(2) Requests for amendments received by the division less than 21 days before any regularly scheduled meeting of the board may be delayed in presentation until the next regularly scheduled board meeting.(3) Upon presentation of a proposed amendment, the board shall do one of the following:
(a) accept the proposed amendment as submitted or as modified by the board;
(b) reject the proposed amendment;
(c) submit the proposed amendment to the Board Amendment Subcommittee for further study; or
(d) return the proposed amendment to the requesting person or agency, accompanied by board comments, allowing the requesting person or agency to resubmit the proposed amendment with modifications.
(4) The Board Amendment Subcommittee shall report its recommendation to the board at the next regularly scheduled board meeting.
(5) The board shall make a final decision on the proposed amendment at the next board meeting following the original submission.
(6) The board may reconsider any request for amendment, reverse or modify any previous action by majority vote.
(7) When approved by the board, the requesting agency shall provide to the division within 45 days, the completed ordinance.
(8) The division shall maintain a list of amendments to the IFC that have been granted by the board.
(9) The division shall make available to any person or agency copies of the approved amendments upon request, and may charge a reasonable fee for multiple copies in accordance with Section 63G-2-203.
R710-9-7. Fire Advisory and Code Analysis Committee.
(1) There is created by the board a Fire Advisory and Code Analysis Committee whose duties are to provide direction to the board in the matters of fire prevention and building codes.
(2) The committee shall serve in an advisory position to the board, members shall be appointed by the board, shall serve for a term of three years, and shall consist of the following members:
(a) a representative from the State Fire Marshal's Office;
(b) the Code Committee Chair of the Fire Marshal's Association of Utah;
(c) a fire marshal or fire inspector from a local fire department or fire district;
(d) a representative from the Department of Health and Human Services;
(e) the Chief Elevator Inspector from the Utah Labor Commission; and
(f) a representative from Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
(3) This committee shall join together with the Uniform Building Code Commission Fire Protection Advisory Committee to form the Unified Code Analysis Council.
(4) The Council shall meet as directed by the board or as directed by the Building Codes Commission or as needed to review fire prevention and building code issues that require definitive and specific analysis.
(5) The Council shall select one of its members to act in the position of chair and another to act as vice chair. The chair and vice chair shall serve for one year terms on a calendar year basis. Elections for chair and vice chair shall occur at the meeting conducted in the last quarter of the calendar year.
(6) The chair or vice chair of the council shall report to the board or Building Codes Commission recommendations of the Council with regard to the review of fire and building codes.
R710-9-8. Enforcement of the Rules of the State Fire Marshal.
(1) Fire and life safety plan reviews of new construction, additions, and remodels of state owned facilities shall be conducted by the SFM, or authorized deputies. State owned facilities shall be inspected by the SFM, or authorized deputies.
(2) Fire and life safety plan reviews of new construction, additions, and remodels of public and private schools shall be completed by the SFM, or authorized deputies, and the LFA.
(3) Fire and life safety plan reviews of new construction, additions, and remodels of publicly owned buildings, privately owned colleges and universities, and institutional occupancies, with the exception of state owned buildings, shall be completed by the LFA. If not completed by the LFA, the SFM, or authorized deputies shall complete the plan review.
(4) The following listed occupancies shall be inspected by the LFA, the SFM, or authorized deputies:
(a) publicly owned buildings other than state owned buildings;
(b) public and private schools;
(c) privately owned colleges and universities;
(d) institutional occupancies; and
(e) places of assembly.
(5) The board shall require before approval of a grant the following:
(a) that the applying fire agency be actively participating in the statewide fire statistics reporting program; and
(b) that the applying fire agency be actively working toward structural or wildland firefighter certification through the Utah Fire Service Certification System.
R710-9-9. Fire Prevention Board Budget and Amendment Subcommittees.
(1) There are created two Fire Prevention Board subcommittees known as the Budget Subcommittee, and the Amendment Subcommittee. Each subcommittee's membership shall be appointed from members of the board.
