Nevada Bill Amended to Remove Model Code Adoption Language

On March 23, a new bill was introduced in the Nevada General Assembly establishing a comprehensive state energy plan. Included in the bill were provisions for the Nevada Energy Commission to adopt the 2009 IECC and ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007, for the state codes to be updated every three years--which is also how often updated versions of the IECC and ASHRAE are published--and for the allowance of more stringent codes by local governments.

However, the Assembly approved a Ways and Means Committee amendment which removed language pertaining to the adoption of energy codes from the bill. The amended version of the bill was passed by the full state Assembly, the Senate Energy, Infrastructure, and Transportation Committee, and the full Senate. It was signed into Nevada state law, without energy code language, by Governor Jim Gibbons on May 30.

For more information, see the BCAP source article, "Amendment to Nevada Bill Removes Model Code Adoption Language."