a builder or |
| superintendent of building construction,; one member shall be a qualified state fire code official,; |
| one shall be a property manager,; and one shall be a current minimum housing official from a |
| local municipality. The four (4) members to be appointed by the governor, with the advice and |
| consent of the senate, shall all be current minimum housing officials from local municipalities. |
| One shall be from a municipality with a population of sixty thousand (60,000) persons or more, |
| two (2) from municipalities with a population of over twenty thousand (20,000) persons but less |
| than sixty thousand (60,000), and one from a municipality with a population of less than twenty |
| thousand (20,000) persons. |
| SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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