Sec. 5. (a) The commission shall carry out a program to review the fire safety laws and the building laws adopted in the ordinances and other regulations of political subdivisions.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), an ordinance or other regulation adopted by a political subdivision that qualifies as a fire safety law or a building law:
(1) must be submitted to the commission for review within thirty (30) days after adoption by the political subdivision; and
(2) is not effective until:
(A) it is approved by an order issued by the commission; or
(B) it is approved as the result of the commission not having issued an order approving or denying the ordinance or other regulation within the period set forth in section 5.5(2) of this chapter.
(c) An ordinance that:
(1) is adopted by a city, town, or county; and
(2) governs the installations, repair, and maintenance of smoke detectors in residential structures that are not required to have smoke detectors under the rules of the commission;
is effective without approval by the commission.
(d) A:
(1) state agency; or
(2) political subdivision;
may not require a person or entity to obtain or maintain, or both, a license in order to install or maintain a low voltage thermostat of fifty (50) volts or less.
As added by P.L.245-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.101-2015, SEC.1.
Structure Indiana Code
Article 13. Fire Safety, Building, and Equipment Laws: Rules
22-13-2-1. State Agencies and Political Subdivisions to Exercise Statutory Powers
22-13-2-2. Statewide Code of Fire and Safety Building Laws; National Code Adoption
22-13-2-2.5. Statewide Residential Code Adoption
22-13-2-3. Precedence of Rules Adopted by Commission; Reference to Rules; Ordinances
22-13-2-3.5. Rules Requiring the Installation of Automatic Fire Sprinkler Systems Prohibited
22-13-2-4. Duplication, Conflict, or Overlapping of Responsibility Between Rules
22-13-2-4.1. Plan Reviews by Both State and Local Agencies
22-13-2-5. Commission Review of Ordinances or Regulations; Approval
22-13-2-5.5. Procedure for Review of Ordinances or Regulations
22-13-2-7. Review of Variances and Orders of State Agencies or Political Subdivisions
22-13-2-8. Equipment Law Rules
22-13-2-8.5. Rules; Outdoor Event Equipment
22-13-2-9. Power of Political Subdivisions to Regulate; Limitation
22-13-2-10. Lifting Devices; Regulation by County, City, or Town; Permits; Inspections
22-13-2-11.5. Incorporation of Nfpa 72 Into the Indiana Administrative Code
22-13-2-13. Exercise of Power to Adopt Rules by Commission