Bill Number: H.B. 2003

Farnsworth D Floor Amendment

Reference to: House engrossed bill

Amendment drafted by: Cherie Stone

FLOOR AMENDMENT EXPLANATION

Specifies that municipalities are not prohibited from adopting fire codes or ordinances to provide fire access and routes that ensure public health and safety.

Fifty-second Legislature Farnsworth D

First Regular Session H.B. 2003

FARNSWORTH D FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2003

(Reference to House engrossed bill)

Page 1, between lines 20 and 21, insert:

“Sec. 2. Section 9-808, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-808. Fire apparatus access road or approved route; one or two family residences; utility or miscellaneous accessory buildings or structures; definitions

A. A municipality may not adopt any, or part of any, fire code, ordinance, stipulation or other legal requirement for an approved fire apparatus access road or a fire apparatus access road extension, or both, or an approved route or a route extension, or both, that directly or indirectly requires a one or two family residence or a utility or miscellaneous accessory building or structure to install fire sprinklers. A fire code official may increase or extend an approved fire apparatus access road or a fire apparatus access road extension, or both, or an approved route or a route extension, or both, to comply with this section. Compliance with this section may not be IS NOT grounds to deny or suspend a license or permit.

B. For the purposes of this section:

1. "Fire code" includes the international fire code, however denominated.

2. "Utility or miscellaneous accessory building or structure" includes an agricultural building, aircraft hangar, accessory to a residence, barn, carport, fence that is more than six feet high, grain silo, greenhouse, livestock shelter, private garage, retaining wall, shed, stable, tank or tower.

c. Nothing in this section prohibits a municipality from adopting fire