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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE

     Introduced By: Senators McCaffrey, Lynch, Walaska, and Ciccone

     Date Introduced: March 03, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Housing & Municipal Government

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Sections 23-27.3-118.0, 23-27.3-118.1 and 23-27.3-119.0 of the General

Laws in Chapter 23-27.3 entitled "State Building Code" are hereby amended to read as follows:

     23-27.3-118.0. Fees. -- No permit shall be issued for new construction, alteration,

removal, demolition, or other building operation until the fees prescribed by municipal ordinance

in accordance with § 23-27.3-119.0 shall have been paid to the city or town collector or other

municipal agency authorized to collect the fees.

     23-27.3-118.1. Special fees. -- The payment of the fee for construction, alteration,

removal, or demolition and for all work done in connection with or concurrently with the work

contemplated by a building permit shall not relieve the applicant or holder of the permit from the

payment of other fees that may be prescribed by law or ordinance in accordance with § 23-27.3-

119.0 for water taps, sewer connections, electrical, and plumbing permits, erection of signs and

display structures, marquees, or other appurtenant structures, or fees for inspections, certificates

of use and occupancy for other privileges or requirements, both within and without the

jurisdiction of the building department.

     23-27.3-119.0. Fee computation. -- The building commissioner shall collect information

on types and amounts of municipal fees set forth in §§ 23-27.3-118 and 23-27.3-118.1 and create

a process or formula for establishing statewide permit fees. Said information and a description of

the process or formula shall be provided to all municipalities and the general assembly by

December 1, 2015. Beginning July 1, 2016, the permit fees assessed by all municipalities shall be

computed according to the fee schedule and procedures adopted in each municipality the process

and formula either established by, or approved by, the state of Rhode Island building code

commission, provided that all fees shall have multipliers that go down as the cost of construction

increases in value. No fee shall be assessed for the first reinspection of work that has failed the

initial inspection; provided, a fee shall be allowed for all necessary subsequent reinspections of

the same work.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE

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     This act would provide that beginning July 1, 2016, fees paid for construction permits

shall be assessed by all municipalities using a formula established and/or approved by the Rhode

Island building code commission which has multipliers that decrease as construction costs

increase in value.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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