1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to commerce; requiring carbon monoxide 
  1.3             detectors in residential buildings; amending Minnesota 
  1.4             Statutes 1994, section 16B.61, subdivision 3. 
  1.5   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.6      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1995 Supplement, section 
  1.7   16B.61, subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.8      Subd. 3.  [SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS.] (a)  [SPACE FOR COMMUTER 
  1.9   VANS.] The code must require that any parking ramp or other 
  1.10  parking facility constructed in accordance with the code include 
  1.11  an appropriate number of spaces suitable for the parking of 
  1.12  motor vehicles having a capacity of seven to 16 persons and 
  1.13  which are principally used to provide prearranged commuter 
  1.14  transportation of employees to or from their place of employment 
  1.15  or to or from a transit stop authorized by a local transit 
  1.16  authority.  
  1.17     (b)  [SMOKE DETECTION DEVICES.] The code must require that 
  1.18  all dwellings, lodging houses, apartment houses, and hotels as 
  1.19  defined in section 299F.362 comply with the provisions of 
  1.20  section 299F.362.  
  1.21     (c)  [DOORS IN NURSING HOMES AND HOSPITALS.] The state 
  1.22  building code may not require that each door entering a sleeping 
  1.23  or patient's room from a corridor in a nursing home or hospital 
  1.24  with an approved complete standard automatic fire extinguishing 
  1.25  system be constructed or maintained as self-closing or 
  2.1   automatically closing.  
  2.2      (d)  [CHILD CARE FACILITIES IN CHURCHES; GROUND LEVEL 
  2.3   EXIT.] A licensed day care center serving fewer than 30 
  2.4   preschool age persons and which is located in a below ground 
  2.5   space in a church building is exempt from the state building 
  2.6   code requirement for a ground level exit when the center has 
  2.7   more than two stairways to the ground level and its exit.  
  2.8      (e)  [CHILD CARE FACILITIES IN CHURCHES; VERTICAL ACCESS.] 
  2.9   Until August 1, 1996, an organization providing child care in an 
  2.10  existing church building which is exempt from taxation under 
  2.11  section 272.02, subdivision 1, clause (5), shall have five years 
  2.12  from the date of initial licensure under chapter 245A to provide 
  2.13  interior vertical access, such as an elevator, to persons with 
  2.14  disabilities as required by the state building code.  To obtain 
  2.15  the extension, the organization providing child care must secure 
  2.16  a $2,500 performance bond with the commissioner of human 
  2.17  services to ensure that interior vertical access is achieved by 
  2.18  the agreed upon date. 
  2.19     (f)  [FAMILY AND GROUP FAMILY DAY CARE.] Until the 
  2.20  legislature enacts legislation specifying appropriate standards, 
  2.21  the definition of Group R-3 occupancies in the state building 
  2.22  code applies to family and group family day care homes licensed 
  2.23  by the department of human services under Minnesota Rules, 
  2.24  chapter 9502. 
  2.25     (g)  [MINED UNDERGROUND SPACE.] Nothing in the state 
  2.26  building codes shall prevent cities from adopting rules 
  2.27  governing the excavation, construction, reconstruction, 
  2.28  alteration, and repair of mined underground space pursuant to 
  2.29  sections 469.135 to 469.141, or of associated facilities in the 
  2.30  space once the space has been created, provided the intent of 
  2.31  the building code to establish reasonable safeguards for health, 
  2.32  safety, welfare, comfort, and security is maintained. 
  2.33     (h)  [ENCLOSED STAIRWAYS.] No provision of the code or any 
  2.34  appendix chapter of the code may require stairways of existing 
  2.35  multiple dwelling buildings of two stories or less to be 
  2.36  enclosed. 
  3.1      (i)  [DOUBLE CYLINDER DEAD BOLT LOCKS.] No provision of the 
  3.2   code or appendix chapter of the code may prohibit double 
  3.3   cylinder dead bolt locks in existing single-family homes, 
  3.4   townhouses, and first floor duplexes used exclusively as a 
  3.5   residential dwelling.  Any recommendation or promotion of double 
  3.6   cylinder dead bolt locks must include a warning about their 
  3.7   potential fire danger and procedures to minimize the danger. 
  3.8      (j)  [RELOCATED RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.] A residential 
  3.9   building relocated within or into a political subdivision of the 
  3.10  state need not comply with the state energy code or section 
  3.11  326.371 provided that, where available, an energy audit is 
  3.12  conducted on the relocated building. 
  3.13     (k)  [AUTOMATIC GARAGE DOOR OPENING SYSTEMS.] The code must 
  3.14  require all residential buildings as defined in section 325F.82 
  3.15  to comply with the provisions of sections 325F.82 and 325F.83.  
  3.16     (l)  [EXIT SIGN ILLUMINATION.] For a new building on which 
  3.17  construction is begun on or after October 1, 1993, or an 
  3.18  existing building on which remodeling affecting 50 percent or 
  3.19  more of the enclosed space is begun on or after October 1, 1993, 
  3.20  the code must prohibit the use of internally illuminated exit 
  3.21  signs whose electrical consumption during nonemergency operation 
  3.22  exceeds 20 watts of resistive power.  All other requirements in 
  3.23  the code for exit signs must be complied with.  
  3.24     (m)  [EXTERIOR WOOD DECKS, PATIOS, AND BALCONIES.] The code 
  3.25  must permit the decking surface and upper portions of exterior 
  3.26  wood decks, patios, and balconies to be constructed of (1) 
  3.27  heartwood from species of wood having natural resistance to 
  3.28  decay or termites, including redwood and cedars, (2) grades of 
  3.29  lumber which contain sapwood from species of wood having natural 
  3.30  resistance to decay or termites, including redwood and cedars, 
  3.31  or (3) treated wood.  The species and grades of wood products 
  3.32  used to construct the decking surface and upper portions of 
  3.33  exterior decks, patios, and balconies must be made available to 
  3.34  the building official on request before final construction 
  3.35  approval. 
  3.36     (n)  [CARBON MONOXIDE DETECTION DEVICES.] The code must 
  4.1   require that all dwellings, lodging houses, apartment houses, 
  4.2   and hotels as defined in section 299F.362 on which new 
  4.3   construction is begun on or after August 1, 1996, or remodeling 
  4.4   affecting 50 percent or more of the enclosed space of an 
  4.5   existing building is begun on or after August 1, 1996, must be 
  4.6   provided with carbon monoxide detectors attached to a 
  4.7   centralized power source and complying with rules adopted by the 
  4.8   commissioner concerning design, mounting, and location of the 
  4.9   devices.