Colorado § 25-7-408 - Required compliance in building codes.
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§ 25-7-408. Required compliance in building codes.
(1) (a) Repealed.
(b) On and after January 1, 1993, every board of county commissioners of a county in the AIR program area which has enacted a building code, and thereafter every board of county commissioners of a county in the AIR program area which enacts a building code, shall, pursuant to section 30-28-201 (2), C.R.S., adopt a building code provision requiring any person who installs or constructs any fireplace to comply with section 25-7-407 (8).
(2) (a) Repealed.
(b) On and after January 1, 1993, every governing body of a municipality in the AIR program area which has enacted a building code, and thereafter every governing body of a municipality in the AIR program area which enacts a building code, shall, pursuant to section 31-15-601 (2), C.R.S., adopt a building code provision requiring any person who installs or constructs any fireplace to comply with section 25-7-407 (8).
(3) Nothing in this article 7 prevents a board of county commissioners or a governing body of a municipality from enacting a building code that requires more stringent standards for wood stoves and for fireplaces, if such standards are necessary and reflect technology suitable for commercial application within the meaning of section 25-7-407 (1), as that section existed prior to its repeal in 1993.
Source: L. 84: Entire part added, p. 781, § 1, effective April 12. L. 87: Entire section amended, p. 1143, § 6, effective June 16. L. 92: (1) and (2) amended, p. 1282, § 3, effective May 27; (1) and (2) amended, p. 1324, § 4, effective May 27. L. 2020: (3) amended, (SB 20-136), ch. 70, p. 295, § 43, effective September 14.
Editor's note: (1) Amendments to subsections (1) and (2) by Senate Bill 92-137 and House Bill 92-1321 were harmonized.
(2) Subsections (1)(a)(II) and (2)(a)(II) provided for the repeal of subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a), respectively, effective January 1, 1993. (See L. 92, pp. 1282, 1324.)
Cross references: For the legislative declaration in SB 20-136, see section 1 of chapter 70, Session Laws of Colorado 2020.
Source: official Colorado text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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