ORS 455.095
Electronic access to building code and construction-related information and services
(1)
The Department of Consumer and Business Services shall develop and implement a system that provides electronic access to building codes information. The department shall make the system accessible for use by municipalities in carrying out the building inspection programs administered and enforced by the municipalities.(2)
The department may also make the system available for use by other public bodies that provide construction-related services including, but not limited to, public bodies described in ORS 455.185 (Agreements for full, divided, mutual or joint administration and enforcement) (4). The information and services available through the system may include, but need not be limited to:(a)
Licensing, permit, inspection and other relevant information;(b)
Access to forms;(c)
Electronic submission of permit applications;(d)
Electronic submission of plans for review;(e)
Electronic issuance of minor label or other appropriate permits;(f)
Access to permit and inspection processes;(g)
Scheduling of inspections, tracking of corrections and granting of approvals; and(h)
The coordination and tracking of construction-related services.(3)
The use of the system described in this section by a municipality or other public body is voluntary. Nonparticipation in the system by a municipality or other public body is not grounds for the department to suspend, revoke authorization for or assume the administration of a building inspection program described in ORS 455.148 (Comprehensive municipal building inspection programs) or 455.150 (Selective municipal building inspection programs) or to impose other disciplinary actions or sanctions against a municipality or other public body. [2003 c.336 §2; 2005 c.56 §4; 2007 c.69 §4; 2015 c.170 §2](2)
The department may also make the system available for use by other public bodies that provide construction-related services including, but not limited to, public bodies described in ORS 455.185 (Agreements for full, divided, mutual or joint administration and enforcement) (4). The information and services available through the system must include, but need not be limited to:(a)
Licensing, permit, inspection and other relevant information;(b)
Access to forms;(c)
Electronic submission of and payment for permit applications;(d)
Electronic submission of plans for review;(e)
Electronic receipt of plan approvals and permits;(f)
Electronic issuance of minor label or other appropriate permits;(g)
Access to permit and inspection processes;(h)
Receiving requests for and scheduling inspections, tracking of corrections and granting of approvals;(i)
Performance of electronic field inspections, construction progress inspections and on-site verification of compliance with building codes requirements; and(j)
The coordination and tracking of construction-related services.(3)
A municipality that administers and enforces a building inspection program shall:(a)
Use the system described in subsection (2) of this section or a system that the municipality develops, owns or has access to that has features, capabilities and functions that are equivalent to the system described in subsection (2) of this section; and(b)
Meet the minimum standards the department adopts under ORS 455.098 (Minimum standards and statewide consistency in electronic processes), regardless of whether the municipality uses the system described in subsection (2) of this section or a system that is equivalent to the system described in subsection (2) of this section.
Source:
Section 455.095 — Electronic access to building code and construction-related information and services, https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors455.html.
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