06 AM 28
0712
ADOPTED
SENATE
Senator
Reed of the 35th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee substitute to HB 1385
(LC 28 3061S) by striking lines 3 through 6 on page 2 and inserting in lieu
thereof the following:
"(g)(1)
If a governing authority of a county or municipality cannot provide
review of the
documents intended to demonstrate that the structure to be built is in
compliance with the Georgia State Minimum Standard Codes most recently adopted
by the Department of Community Affairs and any locally adopted ordinances and
amendments to such codes within 30 business days of receiving a written
application for permitting in accordance with the code
officiaĺs
plan submittal process or
By
striking
"to
allow"
on line 37 on page 2
and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
.
The local governing authority shall be allowed to limit the scope of a project
initiation permit and limit the areas of the site to which the project
initiation permit may apply but shall permit
By
striking
"and"
on line 29 on page 3,
by striking the period at the end of line 34 on page 3 and inserting in lieu
thereof
";
and",
and by inserting after
line 34 on page 3 the following:
(C)
The plans submitted for plan review are in conformity with plans previously
submitted to obtain governmental approvals required in the plan submittal
process and do not make a change to the project reviewed for such
approvals.
By
inserting after
"revisions"
on line 8 on page
5
"to address
the plan deficiencies previously
identified"
and by inserting
after
"day."
on line 15 on page 5
the following:
In
the event that the revisions required to address the plan deficiencies or any
additional revisions submitted by the applicant require that new governmental
approvals be obtained, the applicant shall be required to obtain such approvals
before a new plan report can be submitted.
By
striking line 22 on page 6 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
notice
to the owner, the architect of record, the engineer of record, or the contractor
of record and by posting a copy of the order on the site of the project and
opportunity to remedy the violation within the time limits set forth in the
notice, if the official determines noncompliance
By
inserting after
"dispute"
on line 29 on page
6
"or meet
within the time required by this Code
section".
By
inserting after
"subsection."
on line 7 on page 7
the following:
This
subsection shall not preempt any local laws, rules, or procedures relating to
the plan submittal process of local governing authorities.
By
inserting after
"such
project,"
on line 9 on page
7
"which may go
into effect immediately"
and by inserting
after
"welfare."
on line 12 on page 7
the following:
A
stop work order issued for reasons of immediate threat to public safety and
welfare shall be appealable to the local enforcement
agencýs
board of appeals, if one exists, in the manner provided by applicable law. Any
decisions by the local official, if there is no board of appeals, may be
appealed to the Department of Community Affairs as provided in this
chapter.