(1) The board shall promulgate rules as it deems necessary to ensure:
The safety of factory-built structures;
The safety of consumers purchasing manufactured homes;
The safety of manufactured home installations; and
The safety of hotels, motels, and multi-family structures in areas of the state whereno construction standards for hotels, motels, and multi-family structures exist.
Rules promulgated by the board shall include provisions imposing requirements reasonably consistent with recognized and accepted standards adopted by the international conference of building officials, the international code council, the international association of plumbing and mechanical officials, the national fire protection association, the Colorado state plumbing and electrical codes, and the structural engineers association of Colorado, or a combination thereof, except to the extent that the board finds that the standards and codes are inconsistent with this part 33. All rules promulgated by the board shall be adopted pursuant to article 4 of this title.
The board shall consult with and obtain the advice of an advisory committee onresidential and nonresidential structures in the drafting and promulgation of rules. The committee shall consist of twelve members appointed by the state director of housing from the following professional and technical disciplines: One from architecture, one from structural engineering, three from building code enforcement, one from mechanical engineering or contracting, one from electrical engineering or contracting, one from the plumbing industry, one from the mobile home industry, one from the construction design or producer industry, one from manufactured housing, and one from organized labor. Committee members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in official duties.
The division shall enforce the provisions of this part 33 and the rules adopted pursuant thereto.
The division may act as agent for the federal government for the enforcement ofmobile home safety and construction standards relating to any issue with respect to which a federal standard has been established under the federal act.
Source: L. 2003: Entire part added, p. 537, § 2, effective March 5.