Sec. 29-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-395q). Revision of Building and Fire Safety Codes. Rehabilitation subcode. Regulations.
Sec. 29-256. (Formerly Sec. 19-395q). Revision of Building and Fire Safety
Codes. Rehabilitation subcode. Regulations. (a) In order to make the State Building
Code and the State Fire Safety Code more responsive to present economic conditions,
to promote reduction in the cost of construction of homes and other buildings, thereby
creating more jobs in the construction industry and promoting home ownership, as well
as to enable the citizens of the state to realize the benefits of the latest technology in
energy conservation in the design and construction of homes and other buildings, the
State Building Inspector and Codes and Standards Committee, in conjunction with the
Commissioner of Public Safety, shall thoroughly review and revise the State Building
Code and the State Fire Safety Code, with an emphasis on performance rather than
design specifications. In the course of such review, the State Building Inspector and the
Codes and Standards Committee shall develop a rehabilitation subcode. The provisions
of such subcode shall include, but not be limited to, the identification and standardization
of economically feasible rehabilitation standards and modifications that ensure the public health, safety and welfare, and protect the environment. Such subcode shall be included in any revision of the State Building Code.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2005, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in
accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
(P.A. 77-512, S. 1, 5; 77-614, S. 73, 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 80-417; P.A. 82-432, S. 7, 19; June
Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 59, 121; P.A. 03-184, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of public works with commissioner of administrative services, but reference was dropped altogether in 1979 edition of statutes, presumably by authority of P.A. 78-303 to achieve conformity
with Secs. 19-395, 19-395f and 19-395g, and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced commissioner of state police with
commissioner of public safety; P.A. 80-417 required development of separate standards by building inspector and code
standards committee and required their inclusion in building code revisions; P.A. 82-432 amended section to reflect merger
of fire safety code standards committee and state building code standards committee into single codes and standards
committee; Sec. 19-395q transferred to Sec. 29-256 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective
June 24, 1998; P.A. 03-184 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended said Subsec. by replacing requirement
for separate Building Code standards for rehabilitation of buildings with provisions re rehabilitation subcode, and added
Subsec. (b) re adoption of regulations.