1.1    .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3574 as follows:
1.2Page 1, after line 7, insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2007 Supplement, section 16B.61, subdivision 3, is
1.4amended to read:
1.5    Subd. 3. Special requirements. (a) Space for commuter vans. The code must
1.6require that any parking ramp or other parking facility constructed in accordance with the
1.7code include an appropriate number of spaces suitable for the parking of motor vehicles
1.8having a capacity of seven to 16 persons and which are principally used to provide
1.9prearranged commuter transportation of employees to or from their place of employment
1.10or to or from a transit stop authorized by a local transit authority.
1.11    (b) Smoke detection devices. The code must require that all dwellings, lodging
1.12houses, apartment houses, and hotels as defined in section 299F.362 comply with the
1.13provisions of section 299F.362.
1.14    (c) Doors in nursing homes and hospitals. The State Building Code may not
1.15require that each door entering a sleeping or patient's room from a corridor in a nursing
1.16home or hospital with an approved complete standard automatic fire extinguishing system
1.17be constructed or maintained as self-closing or automatically closing.
1.18    (d) Child care facilities in churches; ground level exit. A licensed day care center
1.19serving fewer than 30 preschool age persons and which is located in a belowground space
1.20in a church building is exempt from the State Building Code requirement for a ground
1.21level exit when the center has more than two stairways to the ground level and its exit.
1.22    (e) Family and group family day care. Until the legislature enacts legislation
1.23specifying appropriate standards, the definition of dwellings constructed in accordance
1.24with the International Residential Code as adopted as part of the State Building Code
1.25applies to family and group family day care homes licensed by the Department of Human
1.26Services under Minnesota Rules, chapter 9502.
2.1    (f) Enclosed stairways. No provision of the code or any appendix chapter of the
2.2code may require stairways of existing multiple dwelling buildings of two stories or
2.3less to be enclosed.
2.4    (g) Double cylinder dead bolt locks. No provision of the code or appendix chapter
2.5of the code may prohibit double cylinder dead bolt locks in existing single-family homes,
2.6townhouses, and first floor duplexes used exclusively as a residential dwelling. Any
2.7recommendation or promotion of double cylinder dead bolt locks must include a warning
2.8about their potential fire danger and procedures to minimize the danger.
2.9    (h) Relocated residential buildings. A residential building relocated within or
2.10into a political subdivision of the state need not comply with the State Energy Code or
2.11section 326.371 provided that, where available, an energy audit is conducted on the
2.12relocated building.
2.13    (i) Automatic garage door opening systems. The code must require all residential
2.14buildings as defined in section 325F.82 to comply with the provisions of sections 325F.82
2.15and 325F.83.
2.16    (j) Exit sign illumination. For a new building on which construction is begun
2.17on or after October 1, 1993, or an existing building on which remodeling affecting 50
2.18percent or more of the enclosed space is begun on or after October 1, 1993, the code must
2.19prohibit the use of internally illuminated exit signs whose electrical consumption during
2.20nonemergency operation exceeds 20 watts of resistive power. All other requirements in
2.21the code for exit signs must be complied with.
2.22    (k) Exterior wood decks, patios, and balconies. The code must permit the decking
2.23surface and upper portions of exterior wood decks, patios, and balconies to be constructed
2.24of (1) heartwood from species of wood having natural resistance to decay or termites,
2.25including redwood and cedars, (2) grades of lumber which contain sapwood from species
2.26of wood having natural resistance to decay or termites, including redwood and cedars, or
2.27(3) treated wood. The species and grades of wood products used to construct the decking
2.28surface and upper portions of exterior decks, patios, and balconies must be made available
2.29to the building official on request before final construction approval.
2.30    (l) Bioprocess piping and equipment. No permit fee for bioprocess piping may be
2.31imposed by municipalities under the State Building Code, except as required under section
2.32326.47, subdivision 1 . Permits for bioprocess piping shall be according to section 326.47
2.33administered by the Department of Labor and Industry. All data regarding the material
2.34production processes, including the bioprocess system's structural design and layout, are
2.35nonpublic data as provided by section 13.7911.
3.1    (m) Use of ungraded lumber. The code must permit lumber mills to offer for sale
3.2ungraded dimension lumber for use in construction regulated by the State Building Code
3.3in all areas of the state under the following conditions:
3.4    (1) the producing mill shall sell or provide the ungraded dimension lumber directly
3.5to the end-use consumer or the consumer's licensed builder; and
3.6    (2) the producing lumber mill shall certify in writing to the end-use consumer or
3.7licensed builder on a form to be provided by the commissioner that the quality and safe
3.8working stresses of the species of dimension lumber are equal to or exceed stud grade
3.9for wall studs and wall plates and are equal to or exceed No. 2 grade for all other uses in
3.10accordance with national lumber grading standards and that the lumber does not exceed
3.1122 percent moisture content at the time of sale. The certification shall be filed with the
3.12application for a building permit where applicable."
3.13Page 3, line 27, delete "2007" and insert "2008"
3.14Page 3, line 32, before the period, insert "that are located outside of a metropolitan
3.15county, as defined in section 473.121, subdivision 4"
3.16Page 4, line 29, delete everything after "municipality" and insert "may enforce
3.17the State Building Code"
3.18Page 4, line 30, delete "enforce it"
3.19Page 4, line 34, delete everything before "no" and after "municipality" insert "or
3.20other municipalities or qualified individuals"
3.21Page 4, line 36, delete "on a fee basis" and after the period, insert "The commissioner
3.22may be reimbursed for the inspection by retention or remission of some or all of the
3.23building permit fee collected or by other means."
3.24Page 5, line 7, delete "law" and insert "subdivision 1b"
3.25Page 5, line 27, delete "has adopted" and insert "is enforcing"
3.26Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.27Amend the title accordingly