00                            SENATE BILL NO. 129                                                                         
01 "An Act relating to state and municipal building code requirements for fire sprinkler                                   
02 systems in certain residential buildings."                                                                              
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 18.56.300(e)(3) is amended to read:                                                                
05                 (3)  "state building code" means                                                                        
06                      (A)  for building standards, the standards set out in the version                                  
07            of the Uniform Building Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety                                      
08            under AS 18.70.080, including the provisions of that code applicable to                                      
09            buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling                                  
10            units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of                               
11            Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080(a)(2), but subject to                                  
12            AS 18.70.080(c);                                                                                         
13                      (B)  for mechanical standards, the standards set out in the                                        
14            version of the Uniform Mechanical Code adopted by the Department of Public                                   

01            Safety under AS 18.70.080, including the provisions of that code applicable to                               
02            buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four dwelling                                  
03            units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from the Department of                               
04            Public Safety's jurisdiction made by AS 18.70.080(a)(2);                                                     
05                      (C)  for plumbing standards, the minimum plumbing code                                             
06            adopted for the state under AS 18.60.705; and                                                                
07                      (D)  for electrical standards, the minimum electrical standards                                    
08            prescribed by AS 18.60.580.                                                                                  
09    * Sec. 2. AS 18.70.080 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:                                              
10            (c)  A state agency or public corporation of the state may not, for any purposes,                            
11       require a sprinkler fire protection system in a single-family residential building or in a                        
12       residential building with not more than two dwelling units.                                                       
13    * Sec. 3. AS 29.10.200 is amended by adding a new paragraph to read:                                               
14                 (64)  AS 29.35.144 (sprinkler fire protection systems).                                                 
15    * Sec. 4. AS 29.35 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                     
16            Sec. 29.35.144. Sprinkler systems in certain residential buildings. (a) A                                  
17       municipality may not, for any purpose, require a sprinkler fire protection system in a                            
18       single-family residential building or in a residential building with not more than two                            
19       dwelling units.                                                                                                   
20            (b)  This section applies to home rule and general law municipalities.