Read 1st time January 11, 2000, and 1000 copies ordered printed.
ANNE C. WALKER, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To repeal section 64.205, RSMo 1994, and section 64.170, RSMo Supp. 1999, relating to building codes in certain counties, and to enact in lieu thereof two new sections relating to the same subject.
Section A. Section 64.205, RSMo 1994, and section 64.170, RSMo Supp. 1999, are repealed and two new sections enacted in lieu thereof, to be known as sections 64.170 and 64.205, to read as follows:
64.170. 1. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health and general welfare, to protect life and property and to prevent the construction of fire hazardous buildings, the county commission in all counties of the first and second classification and in all counties with an assessed valuation at or above the level necessary to become a county of the first or second classification pursuant to section 48.020, RSMo, which have not yet changed classification pursuant to section 48.030, RSMo, as provided by law, is for this purpose empowered to adopt by order or ordinance regulations to control the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any building or structure and any electrical wiring or electrical installation therein, and provide for the issuance of building permits and adopt regulations licensing persons, firms or corporations other than federal, state or local governments, public utilities and their contractors engaged in the business of electrical wiring or installations and provide for the inspection thereof and establish a schedule of permit, license and inspection fees and appoint a building commission to prepare the regulations, as herein provided.
2. For the purpose of promoting the public safety, health and general welfare, to protect life and property, the county commission in a county of the first classification having a population of more than one hundred sixty thousand but less than two hundred thousand, as provided by law, is for this purpose empowered to adopt by order or ordinance regulations to control the construction, reconstruction, alteration or repair of any building or structure, and provide for the issuance of building permits and adopt regulations licensing contractors, firms or corporations other than federal, state or local governments, public utilities and their contractors engaged in the business of plumbing or drain laying and provide for the inspection thereof and establish a schedule of permit, license and inspection fee and appoint a building commission to prepare the regulations, as herein provided.
64.205. Sections 64.170 to 64.200 shall apply to all counties of the first and second [class] classification and, pursuant
to section 64.170, to all counties with an assessed valuation at or above the level necessary to become a county of
the first or second classification pursuant to section 48.020, RSMo, which have not yet changed classification
pursuant to section 48.030, RSMo.
Missouri House of Representatives