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SB 6054 - Wildfire home hardening/CICs

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Section 1

  1. The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local permitting authorities.

  2. The governing documents may include reasonable rules regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened materials.

  3. Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on property that is:

    1. Owned by another person;

    2. Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or

    3. A common area of the association.

  4. This section applies retroactively to a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.

  5. The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

    1. "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:

      1. The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the International Wildland Urban Interface Code;

      2. The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from wildland fire"; or

      3. The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established by the IBHS.

    b. "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home safety or its successor organization.

    c. "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its successor organization.

  6. This section expires January 1, 2028.

Section 2

  1. The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local permitting authorities.

  2. The governing documents may include reasonable rules regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened materials.

  3. Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on property that is:

    1. Owned by another person;

    2. Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or

    3. A common element of the association.

  4. This section applies retroactively to a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.

  5. The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

    1. "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:

      1. The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the International Wildland Urban Interface Code;

      2. The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from wildland fire"; or

      3. The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established by the IBHS.

    b. "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home safety or its successor organization.

    c. "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its successor organization.

  6. This section expires January 1, 2028.

Section 3

  1. The governing documents may not prohibit the installation, use, or maintenance of fire-hardened building materials so long as the fire-hardened building material meets applicable health and safety standards and requirements imposed by state and local permitting authorities.

  2. The governing documents may include reasonable rules regarding the design, dimensions, placement, or exterior appearance of fire-hardened building materials, so long as the rules do not render the use of the materials infeasible or increase the cost of the materials by more than 10 percent compared to other fire-hardened materials.

  3. Nothing in this subsection confers upon a property owner the right to construct or place fire-hardened building materials on property that is:

    1. Owned by another person;

    2. Leased, except with permission of the lessor; or

    3. A common element of a common interest community.

  4. This section applies retroactively to a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section. A provision in a governing document in effect on the effective date of this section that is inconsistent with this section is void and unenforceable.

  5. The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.

    1. "Fire-hardened building materials" means materials that meet:

      1. The criteria of ignition-resistant construction set forth in sections 504 through 506 of the most recent version of the International Wildland Urban Interface Code;

      2. The criteria for construction in wildland areas set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1140, "standard for wildland fire protection," and the criteria for reducing structure ignition hazards from wildland fire set forth in the most recent version of the NFPA standard 1144, "reducing structure ignitions from wildland fire"; or

      3. The requirements for a wildfire-prepared home established by the IBHS.

    b. "IBHS" means the insurance institute for business and home safety or its successor organization.

    c. "NFPA" means the national fire protection association or its successor organization.

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