SF 877

2nd Engrossment - 79th Legislature (1995 - 1996) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to construction; changing and clarifying law 
  1.3             relating to the building code and zoning law; amending 
  1.4             the interstate compact on industrialized/modular 
  1.5             buildings; appropriating money; amending Minnesota 
  1.6             Statutes 1994, sections 16B.59; 16B.60, subdivisions 1 
  1.7             and 4; 16B.61, subdivisions 1, 2, and 5; 16B.63, 
  1.8             subdivision 3, and by adding a subdivision; 16B.65, 
  1.9             subdivisions 1, 3, 4, and 7; 16B.67; 16B.70; 16B.75; 
  1.10            366.10; 366.12; 366.16; 394.33, subdivision 2; 
  1.11            394.361, subdivision 3; 462.358, subdivisions 2a and 
  1.12            9; and 462.359, subdivision 4. 
  1.13  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.14                             ARTICLE 1 
  1.15                           BUILDING CODE 
  1.16     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.59, is 
  1.17  amended to read: 
  1.18     16B.59 [STATE BUILDING CODE; POLICY AND PURPOSE.] 
  1.19     The state building code governs the construction, 
  1.20  reconstruction, alteration, and repair of state-owned buildings 
  1.21  and other structures to which the code is applicable.  The 
  1.22  commissioner shall administer and amend a state code of building 
  1.23  construction which will provide basic and uniform performance 
  1.24  standards, establish reasonable safeguards for health, safety, 
  1.25  welfare, comfort, and security of the residents of this state 
  1.26  and provide for the use of modern methods, devices, materials, 
  1.27  and techniques which will in part tend to lower construction 
  1.28  costs.  The construction of buildings should be permitted at the 
  1.29  least possible cost consistent with recognized standards of 
  2.1   health and safety.  
  2.2      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.60, 
  2.3   subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.4      Subdivision 1.  [SCOPE.] For the purposes of sections 
  2.5   16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, the terms defined in this section have 
  2.6   the meanings given them.  
  2.7      Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.60, 
  2.8   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  2.9      Subd. 4.  [CODE.] "Code" means the state building code 
  2.10  adopted by the commissioner in accordance with sections 16B.59 
  2.11  to 16B.73 16B.75. 
  2.12     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.61, 
  2.13  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.14     Subdivision 1.  [ADOPTION OF CODE.] Subject to sections 
  2.15  16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, the commissioner shall by rule 
  2.16  establish a code of standards for the construction, 
  2.17  reconstruction, alteration, and repair of state-owned buildings, 
  2.18  governing matters of structural materials, design and 
  2.19  construction, fire protection, health, sanitation, and safety.  
  2.20  The code must conform insofar as practicable to model building 
  2.21  codes generally accepted and in use throughout the United 
  2.22  States.  In the preparation of the code, consideration must be 
  2.23  given to the existing statewide specialty codes presently in use 
  2.24  in the state.  Model codes with necessary modifications and 
  2.25  statewide specialty codes may be adopted by reference.  The code 
  2.26  must be based on the application of scientific principles, 
  2.27  approved tests, and professional judgment.  To the extent 
  2.28  possible, the code must be adopted in terms of desired results 
  2.29  instead of the means of achieving those results, avoiding 
  2.30  wherever possible the incorporation of specifications of 
  2.31  particular methods or materials.  To that end the code must 
  2.32  encourage the use of new methods and new materials.  Except as 
  2.33  otherwise provided in sections 16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, the 
  2.34  commissioner shall administer and enforce the provisions of 
  2.35  those sections.  
  2.36     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.61, 
  3.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 2.  [ENFORCEMENT BY CERTAIN BODIES.] Under the 
  3.3   direction and supervision of the commissioner, the provisions of 
  3.4   the code relating to electrical installations shall be enforced 
  3.5   by the state board of electricity, pursuant to the Minnesota 
  3.6   electrical act, the provisions relating to plumbing shall be 
  3.7   enforced by the commissioner of health, the provisions relating 
  3.8   to fire protection the Minnesota uniform fire code shall be 
  3.9   enforced by the state fire marshal, the provisions relating to 
  3.10  high pressure steam piping and appurtenances and elevators shall 
  3.11  be enforced by the department of labor and industry, and the 
  3.12  code as applied to public school buildings shall be enforced by 
  3.13  the state board of education. Fees for inspections conducted by 
  3.14  the state board of electricity shall be paid in accordance with 
  3.15  the rules of the state board of electricity.  
  3.16     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.61, 
  3.17  subdivision 5, is amended to read: 
  3.18     Subd. 5.  [ACCESSIBILITY.] (a)  [PUBLIC BUILDINGS.] The 
  3.19  code must provide for making public buildings constructed or 
  3.20  remodeled after July 1, 1963, accessible to and usable by 
  3.21  physically handicapped persons, although this does not require 
  3.22  the remodeling of public buildings solely to provide 
  3.23  accessibility and usability to the physically handicapped when 
  3.24  remodeling would not otherwise be undertaken.  
  3.25     (b)  [LEASED SPACE.] No agency of the state may lease space 
  3.26  for agency operations in a non-state-owned building unless the 
  3.27  building satisfies the requirements of the state building code 
  3.28  for accessibility by the physically handicapped, or is eligible 
  3.29  to display the state symbol of accessibility.  This limitation 
  3.30  applies to leases of 30 days or more for space of at least 1,000 
  3.31  square feet.  
  3.32     (c)  [MEETINGS OR CONFERENCES.] Meetings or conferences for 
  3.33  the public or for state employees which are sponsored in whole 
  3.34  or in part by a state agency must be held in buildings that meet 
  3.35  the state building code requirements relating to accessibility 
  3.36  for physically handicapped persons.  This subdivision does not 
  4.1   apply to any classes, seminars, or training programs offered by 
  4.2   a state university, the University of Minnesota, or a state 
  4.3   community college.  Meetings or conferences intended for 
  4.4   specific individuals none of whom need the accessibility 
  4.5   features for handicapped persons specified in the state building 
  4.6   code need not comply with this subdivision unless a handicapped 
  4.7   person gives reasonable advance notice of an intent to attend 
  4.8   the meeting or conference.  When sign language interpreters will 
  4.9   be provided, meetings or conference sites must be chosen which 
  4.10  allow hearing impaired participants to see their signing clearly.
