O.C.G.A. § 8-2-4 (2019)
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.
Annotations
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.
T.8, C.2, A.1, P.2
PART 2 STATE BUILDING, PLUMBING, AND ELECTRICAL CODES Cross references. Authority of counties to adopt or amend electrical, plumbing codes, § 36-13-1 et seq. Local Government Code Enforcement Boards, § 36-74-1 et seq. Administrative rules and regulations. Georgia State Minimum Standards Code, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Rules of Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Georgia State Minimum Standard Codes, Rule 110-11-1-.01 et seq. Georgia State Energy Code for Buildings, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, Georgia State Building Administrative Board, Rule 90-3-1-.01 et seq.
Qualifications for Licensure, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Rule 121-2-.01 et seq. Application for Licensure, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Rule 121-3-.01 et seq. Issuance, Renewal, and Expiration, Official Compilation of the Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia, State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Rule 121-4-.01 et seq.
OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL Applicability of state code to jurisdictions without local code. - O.C.G.A. § 8-2-1 et seq. does not mandate that the State Construction Code be applicable to those jurisdictions which have not adopted a local code. 1982 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 82-17. (But see 1984 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 84-14). Plumbing Codes protect property owners by setting the minimum acceptable standard for what is considered to be safe plumbing work. 1990 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 90-9. Testing of applicants for plumbing
license. - Since O.C.G.A. § 43-14-6(a)(1) specifically requires the State Construction Industry Licensing Board, Division of Master Plumbers and Journeyman Plumbers, to examine applicants based on the “applicable state minimum standards codes” and, as of October 1, 1991, both the Georgia State Plumbing Code and the Standard Plumbing Code will be the applicable state standard codes, it would appear to be the legislative intent for prospective licensees to be tested on both codes by the division. 1990 Op. Att’y Gen. No. 90-9.
RESEARCH REFERENCES ALR. Failure to procure occupational or business license or permit as affecting validity or enforceability of contract, 30 A.L.R. 834; 42 A.L.R. 1226; 118 A.L.R. 646.
Validity, construction, and application of regulations of business of building or construction contractors, 118 A.L.R. 676.