REFERENCE TITLE: building permits; electrical outlet capacity

 

 

 

 

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-fourth Legislature

Second Regular Session

2020

 

 

 

SB 1201

 

Introduced by

Senators Steele: Alston, Bowie, Dalessandro, Gonzales, Mendez, Navarrete, Peshlakai, Quezada; Representatives Longdon, Salman, Teller, Tsosie

 

 

AN ACT

 

amending sections 9-467 and 11-321, arizona revised statutes; relating to building permits.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 


Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 9-467, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE9-467.  Building permits; issuance; distribution of copies; electrical capacity; subsequent owner

A.  Any city or town requiring the issuance of a building permit shall transmit one copy of the permit to the county assessor and one copy to the director of the department of revenue.  Permit copies shall provide the permit number, issue date and parcel number.  On the issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the certificate of completion or on the expiration or cancellation of the permit, the assessor and the department of revenue shall be notified in writing or in electronic format of the permit number, parcel number, issue date and completion date.

B.  A city or town may not require an applicant for a building permit to hold a transaction privilege tax license or business license as a condition for issuing the building permit.  A city or town may require a person that has been issued a building permit and that does not otherwise hold a business license from the city or town to apply for a business license within thirty days after issuing the building permit.

C.  A city or town may not issue a residential structure building permit for a single-family structure if the residential structure does not have a 208/240‑volt, fifty-ampere, NEMA 14-50 branch circuit with a dedicated outlet to charge an electric vehicle in the residential structure's garage or within ten feet of a parking space on the outside of the residential structure.  This subsection does not apply to any of the following:

1.  A manufactured home.

2.  A residential structure that is less than one thousand square feet.

3.  A residential structure in which off-street parking is not provided.

4.  A residential structure in which the addition of a 50-ampere circuit would require the main service to exceed 200 ampere.

C.  d.  If a person has constructed a building or an addition to a building without obtaining a building permit, a city or town shall not require a subsequent owner to obtain a permit for the construction or addition done by the prior owner before issuing a permit for a building addition except that nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the enforcement of does not prohibit enforcing an applicable ordinance or code provision which that affects the public health or safety. END_STATUTE

Sec. 2.  Section 11-321, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE11-321.  Building permits; issuance; distribution of copies; electrical capacity; subsequent owner

A.  Except in those cities and towns which that have an ordinance relating to the issuance of building permits, the board of supervisors shall require a building permit for any construction of a building or an addition thereto to a building exceeding a cost of one thousand dollars $1,000 within its jurisdiction.  The building permit shall be filed with the board of supervisors or its designated agent.

B.  The board of supervisors may not require an applicant for a building permit to hold a transaction privilege tax license or business license as a condition for issuing the building permit.

C.  Where deemed of public convenience, the board of supervisors shall permit allow the application for and the issuance of building permits by mail.

D.  One copy of the building permit required by the terms of subsection A of this section shall be transmitted to the county assessor and one copy shall be transmitted to the director of the department of revenue.  The permit copy provided to the assessor and the department of revenue shall have the permit number, the issue date and the parcel number for which the permit is issued.  On the issuance of the certificate of occupancy or the certificate of completion or on the expiration or cancellation of the permit, the assessor and the department of revenue shall be notified in writing or in electronic format of the permit number, parcel number, issue date and completion date.

E.  The board of supervisors may not issue a residential structure building permit for a single-family structure if the residential structure does not have a 208/240‑volt, fifty-ampere, NEMA 14-50 branch circuit with a dedicated outlet to charge an electric vehicle in the residential structure's garage or within ten feet of a parking space on the outside of the residential structure.  This subsection does not apply to any of the following:

1.  A manufactured home.

2.  A residential structure that is less than one thousand square feet.

3.  A residential structure in which off-street parking is not provided.

4.  A residential structure in which the addition of a 50-ampere circuit would require the main service to exceed 200 ampere.

E.  F.  If a person has constructed a building or an addition to a building without obtaining a building permit, a county shall not require a subsequent owner to obtain a permit for the construction or addition done by the prior owner before issuing a permit for a building addition except that nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting the enforcement of does not prohibit enforcing an applicable ordinance or code provision which that affects the public health or safety. END_STATUTE