  4.11     (d)  [EXEMPTIONS.] The commissioner may grant an exemption 
  4.12  from the requirements of paragraphs (b) and (c) in advance if an 
  4.13  agency has demonstrated that reasonable efforts were made to 
  4.14  secure facilities which complied with those requirements and if 
  4.15  the selected facilities are the best available for access for 
  4.16  handicapped persons.  Exemptions shall be granted using criteria 
  4.17  developed by the commissioner in consultation with the council 
  4.18  on disability.  
  4.19     (e)  [SYMBOL INDICATING ACCESS.] The wheelchair symbol 
  4.20  adopted by Rehabilitation International's Eleventh World 
  4.21  Congress is the state symbol indicating buildings, facilities, 
  4.22  and grounds which are accessible to and usable by handicapped 
  4.23  persons.  In the interests of uniformity, this symbol in its 
  4.24  white on blue format is the sole symbol for display in or on all 
  4.25  public or private buildings, facilities, and grounds which 
  4.26  qualify for its use.  The secretary of state shall obtain the 
  4.27  symbol and keep it on file.  No building, facility, or grounds 
  4.28  may display the symbol unless it is in compliance with the rules 
  4.29  adopted by the commissioner under subdivision 1.  Before any 
  4.30  rules are proposed for adoption under this paragraph, the 
  4.31  commissioner shall consult with the council on disability.  
  4.32  Rules adopted under this paragraph must be enforced in the same 
  4.33  way as other accessibility rules of the state building code.  
  4.34     (f)  [MUNICIPAL ENFORCEMENT.] Municipalities which have not 
  4.35  adopted the state building code may enforce the building code 
  4.36  requirements for handicapped persons by either entering into a 
  5.1   joint powers agreement for enforcement with another municipality 
  5.2   which has adopted the state building code; or contracting for 
  5.3   enforcement with an individual certified under section 16B.65, 
  5.4   subdivision 3, to enforce the state building code.  
  5.5      (g)  [EQUIPMENT ALLOWED.] The code must allow the use of 
  5.6   vertical wheelchair lifts and inclined stairway wheelchair lifts 
  5.7   in public buildings.  An inclined stairway wheelchair lift must 
  5.8   be equipped with light or sound signaling device for use during 
  5.9   operation of the lift.  The stairway or ramp shall be marked in 
  5.10  a bright color that clearly indicates the outside edge of the 
  5.11  lift when in operation.  The code shall not require a guardrail 
  5.12  between the lift and the stairway or ramp.  Compliance with this 
  5.13  provision by itself does not mean other handicap accessibility 
  5.14  requirements have been met. 
  5.15     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.63, 
  5.16  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  5.17     Subd. 3.  [POWERS AND DUTIES.] The state building official 
  5.18  may, with the approval of the commissioner, employ personnel 
  5.19  necessary to carry out the inspector's function under sections 
  5.20  16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75.  The state building official shall 
  5.21  distribute without charge one copy of the code to each 
  5.22  municipality within the state.  Additional copies shall be made 
  5.23  available to municipalities and interested parties for a fee 
  5.24  prescribed by the commissioner.  The state building official 
  5.25  shall perform other duties in administering the code assigned by 
  5.26  the commissioner.  
  5.27     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.63, is 
  5.28  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.29     Subd. 5.  [CODE INTERPRETATIONS.] The state building 
  5.30  official may issue interpretations of the state building code to 
  5.31  assist building officials, design professionals, and the 
  5.32  construction industry in application of the code.  These 
  5.33  interpretations, if adopted under chapter 14, are binding on all 
  5.34  code officials and code enforcement jurisdictions. 
  5.35     Sec. 9.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.65, 
  5.36  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  6.1      Subdivision 1.  [APPOINTMENTS.] The governing body of each 
  6.2   municipality shall, unless other means are already provided, 
  6.3   appoint a person building official to administer the code who 
  6.4   shall be known as a building official.  Two or more 
  6.5   municipalities may combine in the appointment of a single 
  6.6   building official for the purpose of administering the 
  6.7   provisions of the code within their communities.  In those 
  6.8   municipalities for which no building officials have been 
  6.9   appointed, the state building inspector, with the approval of 
  6.10  the commissioner, may appoint building officials to serve until 
  6.11  the municipalities have made an appointment.  If unable to make 
  6.12  an appointment, the state building inspector may use whichever 
  6.13  state employees or state agencies are necessary to perform the 
  6.14  duties of the building official.  All costs incurred by virtue 
  6.15  of an appointment by the state building inspector or services 
  6.16  rendered by state employees must be borne by the involved 
  6.17  municipality.  Receipts arising from the appointment must be 
  6.18  paid into the state treasury and credited to the general fund.  
  6.19     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.65, 
  6.20  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  6.21     Subd. 3.  [CERTIFICATION.] The commissioner shall:  
  6.22     (1) prepare and conduct written and practical examinations 
  6.23  to determine if a person is qualified pursuant to subdivision 2 
  6.24  to be a building official; 
  6.25     (2) accept documentation of successful completion of 
  6.26  testing programs developed by nationally recognized testing 
  6.27  agencies, as proof of qualification pursuant to subdivision 2; 
  6.28  or 
  6.29     (3) determine qualifications by both clauses (1) and (2).  
  6.30     Upon a determination of qualification under clause (1), 
  6.31  (2), or both of them, the commissioner shall issue a certificate 
  6.32  to the building official stating that the official is 
  6.33  certified.  Each person applying for examination and 
  6.34  certification pursuant to this section shall pay a nonrefundable 
  6.35  fee of $70.  The commissioner or a designee may establish 
  6.36  classes of certification that will recognize the varying 
  7.1   complexities of code enforcement in the municipalities within 
  7.2   the state.  Except as provided by subdivision 2, no person may 
  7.3   act as a building official for a municipality unless the 
  7.4   commissioner determines that the official is qualified.  The 
  7.5   commissioner shall provide educational programs designed to 
  7.6   train and assist building officials in carrying out their 
  7.7   responsibilities. 
  7.8      The department of employee relations may, at the request of 
  7.9   the commissioner, provide statewide testing services. 
