| Chapter 230 |
| 2015 -- H 5550 SUBSTITUTE A Enacted 07/10/2015 |
| A N A C T |
| RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY - STATE BUILDING CODE |
| Introduced By: Representatives Shekarchi, McKiernan, Trillo, Lima, and Edwards |
| Date Introduced: February 25, 2015 |
| 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 demolition, and for all work done in connection with with, or |
| concurrently with with, the work contemplated by a building permit 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, |
| 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 municipalities, the league of cities and towns and the |
| general assembly by December 1, 2015. Beginning July 1, 2016, the 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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