3781.102
Extending building department certifications.

(A)
Any
county or municipal building department certified pursuant to division (E) of
section 3781.10 of the Revised Code as of
September 14, 1970, and that, as of that date, was inspecting single-family,
two-family, and three-family residences, and any township building department
certified pursuant to division (E) of section
3781.10 of the Revised Code, is
hereby declared to be certified to inspect single-family, two-family, and
three-family residences containing industrialized units, and shall inspect the
buildings or classes of buildings subject to division (E) of section
3781.10 of the Revised
Code.

(B)
Each
board of county commissioners may adopt, by resolution, rules establishing
standards and providing for the licensing of electrical and heating,
ventilating, and air conditioning contractors who are not required to hold a
valid and unexpired license pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code.

Rules adopted by a
board of county commissioners pursuant to this division may be enforced within
the unincorporated areas of the county and within any municipal corporation
where the legislative authority of the municipal corporation has contracted
with the board for the enforcement of the county rules within the municipal
corporation pursuant to section
307.15 of the Revised Code. The
rules shall not conflict with rules adopted by the board of building standards
pursuant to section
3781.10 of the Revised Code or by
the department of commerce pursuant to Chapter 3703. of the Revised Code. This
division does not impair or restrict the power of municipal corporations under
Section 3 of Article XVIII, Ohio Constitution, to adopt rules concerning the
erection, construction, repair, alteration, and maintenance of buildings and
structures or of establishing standards and providing for the licensing of
specialty contractors pursuant to section
715.27 of the Revised Code.

A board of county
commissioners, pursuant to this division, may require all electrical
contractors and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors, other
than those who hold a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter
4740. of the Revised Code, to successfully complete an examination, test, or
demonstration of technical skills, and may impose a fee and additional
requirements for a license to engage in their respective occupations within the
jurisdiction of the board's rules under this division.

(C)
No
board of county commissioners shall require any specialty contractor who holds
a valid and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised
Code to successfully complete an examination, test, or demonstration of
technical skills in order to engage in the type of contracting for which the
license is held, within the unincorporated areas of the county and within any
municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted with the board
for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal corporation,
pursuant to section
307.15 of the Revised
Code.

(D)
A board
may impose a fee for registration of a specialty contractor who holds a valid
and unexpired license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code
before that specialty contractor may engage in the type of contracting for
which the license is held within the unincorporated areas of the county and
within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has contracted
with the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the municipal
corporation, pursuant to section
307.15 of the Revised Code,
provided that the fee is the same for all specialty contractors who wish to
engage in that type of contracting. If a board imposes such a fee, the board
immediately shall permit a specialty contractor who presents proof of holding a
valid and unexpired license and pays the required fee to engage in the type of
contracting for which the license is held within the unincorporated areas of
the county and within any municipal corporation whose legislative authority has
contracted with the board for the enforcement of county regulations within the
municipal corporation, pursuant to section
307.15 of the Revised
Code.

(E)
The
political subdivision associated with each municipal, township, and county
building department the board of building standards certifies pursuant to
division (E) of section
3781.10 of the Revised Code may
prescribe fees to be paid by persons, political subdivisions, or any
department, agency, board, commission, or institution of the state, for the
acceptance and approval of plans and specifications, and for the making of
inspections, pursuant to sections
3781.03 and
3791.04 of the Revised
Code.

(F)
Each
political subdivision that prescribes fees pursuant to division (E) of this
section shall collect, on behalf of the board of building standards, fees equal
to the following:

(1)
Three
per cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in connection with
nonresidential buildings;

(2)
One per
cent of the fees the political subdivision collects in connection with
residential buildings.

(1)
The board shall adopt rules, in
accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code, specifying the manner in
which the fee assessed pursuant to division (F) of this section shall be
collected and remitted monthly to the board. The board shall pay the fees into
the state treasury to the credit of the industrial
compliance operating fund created in section
121.084 of the Revised
Code.

(2)
All
money credited to the industrial compliance operating fund under this
division shall be used exclusively for the following:

(b)
Providing services, including educational programs, for the building
departments that are certified by the board pursuant to division (E) of section
3781.10 of the Revised
Code;

(c)
Paying
the expenses of the residential construction advisory committee, including the
expenses of committee members as provided in section
4740.14 of the Revised
Code.

(H)
A board
of county commissioners that adopts rules providing for the licensing of
electrical and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractors, pursuant
to division (B) of this section, may accept, for purposes of satisfying the
requirements of rules adopted under that division, a valid and unexpired
license issued pursuant to Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code that is held by an
electrical or heating, ventilating, and air conditioning contractor, for the
construction, replacement, maintenance, or repair of one-family, two-family, or
three-family dwelling houses or accessory structures incidental to those
dwelling houses.

(I)
A board
of county commissioners shall not register a specialty contractor who is
required to hold a license under Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code but does not
hold a valid license issued under that chapter.

(J)
As used
in this section, "specialty contractor" means a heating, ventilating, and air
conditioning contractor, refrigeration contractor, electrical contractor,
plumbing contractor, or hydronics contractor, as those contractors are
described in Chapter 4740. of the Revised Code.