00HOUSE BILL NO. 543                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to unvented gas space heaters in residential buildings."                                               
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1.  AS 18.56.300(e) is amended to read:                                                                    
04  (e)  In this section,                                                                                                 
05   (1)  "construction codes" means, with reference to a municipality, the                                               
06 building, mechanical, plumbing, and electrical codes, or any of them that have been                                     
07 adopted and are enforced by the municipality;                                                                           
08   (2)  "state building code" means                                                                                     
09   (A)  for building standards, the standards set out in the version                                                   
10 of the Uniform Building Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety                                                 
11 under AS 18.70.080, including the provisions of that code applicable to                                                 
12 buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling                                             
13 units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of                                          
14 Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080(a)(2);                                                                

01   (B)  for mechanical standards, the standards set out in the                                                         
02 version of the Uniform Mechanical Code adopted by the Department of Public                                              
03 Safety under AS 18.70.080, including the provisions of that code applicable to                                          
04 buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling                                             
05 units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of                                          
06 Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080(a)(2);                                                                
07   (C)  for plumbing standards, the publications identified as the                                                     
08 minimum plumbing code under AS 18.60.705, except as provided in                                                        
09 AS 18.60.705(c); and                                                                                                   
10   (D)  for electrical standards, the minimum electrical standards                                                     
11 prescribed by AS 18.60.580.                                                                                             
12    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60.705 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                               
13  (c)  Notwithstanding (a) of this section, unvented gas space heaters are allowed                                      
14 in residential buildings to the extent allowed by the 1992 edition of the National Fuel                                 
15 Gas Code, ANSI Z223.1 NFPA 54.                                                                                          
16    * Sec. 3.  AS 18.60.740 is amended to read:                                                                          
17  Sec. 18.60.740.  DEFINITIONS.  In AS 18.60.705 - 18.60.740,                                                         
18   (1)  "code" means the code adopted under AS 18.60.705(a) as amended                                                  
19 by AS 18.60.705(b) and (c) [AS 18.60.705(b)];                                                                         
20   (2)  "commissioner" means the commissioner of labor;                                                                 
21   (3)  "department" means the Department of Labor;                                                                     
22   (4)  "inspector" means a qualified inspector employed by, designated by,                                             
23 or under contract to the Department of Labor.                                                                           
24    * Sec. 4.  AS 18.62.070 is amended to read:                                                                          
25  Sec. 18.62.070.  PERSONS REQUIRED TO OBTAIN CERTIFICATE.  A                                                           
26 person engaged in one of the following trades shall first obtain from the department                                    
27 the appropriate certificate of fitness in that trade:                                                                   
28   (1)  electrical wiring subject to the standards established in                                                       
29 AS 18.60.580; and                                                                                                       
30   (2)  plumbing subject to the uniform plumbing code; in this paragraph,                                               
31 "uniform plumbing code" means the publications identified as the minimum plumbing                                       

01 code for the state under AS 18.60.705, except as provided in AS 18.60.705(c).