Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held at 10:00 A.M. on Thursday, April 12, 2007, in the offices of the Alabama Department of Insurance, 201 Monroe Street, Suite 1700, RSA Tower, Montgomery, Alabama, as follows:

Amendments to State Fire Marshal Regulation No. 1 [Chapter 482-2-101]. The  purposes of the new regulation are: to adopt, with exceptions, the 2003 edition of the National Fire Code; to adopt, with exceptions, the 2006 edition of the International Fire Code; to adopt, with exceptions, the 2006 editions of the International Building Code, the International Residential Code, and the International Existing Buildings Code. (13 pp.)

Amendments to State Fire Marshal Regulation No. 3 [Chapter 482-2-103]. The purposes of the new regulation are to prescribe various fees and provide for a skilled employee exemption for purposes of conducting weekly pump tests. (4 pp.)

Any person wishing to submit testimony at said hearing is requested to submit said testimony in writing to the Alabama Department of Insurance, Attention: Legal Division, Post Office Box 303351, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3351.  Any written submission of testimony prior to the hearing will not preclude anyone from making an oral or written presentation at the hearing. 

A copy of the regulations may be obtained by written request to the Alabama Department of Insurance, Post Office Box 303351, Montgomery, Alabama 36130-3351.  The request must include payment of one dollar per page and a self-addressed, postage paid return envelope.  An unofficial copy may also be obtained at no charge via electronic mail.  You may send an e-mail request to velma.mcelrath@insurance.alabama.gov.