00CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 543(STA)                                                                                          
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;                                                                                              
04   (i)  including the provisions of that code applicable to                                                         
05 buildings used for residential purposes containing fewer than four                                                      
06 dwelling units, notwithstanding the exclusion of those buildings from                                                   
07 the Department of Public Safety's jurisdiction made by                                                                  
08 AS 18.70.080(a)(2); and                                                                                                
09   (ii)  except as provided in AS 18.60.900;                                                                         
10   (C)  for plumbing standards, the publications identified as the                                                     
11 minimum plumbing code under AS 18.60.705; and                                                                           
12   (D)  for electrical standards, the minimum electrical standards                                                     
13 prescribed by AS 18.60.580.                                                                                             
14    * Sec. 2.  AS 18.60 is amended by adding a new section to article 14 to read:                                        
15  Sec. 18.60.900.  UNVENTED GAS SPACE HEATERS.  Notwithstanding the                                                     
16 version of the Uniform Mechanical Code adopted by the Department of Public Safety                                       
17 under AS 18.70.080, an unvented gas space heater is allowed in a residential building                                   
18 if the heater is                                                                                                        
19   (1)  listed by a testing agency that is qualified under the American                                                 
20 National Standards Institute Accreditation Program as complying with the American                                       
21 National Standard for Gas-Fired Room Heaters, Volume II, Unvented Room Heaters,                                         
22 ANSI Z21.11.2; and                                                                                                      
23   (2)  installed in accordance with the manufacturer's installation                                                    
24 instructions.