  7.10     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.65, 
  7.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  7.12     Subd. 4.  [DUTIES.] Building officials shall, in the 
  7.13  municipality for which they are appointed, attend to all aspects 
  7.14  of code administration for which they are certified, including 
  7.15  the issuance of all building permits and the inspection of all 
  7.16  manufactured home installations.  The commissioner may direct a 
  7.17  municipality with a building official to perform services for 
  7.18  another municipality, and in that event the municipality being 
  7.19  served shall pay the municipality rendering the services the 
  7.20  reasonable costs of the services.  The costs may be subject to 
  7.21  approval by the commissioner.  
  7.22     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.65, 
  7.23  subdivision 7, is amended to read: 
  7.24     Subd. 7.  [CONTINUING EDUCATION.] Subject to sections 
  7.25  16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, the commissioner may by rule establish 
  7.26  or approve continuing education programs for municipal building 
  7.27  officials dealing with matters of building code administration, 
  7.28  inspection, and enforcement.  
  7.29     Effective January 1, 1985, each person certified as a 
  7.30  building official for the state must satisfactorily complete 
  7.31  applicable educational programs established or approved by the 
  7.32  commissioner every three calendar years to retain certification. 
  7.33     Each person certified as a state building official must 
  7.34  submit in writing to the commissioner an application for renewal 
  7.35  of certification within 60 days of the last day of the third 
  7.36  calendar year following the last certificate issued.  Each 
  8.1   application for renewal must be accompanied by proof of 
  8.2   satisfactory completion of minimum continuing education 
  8.3   requirements and the certification renewal fee established by 
  8.4   the commissioner.  
  8.5      For persons certified prior to January 1, 1985, the first 
  8.6   three-year period commences January 1, 1985. 
  8.7      Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.67, is 
  8.8   amended to read: 
  8.9      16B.67 [APPEALS.] 
  8.10     A person aggrieved by the final decision of any 
  8.11  municipality as to the application of the code, including any 
  8.12  rules adopted under sections 471.465 to 471.469, may, within 180 
  8.13  days of the decision, appeal to the commissioner.  Appellant 
  8.14  shall submit a nonrefundable fee of $70, payable to the 
  8.15  commissioner, with the request for appeal.  An appeal must be 
  8.16  heard as a contested case under chapter 14.  The commissioner 
  8.17  shall submit written findings to the parties.  The party not 
  8.18  prevailing shall pay the costs of the contested case hearing, 
  8.19  including fees charged by the office of administrative hearings 
  8.20  and the expense of transcript preparation.  Costs under this 
  8.21  section do not include attorney fees.  Any person aggrieved by a 
  8.22  ruling of the commissioner may appeal in accordance with chapter 
  8.23  14.  For the purpose of this section "any person aggrieved" 
  8.24  includes the council on disability.  No fee or costs shall be 
  8.25  required when the council on disability is the appellant.  
  8.26     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.70, is 
  8.27  amended to read: 
  8.28     16B.70 [SURCHARGE.] 
  8.29     Subdivision 1.  [COMPUTATION.] To defray the costs of 
  8.30  administering sections 16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, a surcharge is 
  8.31  imposed on all permits issued by municipalities in connection 
  8.32  with the construction of or addition or alteration to buildings 
  8.33  and equipment or appurtenances after June 30, 1971, as follows:  
  8.34     If the fee for the permit issued is fixed in amount the 
  8.35  surcharge is equivalent to one-half mill (.0005) of the fee or 
  8.36  50 cents, whichever amount is greater.  For all other permits, 
  9.1   the surcharge is as follows: 
  9.2      (1) if the valuation of the structure, addition, or 
  9.3   alteration is $1,000,000 or less, the surcharge is equivalent to 
  9.4   one-half mill (.0005) of the valuation of the structure, 
  9.5   addition, or alteration; 
  9.6      (2) if the valuation is greater than $1,000,000, the 
  9.7   surcharge is $500 plus two-fifths mill (.0004) of the value 
  9.8   between $1,000,000 and $2,000,000; 
  9.9      (3) if the valuation is greater than $2,000,000, the 
  9.10  surcharge is $900 plus three-tenths mill (.0003) of the value 
  9.11  between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000; 
  9.12     (4) if the valuation is greater than $3,000,000, the 
  9.13  surcharge is $1,200 plus one-fifth mill (.0002) of the value 
  9.14  between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000; 
  9.15     (5) if the valuation is greater than $4,000,000, the 
  9.16  surcharge is $1,400 plus one-tenth mill (.0001) of the value 
  9.17  between $4,000,000 and $5,000,000; and 
  9.18     (6) if the valuation exceeds $5,000,000, the surcharge is 
  9.19  $1,500 plus one-twentieth mill (.00005) of the value that 
  9.20  exceeds $5,000,000.  
  9.21     Subd. 2.  [COLLECTION AND REPORTS.] All permit surcharges 
  9.22  must be collected by each municipality and a portion of them 
  9.23  remitted to the state.  Each municipality having a population 
  9.24  greater than 20,000 people shall prepare and submit to the 
  9.25  commissioner once a month a report of fees and surcharges on 
  9.26  fees collected during the previous month but shall retain the 
  9.27  greater of two percent or that amount collected up to $25 to 
  9.28  apply against the administrative expenses the municipality 
  9.29  incurs in collecting the surcharges.  All other municipalities 
  9.30  shall submit the report and surcharges on fees once a quarter 
  9.31  but shall retain the greater of four percent or that amount 
  9.32  collected up to $25 to apply against the administrative expenses 
  9.33  the municipalities incur in collecting the surcharges.  The 
  9.34  report, which must be in a form prescribed by the commissioner, 
  9.35  must be submitted together with a remittance covering the 
  9.36  surcharges collected by the 15th day following the month or 
 10.1   quarter in which the surcharges are collected.  All surcharges 
 10.2   and other fees prescribed by sections 16B.59 to 16B.73 16B.75, 
 10.3   which are payable to the state, must be paid to the commissioner 
 10.4   who shall deposit them in the state treasury for credit to the 
 10.5   general a special revenue fund, and beginning July 1, 1997, the 
 10.6   receipts are appropriated to the commissioner for purposes of 
 10.7   sections 16B.59 to 16B.75. 
 10.8      Sec. 15.  [APPROPRIATION.] 
 10.9      $1,000,000 in fiscal year 1996 and $1,000,000 in fiscal 
 10.10  year 1997 is appropriated from the special revenue fund for 
 10.11  transfer by the commissioner of finance to the general fund. 
 10.12                             ARTICLE 2
 10.13                               ZONING 
 10.14     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 366.10, is 
 10.15  amended to read: 
 10.16     366.10 [ZONING REGULATIONS.] 
