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Senate approves plans-examiner bill after amendment, sets compliance rules and 1999 effective date
Summary
Senators passed Substitute Senate Bill 135 to require qualified/licensed plans examiners for larger buildings, adopt training standards tied to the Uniform Building Code, clarify exemptions for school districts, and adopt an amendment limiting imposed outside-service requirements; roll call recorded 23 ayes, 4 nays and 2 absentees.
The Utah Senate on Feb. 14, 1997, passed Substitute Senate Bill 135, updating the state’s oversight of building plan review by establishing minimum qualifications for plans examiners and setting a compliance framework for communities that choose to employ such examiners.
Senator Craig Peterson, who carried the bill, said the measure replaces an older 'protocol' model with a clearer delegated-services framework and requires communities that choose to use a plans examiner for larger buildings to ensure the examiner meets minimum…
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