§ 23-27.3-108.2.4. Municipal advisory council on statewide permitting.
(a) There is created and established a “municipal advisory council on statewide permitting,” hereinafter referred to as the “council.”
(b) The advisory council shall be composed of five (5) members appointed to the council by the governor. Each member of the council shall be an appointed or elected official of a Rhode Island city or town. The Rhode Island league of cities and towns may submit names for consideration for appointment. The governor shall select the chairperson. A member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed by the governor. Members shall receive no compensation for their services.
(c) The advisory council shall develop specific and comprehensive recommendations for a statewide process for electronic plan review, permit management, and inspection as required under subsections 23-27.3-108.2(c)(2), (3) and (e) and to encourage full participation in such a statewide process from every city and town in the state of Rhode Island. In addition, the council shall serve in an advisory capacity to the state building commissioner, state fire marshal and the office of regulatory reform within the department of administration.
(d) In furtherance of the purposes described in subsection (c), the council shall provide a report to the governor, the general assembly, and the building commissioner listing the number of cities and towns participating in the state’s efforts to improve e-permitting processes, the number of cities and towns not yet participating, and recommendations for increasing participation in the state’s efforts to improve e-permitting processes. The report shall be provided beginning July 1, 2013, and at every three (3) month interval thereafter until the establishment of a statewide process as required under subsections 23-27.3-108.2(c)(2), (3) and (e) is completed.
History of Section.P.L. 2013, ch. 496, § 1; P.L. 2013, ch. 506, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 23-27.3 - State Building Code
Article 1 - Administration and Enforcement
Section 23-27.3-100.0. - Scope.
Section 23-27.3-100.1. - Short title — Applicability.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.1. - Chapter title — Applicability.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.2. - Purpose.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.3. - Creation of the state building code standards committee.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.4. - Appointment and qualifications of the committee.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.5. - Building code — Adoption and promulgation by committee.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.2. - Existing codes.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.4. - State energy conservation code.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.5.5. - Hurricane, storm, and flood standards.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.7. - Effect of local codes — Repeal of local authority.
Section 23-27.3-100.1.8. - Severability.
Section 23-27.3-100.2. - Application of references.
Section 23-27.3-100.3. - Construction.
Section 23-27.3-100.4. - Specialized codes incorporated.
Section 23-27.3-101.0. - Matters covered.
Section 23-27.3-101.1. - Exemption for ordinary repairs.
Section 23-27.3-101.2. - Matters not covered.
Section 23-27.3-101.2.1. - Proposed buildings.
Section 23-27.3-101.2.2. - Buildings and structures, existing and under construction.
Section 23-27.3-101.3. - Zoning restrictions.
Section 23-27.3-102.0. - Ordinary repairs.
Section 23-27.3-103.0. - Installation of service equipment.
Section 23-27.3-104.0. - Maintenance.
Section 23-27.3-104.1. - Owner responsibility.
Section 23-27.3-105.0. - Change in existing use.
Section 23-27.3-105.1. - Continuation of existing use.
Section 23-27.3-105.2. - Change in use and occupancy.
Section 23-27.3-105.3. - Part change in use.
Section 23-27.3-105.4. - Reestablishment of a prior use.
Section 23-27.3-106.0. - Existing structures.
Section 23-27.3-106.1. - Substantial improvements.
Section 23-27.3-106.2. - Substantial damages exceeding fifty percent.
Section 23-27.3-106.3. - Improvements and damages between twenty-five and fifty percent of value.
Section 23-27.3-106.4. - Improvements or damages under twenty-five percent of value.
Section 23-27.3-106.5. - Physical value.
Section 23-27.3-107.0. - Department of building inspection.
Section 23-27.3-107.1. - Local building official — Appointment.
Section 23-27.3-107.1.1. - State and local inspector — Qualifications — Powers and duties.
Section 23-27.3-107.2. - Alternate local building official.
Section 23-27.3-107.3. - Appointment of personnel by state building commissioner.
Section 23-27.3-107.4. - Qualifications and duties of the state building commissioner.
Section 23-27.3-107.5. - Local building official — Qualifications — Powers and duties.
Section 23-27.3-107.6. - Certification of local building officials — Educational programs.
Section 23-27.3-107.7. - Recertification and continuing education.
Section 23-27.3-107.8. - Restriction on employees’ activities.
Section 23-27.3-107.9. - Relief from personal responsibility.
Section 23-27.3-108.1. - Local building official — Enforcement duties.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.1. - Applications and permits.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.3. - New materials and methods of construction.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.3.1. - Test results.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.3.2. - Retesting.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.4. - Inspections.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.5. - Repealed.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.6. - Administrative procedures.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.7. - Department records.
Section 23-27.3-108.1.8. - Reports.
Section 23-27.3-108.2. - State building commissioner’s duties.
Section 23-27.3-108.2.0.1. - Repealed.
Section 23-27.3-108.2.1. - Duties of committee.
Section 23-27.3-108.2.2. - Compensation of committee members.
Section 23-27.3-108.2.3. - Emergency procedures.
Section 23-27.3-108.2.4. - Municipal advisory council on statewide permitting.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.1. - Committee — Licensing of laboratories and test personnel.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.2. - Committee — Regulation of manufactured buildings.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3. - Adoption of federal standards for manufactured homes.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.1. - Inspection of manufactured homes manufacturers.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.2. - Penalties for violation as to manufactured homes.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.3. - Monitoring inspection fee.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.4. - Reports of manufactured home manufacturers, distributors, and dealers.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.3.5. - Temporary greenhouse defined.
Section 23-27.3-109.1.4. - Repealed.
Section 23-27.3-109.2. - Accepted engineering practice.
Section 23-27.3-109.3. - Proposing amendments to rules and regulations.