 10.17     The board of supervisors may submit to the legal voters of 
 10.18  the town at an annual or special town meeting, the question 
 10.19  whether the board shall adopt building land use and zoning 
 10.20  regulations and restrictions in the town.  The board in a town 
 10.21  which has within its borders a hospital established in 
 10.22  accordance with Laws 1955, chapter 227, may submit to the voters 
 10.23  at an annual or special town meeting, the question whether the 
 10.24  board shall adopt building land use and zoning regulations and 
 10.25  restrictions in the town regulating the type of buildings that 
 10.26  may be built or occupations carried on within a radius of 
 10.27  one-half mile of the hospital. 
 10.28     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 366.12, is 
 10.29  amended to read: 
 10.30     366.12 [REGULATIONS.] 
 10.31     If a majority of the voters voting on the question vote 
 10.32  "Yes," the town board may regulate: 
 10.33     (1) the location, height, bulk, number of stories, size of 
 10.34  buildings and other structures, 
 10.35     (2) the location of roads and schools, 
 10.36     (3) the percentage of lot which may be occupied, 
 11.1      (4) the sizes of yards and other open spaces, 
 11.2      (5) the density and distribution of population, 
 11.3      (6) the uses of buildings and structures for trade, 
 11.4   industry, residence, recreation, public activities, or other 
 11.5   purposes, and 
 11.6      (7) the uses of lands for trade, industry, residence, 
 11.7   recreation, agriculture, forestry, soil conservation, water 
 11.8   supply conservation, or other purposes. 
 11.9   To carry out this section it shall issue building land use or 
 11.10  zoning permits or approvals.  It shall be unlawful to erect, 
 11.11  establish, alter, enlarge, use, occupy, or maintain a building, 
 11.12  structure, improvement, or premises without having a building 
 11.13  land use or zoning permit or approval. 
 11.14     Before adopting a regulation under this section the board 
 11.15  shall hold a public hearing on the matter with notice as 
 11.16  provided in section 366.15.  
 11.17     This section is subject to section 366.13. 
 11.18     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 366.16, is 
 11.19  amended to read: 
 11.20     366.16 [TOWN BUILDING ZONING COMMISSIONER.] 
 11.21     The town board may enforce the regulations by withholding 
 11.22  building land use or zoning permits or approvals, building 
 11.23  permits issued under sections 16B.59 to 16B.75, or other permits 
 11.24  or approvals.  For the purposes of sections 366.10 to 366.18, it 
 11.25  may establish the position of town building zoning commissioner 
 11.26  and fix its compensation.  If a building or structure is or is 
 11.27  proposed to be erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, or 
 11.28  used or any land is or is proposed to be used in violation of 
 11.29  sections 366.10 to 366.18 or a regulation or provision enacted 
 11.30  or adopted by the board under sections 366.10 to 366.18, the 
 11.31  board, the attorney of the county where the town is situated, 
 11.32  the town attorney, the town building zoning commissioner, or any 
 11.33  adjacent or neighboring property owner may institute any 
 11.34  appropriate action to prevent, enjoin, abate, or remove the 
 11.35  unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, 
 11.36  maintenance, or use.  
 12.1      Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 394.33, 
 12.2   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
 12.3      Subd. 2.  The board of supervisors of any town which has 
 12.4   adopted or desires to adopt building and zoning regulations and 
 12.5   restrictions pursuant to law shall have the authority granted 
 12.6   the governing body of any municipality as provided in section 
 12.7   394.32. 
 12.8      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 394.361, 
 12.9   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
 12.10     Subd. 3.  After an official map has been adopted and filed, 
 12.11  the issuance of building land use or zoning permits or approvals 
 12.12  by the county shall be subject to the provisions of this section.
 12.13  Whenever any street or highway is widened or improved or any new 
 12.14  street is opened, or interests in lands for other public 
 12.15  purposes are acquired by the county, it is not required in such 
 12.16  proceedings to pay for any building or structure placed without 
 12.17  a permit or approval or in violation of conditions of a 
 12.18  permit or approval within the limits of the mapped street or 
 12.19  highway or outside of any building line that may have been 
 12.20  established upon the existing street or within any area thus 
 12.21  identified for public purposes.  The adoption of official maps 
 12.22  does not give the county any right, title or interest in areas 
 12.23  identified for public purposes thereon, but the adoption of a 
 12.24  map does authorize the county to acquire such interests without 
 12.25  paying compensation for buildings or structures erected in such 
 12.26  areas without a permit or approval or in violation of the 
 12.27  conditions of a permit or approval.  The provisions of this 
 12.28  subdivision shall not apply to buildings or structures in 
 12.29  existence prior to the filing of the official map.  
 12.30     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 462.358, 
 12.31  subdivision 2a, is amended to read: 
 12.32     Subd. 2a.  [TERMS OF REGULATIONS.] The standards and 
 12.33  requirements in the regulations may address without limitation:  
 12.34  the size, location, grading, and improvement of lots, 
 12.35  structures, public areas, streets, roads, trails, walkways, 
 12.36  curbs and gutters, water supply, storm drainage, lighting, 
 13.1   sewers, electricity, gas, and other utilities; the planning and 
 13.2   design of sites; access to solar energy; and the protection and 
 13.3   conservation of flood plains, shore lands, soils, water, 
 13.4   vegetation, energy, air quality, and geologic and ecologic 
 13.5   features.  The regulations shall require that subdivisions be 
 13.6   consistent with the municipality's official map if one exists 
 13.7   and its zoning ordinance, and may require consistency with other 
 13.8   official controls and the comprehensive plan.  The regulations 
 13.9   may prohibit certain classes or kinds of subdivisions in areas 
 13.10  where prohibition is consistent with the comprehensive plan and 
 13.11  the purposes of this section, particularly the preservation of 
 13.12  agricultural lands.  The regulations may prohibit, restrict or 
 13.13  control development for the purpose of protecting and assuring 
 13.14  access to direct sunlight for solar energy systems.  The 
 13.15  regulations may prohibit, restrict, or control surface, above 
 13.16  surface, or subsurface development for the purpose of protecting 
 13.17  subsurface areas for existing or potential mined underground 
 13.18  space development pursuant to sections 469.135 to 469.141, and 
 13.19  access thereto.  The regulations may prohibit the issuance of 
 13.20  building permits or approvals for any tracts, lots, or parcels 
 13.21  for which required subdivision approval has not been obtained.  
