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PURPOSE OF THE STATE BUILDING CODE As established in Minnesota law,the primary purpose of the Minnesota State Building Code is to provide minimum standards to safeguard life and limb,health,property, and public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, quality of materials, use and occupancy, location, and maintenance of all structures and equipment specifically covered by the code in a municipality that adopts and enforces the code. The purpose of the code is not to create, establish, or designate a particular class or group of persons who will or should be especially protected or benefited by the terms of the code. MAKE-UP OF THE MINNESOTA STATE BUILDING CODE The Minnesota State Building Code(SBC) is a compilation of various state rule chapters that regulate different parts of building construction. Although compiled as separate chapters,the compilation itself is identified as the Minnesota State Building Code. As part of the rule making process (for the SBC), national model codes are usually referenced for adoption. Some of the national model codes that make up part of the SBC include the International Building Code,the International Residential Code,the International Mechanical Code,the National Electrical Code and the Guidelines for the Rehabilitation of Existing Buildings (Minnesota Building Conservation Code). Minnesota also writes and adopts several of its own building construction codes. Some of these rules include: the Administrative Provisions of the Building Code,the Minnesota Plumbing Code,Manufactured and Prefabricated Building Codes,the Minnesota Energy Code, and the Minnesota Accessibility Code. The Minnesota State Building Code contains the following documents: • MN Rule 1300,Administration of the Minnesota State Building Code; • MN Rule 1301,Building Official Certification; • MN Rule1302, State Building Code Construction Approvals; • MN Rule 1303,Minnesota Provisions; • MN Rule 1305,Adoption of the 2006 International Building Code; • MN Rule 1307,Elevators and Related Devices. • MN Rule1309,Adoption of the 2006 International Residential Code; • MN Rule 1311,Minnesota State Building Conservation Code; • MN Rule 1315,Adoption of the 2008 National Electrical Code; • MN Rule 1325, Solar Energy Systems; • MN Rule 1330,Fallout Shelters; • MN Rule 1335,Floodproofing Regulations; • MN Rule 1341,Minnesota Accessibility Code; • MN Rule 1346,Adoption of the Minnesota State Mechanical Code; • MN Rule 1350,Manufactured Homes; • MN Rule 1360,Prefabricated Structures; • MN Rule 1361,Industrialized/Modular Buildings; • MN Rule 1370, Storm Shelters (Manufactured Home Parks); • MN Rule 4715,Minnesota Plumbing Code • MN Rules 7670, 7672, 7674, 7676, and 7678,Minnesota Energy Code 5