First Regular Session Sixty-ninth General Assembly STATE OF COLORADO INTRODUCED LLS NO. 13-0388.01 Brita Darling x2241 HOUSE BILL 13-1133 HOUSE SPONSORSHIP Gardner, SENATE SPONSORSHIP Cadman, House Committees Senate Committees Local Government Appropriations A BILL FOR AN ACT Concerning building inspections relating to utilities. Bill Summary (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.) Under current law, electrical and plumbing inspections of school buildings must be performed by state inspectors even though the school building is located in a town, city, or county that has a building department that inspects buildings. The bill removes this requirement, allowing local departments to perform electrical and plumbing inspections of school buildings within their jurisdictions. The bill requires a school district to provide advance notice to the state if the school district elects to use local electrical or plumbing inspectors for school building inspections in the school district. Additionally, a local jurisdiction that ceases to perform plumbing inspections shall notify the state in advance and shall reimburse the state for any plumbing inspections that the state must perform if notice is not given. State and local electrical and plumbing inspectors shall inspect school buildings according to the standards specified in the state electrical and plumbing codes. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado: SECTION 1. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-23-116, amend (7) as follows: 12-23-116. Inspection - application - standards. (7) (a) Notwithstanding the fact that any incorporated town or city, any county, or any city and county in which a public school is located or is to be located has its own electrical code and inspection authority, any electrical installation in any new construction or remodeling or repair of a public school shall be inspected by either a state electrical inspector or a local electrical code and inspection authority at the discretion of the school district. The school district shall notify the board on or before October 1 of the preceding year whether the school district will use a state electrical inspector or a local electrical code and inspection authority to perform electrical inspections of the schools of the school district during the subsequent state fiscal year. The school district shall use the designated electrical inspector for all of the schools of the school district, unless the school district has designated a local electrical code and inspection authority to perform inspections and the school building being inspected is located in a jurisdiction that does not have a local electrical code and inspection authority, in which case a state electrical inspector shall perform the inspection. If a school district designates a local electrical code and inspection authority to perform the inspections of the schools of the school district, the school district shall include in its notification to the board a listing of the schools of the school district that are located in a jurisdiction that does not have a local electrical code and inspection authority. (b) State electrical inspectors and electrical inspectors performing school inspections for any local jurisdiction shall inspect according to the electrical standards as adopted by the board pursuant to section 12-23-104 (2) (a). SECTION 2. In Colorado Revised Statutes, 12-58-114.5, amend (5) and (6) as follows: 12-58-114.5. Inspection - application - standards. (5) Notwithstanding the fact that any incorporated town or city, any county, or any city and county in which a public school is located or is to be located has its own plumbing code and inspection authority, any plumbing or gas piping installation in any new construction or remodeling or repair of a public school shall be inspected by either a state plumbing inspector or a local plumbing code and inspection authority at the discretion of the school district. The school district shall notify the board on or before October 1 of the preceding year whether the school district will use a state plumbing inspector or a local plumbing code and inspection authority to perform plumbing inspections of the schools of the school district during the subsequent state fiscal year. The school district shall use the designated plumbing inspector for all of the schools of the school district, unless the school district has designated a local plumbing code and inspection authority to perform inspections and the school building being inspected is located in a jurisdiction that does not have a local plumbing code and inspection authority, in which case a state plumbing inspector shall perform the inspection. If a school district designates a local plumbing code and inspection authority to perform the inspections of the schools of the school district, the school district shall include in its notification to the board a listing of the schools of the school district that are located in a jurisdiction that does not have a local plumbing code and inspection authority. (6) (a) In the event that any incorporated town or city, any county, or any city and county intends to commence or cease performing plumbing or gas piping inspections in its respective jurisdiction, it shall commence or cease inspections only as of July 1 of any year, and written notice of such intent shall be given to the board on or before October 1 of the preceding calendar year. If such notice is not given and the use of state plumbing inspectors is required within the jurisdiction, the respective local government of the jurisdiction requiring such inspections shall reimburse the examining board of plumbers for any expenses incurred in performing such inspections, in addition to transmitting the required permit fees. (b) State plumbing inspectors and plumbing inspectors performing school inspections for any local jurisdiction shall inspect according to the plumbing and gas standards in the Colorado plumbing code as established by the board pursuant to section 12-58-114.5 (1). SECTION 3. Act subject to petition - effective date - applicability. (1) This act takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly (August 7, 2013, if adjournment sine die is on May 8, 2013); except that, if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in November 2014 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official declaration of the vote thereon by the governor. (2) The provisions of this act apply to local inspections conducted on or after the applicable effective date of this act.