 13.22     The regulations may permit the municipality to condition 
 13.23  its approval on the construction and installation of sewers, 
 13.24  streets, electric, gas, drainage, and water facilities, and 
 13.25  similar utilities and improvements or, in lieu thereof, on the 
 13.26  receipt by the municipality of a cash deposit, certified check, 
 13.27  irrevocable letter of credit, or bond in an amount and with 
 13.28  surety and conditions sufficient to assure the municipality that 
 13.29  the utilities and improvements will be constructed or installed 
 13.30  according to the specifications of the municipality.  Sections 
 13.31  471.345 and 574.26 do not apply to improvements made by a 
 13.32  subdivider or a subdivider's contractor. 
 13.33     The regulations may permit the municipality to condition 
 13.34  its approval on compliance with other requirements reasonably 
 13.35  related to the provisions of the regulations and to execute 
 13.36  development contracts embodying the terms and conditions of 
 14.1   approval.  The municipality may enforce such agreements and 
 14.2   conditions by appropriate legal and equitable remedies. 
 14.3      Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 462.358, 
 14.4   subdivision 9, is amended to read: 
 14.5      Subd. 9.  [UNPLATTED PARCELS.] Subdivision regulations 
 14.6   adopted by municipalities may apply to parcels which are taken 
 14.7   from existing parcels of record by metes and bounds 
 14.8   descriptions, and the governing body or building authority may 
 14.9   deny the issuance of building permits or approvals, building 
 14.10  permits issued under sections 16B.59 to 16B.75, or other permits 
 14.11  or approvals to any parcels so divided, pending compliance with 
 14.12  subdivision regulations.  
 14.13     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 462.359, 
 14.14  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 14.15     Subd. 4.  [APPEALS.] If a land use or zoning permit or 
 14.16  approval for a building in such location is denied, the board of 
 14.17  appeals and adjustments shall have the power, upon appeal filed 
 14.18  with it by the owner of the land, to grant a permit or approval 
 14.19  for building in such location in any case in which the board 
 14.20  finds, upon the evidence and the arguments presented to it, (a) 
 14.21  that the entire property of the appellant of which such area 
 14.22  identified for public purposes forms a part cannot yield a 
 14.23  reasonable return to the owner unless such a permit or approval 
 14.24  is granted, and (b) that balancing the interest of the 
 14.25  municipality in preserving the integrity of the official map and 
 14.26  of the comprehensive municipal plan and the interest of the 
 14.27  owner of the property in the use of the property and in the 
 14.28  benefits of ownership, the grant of such permit or approval is 
 14.29  required by considerations of justice and equity.  In addition 
 14.30  to the notice of hearing required by section 462.354, 
 14.31  subdivision 2, a notice shall be published in the official 
 14.32  newspaper once at least ten days before the day of the hearing. 
 14.33  If the board of appeals and adjustments authorizes the issuance 
 14.34  of a permit or approval the governing body or other board or 
 14.35  commission having jurisdiction shall have six months from the 
 14.36  date of the decision of the board to institute proceedings to 
 15.1   acquire such land or interest therein, and if no such 
 15.2   proceedings are started within that time, the officer 
 15.3   responsible for issuing building permits or approvals shall 
 15.4   issue the permit or approval if the application otherwise 
 15.5   conforms to local ordinances.  The board shall specify the exact 
 15.6   location, ground area, height and other details as to the extent 
 15.7   and character of the building for which the permit or approval 
 15.8   is granted. 
 15.9                              ARTICLE 3
 15.10                         INTERSTATE COMPACT
 15.11     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1994, section 16B.75, is 
 15.12  amended to read: 
 15.13     16B.75 [INTERSTATE COMPACT ON INDUSTRIALIZED/MODULAR 
 15.14  BUILDINGS.] 
 15.15     The state of Minnesota ratifies and approves the following 
 15.16  compact: 
 15.17       INTERSTATE COMPACT ON INDUSTRIALIZED/MODULAR BUILDINGS 
 15.18                             ARTICLE I
 15.19                FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS OF POLICY
 15.20     (1) The compacting states find that: 
 15.21     (a) Industrialized/modular buildings are constructed in 
 15.22  factories in the various states and are a growing segment of the 
 15.23  nation's affordable housing and commercial building stock. 
 15.24     (b) The regulation of industrialized/modular buildings 
 15.25  varies from state to state and locality to locality, which 
 15.26  creates confusion and burdens state and local building officials 
 15.27  and the industrialized/modular building industry. 
 15.28     (c) Regulation by multiple jurisdictions imposes additional 
 15.29  costs, which are ultimately borne by the owners and users of 
 15.30  industrialized/modular buildings, restricts market access and 
 15.31  discourages the development and incorporation of new 
 15.32  technologies. 
 15.33     (2) It is the policy of each of the compacting states to: 
 15.34     (a) Provide the states which regulate the design and 
 15.35  construction of industrialized/modular buildings with a program 
 15.36  to coordinate and uniformly adopt and administer the states' 
 16.1   rules and regulations for such buildings, all in a manner to 
 16.2   assure interstate reciprocity. 
 16.3      (b) Provide to the United States Congress assurances that 
 16.4   would preclude the need for a voluntary preemptive federal 
 16.5   regulatory system for modular housing, as outlined in Section 
 16.6   572 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1987, 
 16.7   including development of model standards for modular housing 
 16.8   construction, such that design and performance will insure 
 16.9   quality, durability and safety; will be in accordance with 
 16.10  life-cycle cost-effective energy conservation standards; all to 
 16.11  promote the lowest total construction and operating costs over 
 16.12  the life of such housing. 
 16.13                             ARTICLE II
 16.14                            DEFINITIONS
 16.15     As used in this compact, unless the context clearly 
 16.16  requires otherwise: 
 16.17     (1) "Commission" means the interstate 
 16.18  industrialized/modular buildings commission. 
