(1) a notice of intention to a code, adopt a new edition of a code, or modify an existing code must be published in the State Register as a Notice of General Interest, on websites published by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and must be provided to each local building department with instructions for its prominent display; (2) the notice must include: (a) the address to which interested persons may submit written comments; and (b) instructions for filing an intention to appear before or provide evidence or comments concerning the code to the technical review committee; and (b)(c) a period of not less than one hundred eighty twenty days during which comments may be received; (3) comments must be assigned to a study committee appointed by the council which shall publish Notice of General Interest in the same manner as provided in item (1) setting out the committee’s scope of review. The notice must give instructions for filing an intention to appear before or provide evidence or comments to the committee, or both. The committee must be comprised of at least three people with different technical backgrounds; and (4)(3) the committee shall hold at least one public meeting, accept evidence and comments, and make a written recommendation to the council recommending the adoption of a new code or modification of an existing code within one hundred eighty days. Within one hundred eighty days from the end of the comment period, sixty days from the date of the committee’s report, the council shall adopt, or modify, or deny the recommendations from the committee. The council may modify or amend the code committee’s report with at least a twothirds majority vote after a finding on the record that the modifications provide a reasonable degree of public health, and safety, and welfare. The council must provide a preliminary fiscal impact statement reflecting estimates of costs to be incurred by the public and state agencies in complying with the proposed modifications or amendments. (4) A request for a modification of a provision of the Carolina Building Code after the committee’s recommendations may be made to the council if requested by twentyfive persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than twentyfive members.
(1) a notice of intention to a code, adopt a new edition of a code, or modify an existing code must be published in the State Register as a Notice of General Interest, on websites published by the Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, and must be provided to each local building department with instructions for its prominent display; (2) the notice must include: (a) the address to which interested persons may submit written comments; and (b) instructions for filing an intention to appear before or provide evidence or comments concerning the code to the technical review committee; and (b)(c) a period of not less than one hundred eighty twenty days during which comments may be received; (3) comments must be assigned to a study committee appointed by the council which shall publish Notice of General Interest in the same manner as provided in item (1) setting out the committee’s scope of review. The notice must give instructions for filing an intention to appear before or provide evidence or comments to the committee, or both. The committee must be comprised of at least three people with different technical backgrounds; and (4)(3) the committee shall hold at least one public meeting, accept evidence and comments, and make a written recommendation to the council recommending the adoption of a new code or modification of an existing code within one hundred eighty days. Within one hundred eighty days from the end of the comment period, sixty days from the date of the committee’s report, the council shall adopt, or modify, or deny the recommendations from the committee. The council may modify or amend the code committee’s report with at least a twothirds majority vote after a finding on the record that the modifications provide a reasonable degree of public health, and safety, and welfare. The council must provide a preliminary fiscal impact statement reflecting estimates of costs to be incurred by the public and state agencies in complying with the proposed modifications or amendments. (4) A request for a modification of a provision of the Carolina Building Code after the committee’s recommendations may be made to the council if requested by twentyfive persons, by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than twentyfive members.