103A.7 State building code.
1. The state building code commissioner with the approval of the advisory council is hereby empowered and directed to formulate and adopt and from time to time amend or revise and to promulgate, in conformity with and subject to the conditions set forth in this chapter, reasonable rules designed to establish minimum safeguards in the erection and construction of buildings and structures, to protect the human beings who live and work in them from fire and other hazards, and to establish regulations to further protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
2. The rules shall include reasonable provisions for the following:
a. The installation of equipment.
b. The standards or requirements for materials to be used in construction.
c. The manufacture and installation of factory-built structures.
d. Protection of the health, safety, and welfare of occupants and users.
e. The accessibility and use by persons with disabilities and elderly persons, of buildings, structures, and facilities which are constructed and intended for use by the general public. The rules shall be consistent with federal standards for building accessibility and shall only apply to those buildings, structures, and facilities subject to chapter 104A.
f. The conservation of energy through thermal efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy and which are heated or cooled and lighting efficiency standards for buildings intended for human occupancy which are lighted.
g. Standards for sustainable design, also known and referred to as green building standards.
h. Standards for safe rooms and storm shelters.
3. These rules shall comprise and be known as the state building code.
[C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §103A.7]
93 Acts, ch 95, §1; 99 Acts, ch 49, §1, 3; 2008 Acts, ch 1032, §201; 2008 Acts, ch 1126, §4, 5, 33; 2008 Acts, ch 1173, §6; 2009 Acts, ch 142, §1
Referred to in §100.35, 100.38, 100.39, 103A.3, 103A.8B, 103A.8C, 103A.14, 103A.25, 103A.51, 104A.6, 135.18, 135B.17, 135C.2, 135C.28, 137C.31, 137D.6, 137F.16, 167.11, 231B.4, 423E.6, 435.1, 455B.172, 499B.3, 499B.20, 504C.1, 544A.28
Structure Iowa Code
Title III - PUBLIC SERVICES AND REGULATION
Chapter 103A - STATE BUILDING CODE
Section 103A.1 - Establishment.
Section 103A.2 - Statement of policy.
Section 103A.4 - Building code commissioner.
Section 103A.5 - Commissioner — duties.
Section 103A.6 - Merit system.
Section 103A.7 - State building code.
Section 103A.8A - Energy conservation requirements.
Section 103A.8B - Sustainable design or green building standards.
Section 103A.8C - Standards for safe rooms and storm shelters.
Section 103A.9 - Factory-built structures.
Section 103A.10 - Effect and application.
Section 103A.10A - Plan reviews and inspections.
Section 103A.12 - Adoption and withdrawal — procedure.
Section 103A.13 - Alternate materials and methods of construction.
Section 103A.14 - Advisory council.
Section 103A.15 - Board of review.
Section 103A.16 - Board of review — appeal.
Section 103A.17 - Board of review — procedure.
Section 103A.18 - Court proceedings.
Section 103A.19 - Administration and enforcement.
Section 103A.20 - Permits — duty to issue.
Section 103A.22 - Construction of statute.
Section 103A.25 - Prior resolutions.
Section 103A.26 - Manufactured or mobile home installers certification — violation — civil penalty.
Section 103A.27 - Commission on energy efficiency standards and practices.
Section 103A.30 - Approved tiedown system — provided at sale — installation.
Section 103A.31 - Installer compliance and certification.
Section 103A.33 - Listing and form of certification of approved systems provided.
Section 103A.41 - State historic building code.
Section 103A.42 - Designation of qualified historic buildings and structures.
Section 103A.43 - Application of state historic building code as alternative.
Section 103A.45 - State historical society board — duties.
Section 103A.51 - Definitions.
Section 103A.52 - Manufactured or mobile home retailer license — procedure.
Section 103A.53 - License application and fees.
Section 103A.55 - Revocation, suspension, and denial of license.
Section 103A.57 - Unlawful practice — criminal penalty.
Section 103A.59 - Manufactured or mobile home installers certification — violation — civil penalty.
Section 103A.60 - Approved tiedown system — provided at sale — installation.
Section 103A.61 - Installer compliance and certification.
Section 103A.62 - Listing and form of certification of approved systems provided.