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title: O.C.G.A. § 8-2-4. Certain residential fire sprinkler requirements prohibited.
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# O.C.G.A. § 8-2-4. Certain residential fire sprinkler requirements prohibited.

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.

## History

Code 1981, § 8-2-4, enacted by Ga. L. 2010, p. 450, § 1/HB 1196.

## Code Commission Notes

Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 2010, “adopted after May 24, 2010,” was substituted for “adopted after the effective date of this Code section” near the middle of this Code section.