HB 150-RESIDENTIAL BUILDING CODE                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:58:48 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced  that the next order of  business would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL NO.  150, "An  Act relating  to residential  building                                                               
codes;  relating  to  construction  contractors  and  residential                                                               
contractor endorsements; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
3:59:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE RUFFRIDGE  moved to  adopt the  proposed committee                                                               
substitute  (CS) for  HB 150,  Version  33-LS0563\R, A.  Radford,                                                               
3/8/24,  as the  working  document.   There  being no  objection,                                                               
Version R was before the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
3:59:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CLARK BICKFORD, Staff, Representative  Clark Sumner, Alaska State                                                               
Legislature, on  behalf of Representative Sumner,  prime sponsor,                                                               
read the summary  of changes in Version R  [included in committee                                                               
packet], which read as follows:                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Title                                                                                                                      
        New language reflecting the establishment of the                                                                        
     Alaska State Building Code Council in Section 9.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 1 AS 08.18.025                                                                                                        
     (a) Reinstates the language "structure of one to four                                                                      
    units"   for   consistency   with   the   International                                                                     
     Residential Code.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 2 AS 08.18.171                                                                                                        
     Removes  the exception  for residential  contractors to                                                                    
     comply with  the state  residential building  code when                                                                    
     providing contractor services to  a building subject to                                                                    
     AHFC's residential building code.                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 3 AS 08.18.171                                                                                                        
     Reinstates  the  language  "structure of  one  to  four                                                                    
     units"   for   consistency   with   the   International                                                                    
     Residential Code.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 4 AS 08.18.171                                                                                                        
     No Changes                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 5 AS 18.56.300(a)                                                                                                     
     New Section 5                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 6 AS 18.56.300(a)                                                                                                     
     Section renumbered from 5 to 6; otherwise, no changes.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 7 AS 18.56.300(b)                                                                                                     
     Section renumbered from 6 to 7; otherwise, no changes.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 8 AS 18.56.300(e)(3)                                                                                                  
     Section renumbered  from 7 to  8; removes  reference to                                                                    
     DCCED  and  another nationally  recognized  residential                                                                    
     building code under AHFC.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 9 AS 18.60.860                                                                                                        
     Section renumbered from 8 to 9.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     (a)  Replaces  DCCED  with  AHFC  as  the  adopter  and                                                                    
          administrator  of  a  state  residential  building                                                                    
          code;  specifies   the  2018  IRC  as   the  state                                                                    
          residential  building code;  requires the  code to                                                                    
          allow for  use of load-bearing  dimensional lumber                                                                    
          that is graded and certified under AS 41.17.630.                                                                      
     (b) No material changes.                                                                                                   
     (c)  Subsection  renumbered from  "d"  to "c";  removes                                                                    
          language referencing AHFC.                                                                                            
     (d) New subsection "d"                                                                                                     
     (e) New subsection "e".                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Sec9. AS 18.60.865                                                                                                         
     New  language establishing  the  Alaska State  Building                                                                    
     Code Council under AHFC.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Sec 10. Applicability                                                                                                      
     No changes                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Sec. 11. Effective date                                                                                                    
     Revised effective date from 1/1/2024 to 1/1/2025.                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
4:02:50 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JEFF  TWAIT,  Owner,  Cornerstone   Custom  Homes,  gave  invited                                                               
testimony on Version  R.  He shared that there  had been concerns                                                               
regarding recreational  cabins and  the owner  builder exemption.                                                               
He emphasized that the goal  is only to hold licensed contractors                                                               
with a residential endorsement to  this standard at this point in                                                               
time.  He  said the bill would give people  who have entered into                                                               
contracts  without fully  understanding  the repercussions  legal                                                               
recourse if that's what it comes to.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
4:05:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR SUMNER announced that HB 150, Version R, was held over.