07 LC
36 0605
Senate
Bill 246
By:
Senators Mullis of the 53rd, Thomas of the 54th, Hill of the 4th, Powell of the
23rd and Stoner of the 6th
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to standards and requirements for construction, alteration, etc. of buildings
and other structures, so as to amend provisions relating to the appointment and
vacancies of members to the advisory committee on industrialized buildings; to
provide for changes to the composition of such committee; to provide for
related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
2 of Title 8 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to standards
and requirements for construction, alteration, etc. of buildings and other
structures, is amended by revising subsection (d) of Code Section 8-2-113,
relating to the advisory committee on industrialized buildings, as
follows:
"(d)
The commissioner shall consult with and obtain the advice of an advisory
committee on industrialized buildings in the drafting, promulgation, and
revision of rules and regulations to be adopted for the purpose of this part.
The committee shall consist of 11 members appointed by the commissioner and
approved by the Governor to serve at the commissioner´s pleasure.
Members shall
be appointed for four-year terms, and no member of the committee shall be
appointed to serve more than two full terms. Vacancies occuring during a term
shall be filled by appointment by the commissioner for the remainder of the
unexpired term, and such successor shall meet the requirements and criteria of
selection of the person previously holding the vacant position. To be eligible
to serve on the committee, each individual member shall be and remain actively
involved in the profession or industry of his or her appointed committee
position. The position of any member of the committee who, during his or her
term of appointment, shall cease to meet the qualifications for original
appointment shall be deemed to be vacated.
Members of said committee shall consist of technically qualified, interested,
and affected persons appointed by the commissioner from the following
professional, technical, and occupational fields:
(1)
One member shall be associated with the practice of architecture;
(2)(1)
One
member
Two
members shall be
associated
with the practice of
licensed
design professionals representing two of the
following: structural
engineering,
electrical engineering, architecture, or mechanical
engineering;
(3)(2)
One member shall be
associated
with
a
building code enforcement
officer;
(4)
One member shall be associated with the practice of mechanical engineering or
contracting;
(5)
One member shall be associated with the practice of electrical engineering or
contracting;
(6)(3)
One member shall be from the
residential
industrialized building industry;
(4)
One member shall be from the commercial industrialized building
industry;
(5)
One member shall be from the industrialized building installation
industry;
(7)(6)
One member shall be
a
an
elected member of
a
municipal
the
governing body
of a
municipality;
(8)(7)
One member shall be
a
an
elected member of the governing body of a
county;
(9)(8)
One member shall be
associated
with
from
the industrialized building evaluation-inspection service;
(10)(9)
One member shall be from a regional development center; and
(11)(10)
One member shall be
appointed
from any
state agency actively involved with
housing
the
Commissioner of the Department of Community Affairs or his or her
designee.
SECTION
2.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.