Published interpretation binding on all counties and municipalities
Sec. 4. (a) A written interpretation of a building law or fire safety
law binds all counties and municipalities if the building law
compliance officer in the department of homeland security publishes
the written interpretation of the building law or fire safety law in the
Indiana Register under IC 4-22-7-7(b). For purposes of IC 4-22-7-7,
a written interpretation of a building law or fire safety law published
by the building law compliance officer in the department of
homeland security is considered adopted by an agency.
(b) A written interpretation of a building law or fire safety law
published under subsection (a) binds all counties and municipalities
until the earlier of the following:
(1) The general assembly enacts a statute that substantively
changes the building law or fire safety law interpreted or voids
the written interpretation.
(2) The commission adopts a rule under IC 4-22-2 to state a
different interpretation of the building law or fire safety law.
(3) The written interpretation is found to be an erroneous
interpretation of the building law or fire safety law in a judicial
proceeding.
(4) The building law compliance officer in the department of
homeland security publishes a different written interpretation of
the building law or fire safety law.
As added by P.L.71-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.39.
Last modified: May 27, 2006