 16.19     (2) "Industrialized/modular building" means any building 
 16.20  which is of closed construction, i.e. constructed in such a 
 16.21  manner that concealed parts or processes of manufacture cannot 
 16.22  be inspected at the site, without disassembly, damage or 
 16.23  destruction, and which is made or assembled in manufacturing 
 16.24  facilities, off the building site, for installation, or assembly 
 16.25  and installation, on the building site.  "Industrialized/modular 
 16.26  building" includes, but is not limited to, modular housing which 
 16.27  is factory-built single-family and multifamily housing 
 16.28  (including closed wall panelized housing) and other modular, 
 16.29  nonresidential buildings.  "Industrialized/modular building" 
 16.30  does not include any structure subject to the requirements of 
 16.31  the National Manufactured Home Construction and Safety Standards 
 16.32  Act of 1974. 
 16.33     (3) "Interim reciprocal agreement" means a formal 
 16.34  reciprocity agreement between a noncompacting state wherein the 
 16.35  noncompacting state agrees that labels evidencing compliance 
 16.36  with the model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular 
 17.1   buildings, as authorized in Article VIII, section (9), shall be 
 17.2   accepted by the state and its subdivisions to permit 
 17.3   installation and use of industrialized/modular buildings.  
 17.4   Further, the noncompacting state agrees that by legislation or 
 17.5   regulation, and appropriate enforcement by uniform 
 17.6   administrative procedures, the noncompacting state requires all 
 17.7   industrialized/modular building manufacturers within that state 
 17.8   to comply with the model rules and regulations for 
 17.9   industrialized/modular buildings. 
 17.10     (4) "State" means a state of the United States, territory 
 17.11  or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or 
 17.12  the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
 17.13     (5) "Uniform administrative procedures" means the 
 17.14  procedures adopted by the commission (after consideration of any 
 17.15  recommendations from the rules development committee) which 
 17.16  state and local officials, and other parties, in one state, will 
 17.17  utilize to assure state and local officials, and other parties, 
 17.18  in other states, of the substantial compliance of 
 17.19  industrialized/modular building construction with the 
 17.20  construction standard of requirements of such other states; to 
 17.21  assess the adequacy of building systems; and to verify and 
 17.22  assure the competency and performance of evaluation and 
 17.23  inspection agencies. 
 17.24     (6) "Model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular 
 17.25  buildings" means the construction standards adopted by the 
 17.26  commission (after consideration of any recommendations from the 
 17.27  rules development committee) which govern the design, 
 17.28  manufacture, handling, storage, delivery and installation of 
 17.29  industrialized/modular buildings and building components.  The 
 17.30  construction standards and any amendments thereof shall conform 
 17.31  insofar as practicable to model building codes and referenced 
 17.32  standards generally accepted and in use throughout the United 
 17.33  States. 
 17.34                            ARTICLE III
 17.35                       CREATION OF COMMISSION 
 17.36     The compacting states hereby create the Interstate 
 18.1   Industrialized/Modular Buildings Commission, hereinafter called 
 18.2   commission.  Said commission shall be a body corporate of each 
 18.3   compacting state and an agency thereof.  The commission shall 
 18.4   have all the powers and duties set forth herein and such 
 18.5   additional powers as may be conferred upon it by subsequent 
 18.6   action of the respective legislatures of the compacting states. 
 18.7                              ARTICLE IV
 18.8                      SELECTION OF COMMISSIONERS
 18.9      The commission shall be selected as follows.  As each state 
 18.10  becomes a compacting state, one resident shall be appointed as 
 18.11  commissioner.  The commissioner shall be selected by the 
 18.12  governor of the compacting state, being designated from the 
 18.13  state agency charged with regulating industrialized/modular 
 18.14  buildings or, if such state agency does not exist, being 
 18.15  designated from among those building officials with the most 
 18.16  appropriate responsibilities in the state.  The commissioner may 
 18.17  designate another official as an alternate to act on behalf of 
 18.18  the commissioner at commission meetings which the commissioner 
 18.19  is unable to attend. 
 18.20     Each state commissioner shall be appointed, suspended, or 
 18.21  removed and shall serve subject to and in accordance with the 
 18.22  laws of the state which said commissioner represents; and each 
 18.23  vacancy occurring shall be filled in accordance with the laws of 
 18.24  the state wherein the vacancy exists. 
 18.25     When For every three state commissioners that have been 
 18.26  appointed in the manner described, those state commissioners 
 18.27  shall select one additional commissioner who shall be a 
 18.28  representative of manufacturers of industrial- residential- or 
 18.29  commercial-use industrialized/modular buildings.  When For every 
 18.30  six state commissioners that have been appointed in the manner 
 18.31  described, the state commissioners shall select a second one 
 18.32  additional commissioner who shall be a representative of 
 18.33  consumers of industrialized/modular buildings.  With each 
 18.34  addition of three state commissioners, the state commissioners 
 18.35  shall appoint one additional representative commissioner, 
 18.36  alternating between a representative of manufacturers of 
 19.1   industrialized/modular buildings and consumers of 
 19.2   industrialized/modular buildings.  The ratio between state 
 19.3   commissioners and representative commissioners shall be three to 
 19.4   one.  In the event states withdraw from the compact or, for any 
 19.5   other reason, the number of state commissioners is reduced, the 
 19.6   state commissioners shall remove the last added representative 
 19.7   commissioner as necessary to maintain a the ratio of state 
 19.8   commissioners to representative commissioners of three to 
 19.9   one described herein. 
 19.10     Upon a majority vote of the state commissioners, the state 
 19.11  commissioners may remove, fill a vacancy created by, or replace 
 19.12  any representative commissioner, provided that any replacement 
 19.13  is made from the same representative group and a three to one 
 19.14  ratio the ratio described herein is maintained.  Unless provided 
 19.15  otherwise, the representative commissioners have the same 
 19.16  authority and responsibility as the state commissioners. 
 19.17     In addition, the commission may have as a member one 
 19.18  commissioner representing the United States government if 
 19.19  federal law authorizes such representation.  Such commissioner 
 19.20  shall not vote on matters before the commission.  Such 
 19.21  commission commissioner shall be appointed by the President of 
 19.22  the United States, or in such other manner as may be provided by 
 19.23  Congress. 
 19.24                             ARTICLE V
 19.25                               VOTING
 19.26     Each commissioner (except the commissioner representing the 
 19.27  United States government) shall be entitled to one vote on the 
 19.28  commission.  A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a 
 19.29  quorum for the transaction of business.  Any business transacted 
 19.30  at any meeting of the commission must be by affirmative vote of 
 19.31  a majority of the quorum present and voting. 
