Indiana § 22-13-5-4 - Published interpretation binding on all counties and municipalities
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§ 22-13-5-4. Published interpretation binding on all counties and municipalities
Note: This version of section effective until 7-1-2027. See also following version of this section, effective 7-1-2027.
Sec. 4. (a) A written interpretation of a building law or fire safety law binds all counties and municipalities if the state building commissioner 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 state building commissioner 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 state building commissioner publishes a different written interpretation of the building law or fire safety law.
(c) The department or the state building commissioner shall create an electronic data base for the purpose of cataloging all available variance rulings by the commission or the department for the purpose of making the information available to the public on the website of the department or the state building commissioner.
As added by P.L.71-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.39; P.L.218-2014, SEC.9; P.L.249-2019, SEC.29; P.L.23-2026, SEC.234.
IC 22-13-5-4Published interpretation binding on all counties and municipalities Note: This version of section effective 7-1-2027. See also preceding version of this section, effective until 7-1-2027.
Sec. 4. (a) A written interpretation of a building law or fire safety law binds all counties and municipalities if the state building commissioner 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 state building commissioner 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 department 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 state building commissioner publishes a different written interpretation of the building law or fire safety law.
(c) The department or the state building commissioner shall create an electronic data base for the purpose of cataloging all available variance rulings by the department for the purpose of making the information available to the public on the website of the department or the state building commissioner.
As added by P.L.71-1999, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.22-2005, SEC.39; P.L.218-2014, SEC.9; P.L.249-2019, SEC.29; P.L.23-2026, SEC.234; P.L.152-2026, SEC.398.
IC 22-14ARTICLE 14. FIRE SAFETY LAWS: ENFORCEMENT
Ch. 1.General Provisions Ch. 2.Office of the State Fire Marshal; Board of Firefighting Personnel Standards and Education Ch. 3.Regulated Places of Amusement or Entertainment Ch. 4.Repealed Ch. 5.Repealed Ch. 6.Repealed Ch. 7.Reduced Ignition Propensity Standards for Cigarettes Ch. 8.Utility Scale Battery Energy Storage Systems
IC 22-14-1Chapter 1. General Provisions
22-14-1-1Separate infractions 22-14-1-2Compliance with variance as compliance with fire safety law 22-14-1-3Definitions 22-14-1-3.5"Academy" 22-14-1-4Repealed
Source: official Indiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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