Amend the bill by inserting after the enacting clause and before section 1 the following:
‘Sec. 1. 10 MRSA §9721, sub-§§3 and 4, as corrected by RR 2011, c. 1, §9, are repealed.
Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶K, as corrected by RR 2011, c. 1, §10, is amended to read:
K. In the adoption and amendment of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, ensure that building materials from local sawmills, including but not limited to nongraded lumber, are permissible under the code; and
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶L, as corrected by RR 2011, c. 1, §11, is amended to read:
L. In the adoption and amendment of the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, adopt the standards for residential basement wall insulation under the 2006 edition of the International Energy Conservation Code published by the International Code Council ; and .
Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §9722, sub-§6, ¶M, as reallocated by RR 2011, c. 1, §12, is repealed.
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 2 (page 1, lines 14 to 23 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§1-A, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 408, §5, is repealed.
Sec. 3. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§1-B, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 505, §1, is amended to read:
Sec. 4. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§1-C is enacted to read:
Sec. 5. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§5, as amended by PL 2011, c. 582, §1, is further amended to read:
Sec. 6. 10 MRSA §9724, sub-§6, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 582, §2, is amended to read:
Amend the bill by relettering or renumbering any nonconsecutive Part letter or section number to read consecutively.
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. This amendment provides that the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code applies statewide and is the only building code that may be adopted or enforced in this State. As in the bill, a municipality of 2,000 or fewer residents is exempt from adopting or enforcing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code, but if such a municipality adopts a building code, it must be the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code. This amendment allows a municipality to avoid enforcing the Maine Uniform Building and Energy Code if it doesn’t employ a building official or if it votes to not enforce the code due to a lack of financial resources, unless the State provides sufficient funding to allow the municipality to provide for enforcement. This amendment repeals the current law that defines a separate uniform building code and uniform energy code and removes references to those separate codes.