 19.32                             ARTICLE VI
 19.33                    ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT
 19.34     The commission shall elect annually, from among its 
 19.35  members, a chairman, a vice chairman and a treasurer.  The 
 19.36  commission shall also select a secretariat, which shall provide 
 20.1   an individual who shall serve as secretary of the commission. 
 20.2   The commission shall fix and determine the duties and 
 20.3   compensation of the secretariat.  The commissioners shall serve 
 20.4   without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their actual 
 20.5   and necessary expenses from the funds of the commission. 
 20.6      The commission shall adopt a seal. 
 20.7      The commission shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations 
 20.8   for the conduct of its business, and shall have the power to 
 20.9   amend and rescind these bylaws, rules, and regulations. 
 20.10     The commission shall establish and maintain an office at 
 20.11  the same location as the office maintained by the secretariat 
 20.12  for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time, 
 20.13  but in any event must meet at least once a year.  The chairman 
 20.14  may call additional meetings and upon the request of a majority 
 20.15  of the commissioners of three or more of the compacting states 
 20.16  shall call an additional meeting.  
 20.17     The commission annually shall make the governor and 
 20.18  legislature of each compacting state a report covering its 
 20.19  activities for the preceding year.  Any donation or grant 
 20.20  accepted by the commission or services borrowed shall be 
 20.21  reported in the annual report of the commission and shall 
 20.22  include the nature, amount and conditions, if any, of the 
 20.23  donation, gift, grant or services borrowed and the identity of 
 20.24  the donor or lender.  The commission may make additional reports 
 20.25  as it may deem desirable. 
 20.26                            ARTICLE VII
 20.27                             COMMITTEES
 20.28     The commission will establish such committees as it deems 
 20.29  necessary, including, but not limited to, the following: 
 20.30     (1) An executive committee which functions when the full 
 20.31  commission is not meeting, as provided in the bylaws of the 
 20.32  commission.  The executive committee will ensure that proper 
 20.33  procedures are followed in implementing the commission's 
 20.34  programs and in carrying out the activities of the compact.  The 
 20.35  executive committee shall be elected by vote of the commission.  
 20.36  It shall be comprised of at least three and no more than nine 
 21.1   commissioners, selected from those commissioners who are 
 21.2   representatives of the governor of their respective state the 
 21.3   state commissioners and one member of the industry commissioners 
 21.4   and one member of the consumer commissioners. 
 21.5      (2) A rules development committee appointed by the 
 21.6   commission.  The committee shall be consensus-based and consist 
 21.7   of not less than seven nor more than 21 members.  Committee 
 21.8   members will include state building regulatory officials; 
 21.9   manufacturers of industrialized/modular buildings; private, 
 21.10  third-party inspection agencies; and consumers.  This committee 
 21.11  may recommend procedures which state and local officials, and 
 21.12  other parties, in one state, may utilize to assure state and 
 21.13  local officials, and other parties, in other states, of the 
 21.14  substantial compliance of industrialized/modular building 
 21.15  construction with the construction standard requirements of such 
 21.16  other states; to assess the adequacy of building systems; and to 
 21.17  verify and assure the competency and performance of evaluation 
 21.18  and inspection agencies.  This committee may also recommend 
 21.19  construction standards for the design, manufacture, handling, 
 21.20  storage, delivery and installation of industrialized/modular 
 21.21  buildings and building components.  The committee will submit 
 21.22  its recommendations to the commission, for the commission's 
 21.23  consideration in adopting and amending the uniform 
 21.24  administrative procedures and the model rules and regulations 
 21.25  for industrialized/modular buildings.  The committee may also 
 21.26  review the regulatory programs of the compacting states to 
 21.27  determine whether those programs are consistent with the uniform 
 21.28  administrative procedures or the model rules and regulations for 
 21.29  industrialized/modular buildings and may make recommendations 
 21.30  concerning the states' programs to the commission.  In carrying 
 21.31  out its functions, the rules committee may conduct public 
 21.32  hearings and otherwise solicit public input and comment. 
 21.33     (3) Any other advisory, coordinating or technical 
 21.34  committees, membership on which may include private persons, 
 21.35  public officials, associations or organizations.  Such 
 21.36  committees may consider any matter of concern to the commission. 
 22.1      (4) Such additional committees as the commission's bylaws 
 22.2   may provide. 
 22.3                             ARTICLE VIII
 22.4                         POWER AND AUTHORITY
 22.5      In addition to the powers conferred elsewhere in this 
 22.6   compact, the commission shall have power to: 
 22.7      (1) Collect, analyze and disseminate information relating 
 22.8   to industrialized/modular buildings. 
 22.9      (2) Undertake studies of existing laws, codes, rules and 
 22.10  regulations, and administrative practices of the states relating 
 22.11  to industrialized/modular buildings. 
 22.12     (3) Assist and support committees and organizations which 
 22.13  promulgate, maintain and update model codes or recommendations 
 22.14  for uniform administrative procedures or model rules and 
 22.15  regulations for industrialized/modular buildings. 
 22.16     (4) Adopt and amend uniform administrative procedures and 
 22.17  model rules and regulations for industrialized/modular buildings.
 22.18     (5) Make recommendations to compacting states for the 
 22.19  purpose of bringing such states' laws, codes, rules and 
 22.20  regulations and administrative practices into conformance with 
 22.21  the uniform administrative procedures or the model rules and 
 22.22  regulations for industrialized/modular buildings, provided that 
 22.23  such recommendations shall be made to the appropriate state 
 22.24  agency with due consideration for the desirability of uniformity 
 22.25  while also giving appropriate consideration to special 
 22.26  circumstances which may justify variations necessary to meet 
 22.27  unique local conditions. 
 22.28     (6) Assist and support the compacting states with 
 22.29  monitoring of plan review programs and inspection programs, 
 22.30  which will assure that the compacting states have the benefit of 
 22.31  uniform industrialized/modular building plan review and 
 22.32  inspection programs. 
 22.33     (7) Assist and support organizations which train state and 
 22.34  local government and other program personnel in the use of 
 22.35  uniform industrialized/modular building plan review and 
 22.36  inspection programs. 
 23.1      (8) Encourage and promote coordination of state regulatory 
 23.2   action relating to manufacturers, public or private inspection 
 23.3   programs. 
 23.4      (9) Create and sell labels to be affixed to 
 23.5   industrialized/modular building units, constructed in or 
 23.6   regulated by compacting states, where such labels will evidence 
 23.7   compliance with the model rules and regulations for 
 23.8   industrialized/modular buildings, enforced in accordance with 
 23.9   the uniform administrative procedures.  The commission may use 
 23.10  receipts from the sale of labels to help defray the operating 
 23.11  expenses of the commission. 
