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HB 683: Buildings and housing; residential fire sprinkler requirements; provisions

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House Bill 683

By: Representative Gullett of the 19th

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

To amend Code Section 8-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain residential fire sprinkler requirements prohibited, so as to provide that although neither the state residential and fire building code nor any residential fire and building code shall include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in single-family or residential buildings, local fire ordinances may require fire sprinklers in one- and two-family dwellings; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Code Section 8-2-4 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain residential fire sprinkler requirements prohibited, is amended as follows:

"8-2-4.

As of May 24, 2010, the state residential and fire building code shall not include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in a single-family or residential building that contains no more than two dwelling units. Nothing in this Code section shall preclude any residential fire and building code adopted by any political subdivision of the state from adopting a local fire sprinkler ordinance requiring fire sprinklers in one- and two-family dwellings. Neither the state residential and fire building code nor any residential and fire building code adopted by a political subdivision of the state adopted after May 24, 2010, shall include a requirement that fire sprinklers be installed in a single-family dwelling or a residential building that contains no more than two dwelling units."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.