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Commerce & Insurance updates building codes, adds mobile-food permit and optional daycare consultation
Summary
Commerce and Insurance proposed adoption of 2021 construction and life-safety codes, a single statewide food-truck permit, and an optional consultation/inspection service for small daycares in place of full plan submission.
The Department of Commerce and Insurance presented a package of code updates and new procedures to the Joint Government Operations Committee on March 31. Assistant Commissioner Mike Bell and codes director Chris Bainbridge described three main changes: (1) update statewide minimum commercial construction standards from the 2012 code to the 2021 model codes with Tennessee‑specific amendments; (2) adopt permanent rules implementing the statewide mobile-food (food-truck) permit created by public chapter 390 (2023); and (3) offer an optional on-site consultation and inspection package for daycare and educational facilities that…
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