 23.12     (10) Assist and support compacting states' investigations 
 23.13  into and resolutions of consumer complaints which relate to 
 23.14  industrialized/modular buildings constructed in one compacting 
 23.15  state and sited in another compacting state. 
 23.16     (11) Borrow, accept or contract for the services of 
 23.17  personnel from any state or the United States or any subdivision 
 23.18  or agency thereof, from any interstate agency, or from any 
 23.19  institution, association, person, firm or corporation. 
 23.20     (12) Accept for any of its purposes and functions under 
 23.21  this compact any and all donations, and grants of money, 
 23.22  equipment, supplies, materials and services (conditional or 
 23.23  otherwise) from any state or the United States or any 
 23.24  subdivision or agency thereof, from any interstate agency, or 
 23.25  from any institution, person, firm or corporation, and may 
 23.26  receive, utilize and dispose of the same. 
 23.27     (13) Establish and maintain such facilities as may be 
 23.28  necessary for the transacting of its business.  The commission 
 23.29  may acquire, hold, and convey real and personal property and any 
 23.30  interest therein. 
 23.31     (14) Enter into contracts and agreements, including but not 
 23.32  limited to, interim reciprocal agreements with noncompacting 
 23.33  states. 
 23.34                             ARTICLE IX
 23.35                              FINANCE
 23.36     The commission shall submit to the governor or designated 
 24.1   officer or officers of each compacting state a budget of its 
 24.2   estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the 
 24.3   laws of that state for presentation to the legislature thereof. 
 24.4      Each of the commission's budgets of estimated expenditures 
 24.5   shall contain specific recommendations of the amounts to be 
 24.6   appropriated by each of the compacting states.  The total amount 
 24.7   of appropriations requested under any such budget shall be 
 24.8   apportioned among the compacting states as follows:  one-half in 
 24.9   equal shares; one-fourth among the compacting states in 
 24.10  accordance with the ratio of their populations to the total 
 24.11  population of the compacting states, based on the last decimal 
 24.12  federal census; and one-fourth among the compacting states in 
 24.13  accordance with the ratio of industrialized/modular building 
 24.14  units manufactured in each state to the total of all units 
 24.15  manufactured in all of the compacting states. 
 24.16     The commission shall not pledge the credit of any 
 24.17  compacting state.  The commission may meet any of its 
 24.18  obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it by 
 24.19  donations, grants, or sale of labels:  provided that the 
 24.20  commission takes specific action setting aside such funds prior 
 24.21  to incurring any obligation to be met in whole or in part in 
 24.22  such manner.  Except where the commission makes use of funds 
 24.23  available to it by donations, grants or sale of labels, the 
 24.24  commission shall not incur any obligation prior to the allotment 
 24.25  of funds by the compacting states adequate to meet the same. 
 24.26     The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts 
 24.27  and disbursements.  The receipts and disbursements of the 
 24.28  commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting 
 24.29  procedures established under its bylaws.  All receipts and 
 24.30  disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be 
 24.31  audited yearly by a certified or licensed public accountant and 
 24.32  the report of the audit shall be included in and become part of 
 24.33  the annual report of the commission. 
 24.34     The accounts of the commission shall be open at any 
 24.35  reasonable time for inspection by duly constituted officers of 
 24.36  the compacting states and any person authorized by the 
 25.1   commission. 
 25.2      Nothing contained in this article shall be construed to 
 25.3   prevent commission compliance relating to audit or inspection of 
 25.4   accounts by or on behalf of any government contributing to the 
 25.5   support of the commission. 
 25.6                              ARTICLE X
 25.7                   ENTRY INTO FORCE AND WITHDRAWAL 
 25.8      This compact shall enter into force when enacted into law 
 25.9   by any three states.  Thereafter, this compact shall become 
 25.10  effective as to any other state upon its enactment thereof.  The 
 25.11  commission shall arrange for notification of all compacting 
 25.12  states whenever there is a new enactment of the compact. 
 25.13     Any compacting state may withdraw from this compact by 
 25.14  enacting a statute repealing the same.  No withdrawal shall 
 25.15  affect any liability already incurred by or chargeable to a 
 25.16  compacting state prior to the time of such withdrawal. 
 25.17                             ARTICLE XI
 25.18                            RECIPROCITY 
 25.19     If the commission determines that the standards for 
 25.20  industrialized/modular buildings prescribed by statute, rule or 
 25.21  regulation of compacting state are at least equal to the 
 25.22  commission's model rules and regulations for 
 25.23  industrialized/modular buildings, and that such state standards 
 25.24  are enforced by the compacting state in accordance with the 
 25.25  uniform administrative procedures, industrialized/modular 
 25.26  buildings approved by such a compacting state shall be deemed to 
 25.27  have been approved by all the compacting states for placement in 
 25.28  those states in accordance with procedures prescribed by the 
 25.29  commission. 
 25.30                            ARTICLE XII
 25.31               EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS AND JURISDICTION 
 25.32     Nothing in this compact shall be construed to: 
 25.33     (1) Withdraw or limit the jurisdiction of any state or 
 25.34  local court or administrative officer or body with respect to 
 25.35  any person, corporation or other entity or subject matter, 
 25.36  except to the extent that such jurisdiction pursuant to this 
 26.1   compact, is expressly conferred upon another agency or body. 
 26.2      (2) Supersede or limit the jurisdiction of any court of the 
 26.3   United States. 
 26.4                             ARTICLE XIII 
 26.5                    CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY 
 26.6      This compact shall be liberally construed so as to 
 26.7   effectuate the purposes thereof.  The provisions of this compact 
 26.8   shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or 
 26.9   provision of this compact is declared to be contrary to the 
 26.10  constitution of any state or of the United States or the 
 26.11  applicability thereof to any government, agency, person or 
 26.12  circumstances is held invalid, the validity of the remainder of 
 26.13  this compact and the applicability thereof to any government, 
 26.14  agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby.  
 26.15  If this compact shall be held contrary to the constitution of 
 26.16  any state participating therein, the compact shall remain in 
 26.17  full force and effect as to the remaining party states and in 
 26.18  full force and effect as to the state affected as to all 
 26.19  severable matters.