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Committee hears split testimony on bill letting fire districts administer International Fire Code
Summary
Supporters said regional fire authorities with sufficient scale should administer and enforce the International Fire Code to improve consistency and safety; county officials, builders and some fire marshals warned the measure would create patchwork codes, duplicate permitting and slow projects. No vote recorded.
Senate Local Government Committee members heard competing views on Senate Bill 6,064, which would allow certain fire protection districts or regional fire authorities to assume administration and enforcement of the International Fire Code within their jurisdictions.
Committee staff Jacob Ewing described the bill’s key terms: a district or authority with more than $10,000,000 in annual revenue for the preceding three years (or an authority formed by districts whose combined revenues exceed that threshold) could assume code administration and enforcement after giving the county six months’ notice; districts that assume responsibility must offer equivalent positions to county fire-marshal employees displaced by the change and may charge fees to…
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