2004 Minnesota Statutes

     16B.63 State building official. 

    Subdivision 1.    Appointment.  The commissioner shall 
 appoint a state building official who under the direction and 
 supervision of the commissioner shall administer the code.  

    Subd. 2.    Qualifications.  To be eligible for 
 appointment as state building official an individual must be 
 competent in the field of administration and shall have the 
 experience in building design, construction, and supervision 
 which the commissioner considers necessary.  

    Subd. 3.    Powers and duties.  The state building 
 official may, with the approval of the commissioner, employ 
 personnel necessary to carry out the inspector's function under 
 sections 16B.59 to 16B.75.  The state building official shall 
 distribute without charge one copy of the code to each 
 municipality within the state.  Additional copies shall be made 
 available to municipalities and interested parties for a fee 
 prescribed by the commissioner.  The state building official 
 shall perform other duties in administering the code assigned by 
 the commissioner.  

    Subd. 4.    Accessibility specialists.  The state 
 building official shall, with the approval of the commissioner, 
 assign three department employees to assist municipalities in 
 complying with section 16B.61, subdivision 5. 

    Subd. 5.    Interpretative authority.  To achieve 
 uniform and consistent application of the State Building Code, 
 the state building official has final interpretative authority 
 applicable to all codes adopted as part of the State Building 
 Code except for the Plumbing Code and the Electrical Code when 
 enforced by the State Board of Electricity.  A final 
 interpretative committee composed of seven members, consisting 
 of three building officials, two inspectors from the affected 
 field, and two construction industry representatives, shall 
 review requests for final interpretations relating to that 
 field.  A request for final interpretation must come from a 
 local or state level building code board of appeals.  The state 
 building official must establish procedures for membership of 
 the interpretative committees.  The appropriate committee shall 
 review the request and make a recommendation to the state 
 building official for the final interpretation within 30 days of 
 the request.  The state building official must issue an 
 interpretation within ten business days from the recommendation 
 from the review committee.  A final interpretation may be 
 appealed within 30 days of its issuance to the commissioner 
 under section 16B.67.  The final interpretation must be 
 published within ten business days of its issuance and made 
 available to the public.  Municipal building officials shall 
 administer all final interpretations issued by the state 
 building official until the final interpretations are considered 
 for adoption as part of the State Building Code. 

    HIST: 1984 c 544 s 68; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 345 art 1 s 66; 1994 
 c 634 art 2 s 10; 1995 c 254 art 2 s 7; 2001 c 207 s 4