04/07/2011 02:00 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

              HB 130-RESIDENTIAL SPRINKLER SYSTEMS                                                                          
                                                                                                                              
3:08:02 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR EGAN  announced HB 130  [CSHB 130(L&C), 27-LS0332\B]  to be                                                               
up for consideration.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  OLSON, sponsor  of  HB 130,  explained that  this                                                               
measure died in  both the House and Senate with  exactly the same                                                               
verbiage last  session. He  acknowledged that  the heavy  work on                                                               
this bill  wasn't done by  him but by one  of the members  of his                                                               
committee  and one  in the  House that  were able  to work  out a                                                               
reasonable agreement amongst the  State Realtors Association, the                                                               
State Fire  Chiefs Association and the  Homebuilders Association.                                                               
It establishes  a noticing requirement  on any  municipality that                                                               
switches  over  to mandating  sprinklers  in  one and  two-family                                                               
dwellings. The  intent of the law  is to get the  community to be                                                               
aware of  any changes to the  building code.  He  said the "heavy                                                               
lifting" on  this bill took  the entire  session last year  for a                                                               
final  agreement,  but  it is  extremely  non-controversial  this                                                               
year.                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:10:39 PM                                                                                                                    
PAUL MICHELSOHN, Alaska State Home Building Association, said                                                                   
they support HB 130. He said that 42 other states have passed                                                                   
similar legislation and three others are in the process.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR EGAN closed public testimony and said HB 130 would be held                                                                
for another meeting.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:12:14 PM                                                                                                                    
Finding no further business to come before the committee, Chair                                                                 
Egan adjourned the meeting at 3:12 p.m.