(A) The council shall promulgate as regulations, in accordance with the procedure and requirements contained in Article 1, Chapter 23, Title 1, any provision of or amendment to any building code that would affect construction requirements for one-family or two-family dwellings. No building code provision that would otherwise become effective after the effective date of this section concerning construction requirements for one-family or two-family dwellings shall be enforced until the effective date of the regulations required to be promulgated by this section. (B) Notwithstanding subsection (A), a regulation mandating the installation of an automatic residential fire sprinkler system in one-family or two-family dwellings shall not become effective at any time before July 1, 2015. (C) Notwithstanding subsection (A), Section 501.3 of the 2012 International Residential Code must not be enforced. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "July 1, 2015" for "January 1, 2014", and added subsection (C) relating to the International Residential Code. 2015 Act No. 17, SECTION 1, substituted "enforced" for "enforced at any time before July 1, 2015".
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