Municipal enforcement modification

This bill modifies Minnesota's State Building Code enforcement rules to clarify which municipalities must enforce the code and how they can do so. It requires municipalities that already adopted the State Building Code by January 1, 2008, to continue enforcing it, while allowing smaller towns outside metropolitan counties to opt out. The legislation also mandates that all new residential construction and remodeling projects be inspected by the state commissioner unless the local government has its own inspection program, the town has fewer than 2,500 residents, or the project qualifies as replacement or repair work. Additionally, the bill prevents municipalities from requiring building standards that differ from the State Building Code, though it allows cities to extend enforcement to nearby unincorporated areas with proper notice and public hearings.