2002 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.72 Referenda on State Building Code in 
  nonmetropolitan counties. 

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 
 a county that is not a metropolitan county as defined by section 
 473.121, subdivision 4, may provide, by a vote of the majority 
 of its electors residing outside of municipalities that have 
 adopted the State Building Code before January 1, 1977, that no 
 part of the State Building Code except the building requirements 
 for handicapped persons, the requirements for bleacher safety, 
 and the requirements for elevator safety applies within its 
 jurisdiction.  

    The county board may submit to the voters at a regular or 
 special election the question of adopting the building code.  
 The county board shall submit the question to the voters if it 
 receives a petition for the question signed by a number of 
 voters equal to at least five percent of those voting in the 
 last general election.  The question on the ballot must be 
 stated substantially as follows:  

    "Shall the State Building Code be adopted in .......... 
 County?"  

    If the majority of the votes cast on the proposition is in 
 the negative, the State Building Code does not apply in the 
 subject county, outside home rule charter or statutory cities or 
 towns that adopted the building code before January 1, 1977, 
 except the building requirements for handicapped persons, the 
 requirements for bleacher safety, and the requirements for 
 elevator safety do apply.  

    Nothing in this section precludes a municipality or town 
 that has not adopted the State Building Code from adopting and 
 enforcing by ordinance or other legal means the State Building 
 Code within its jurisdiction.  

    HIST: 1984 c 544 s 77; 1994 c 634 art 2 s 8; 1995 c 166 s 3; 
 1997 c 206 s 7; 1998 c 359 s 13; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 63