Concerns authority of owners, agents, or other persons to elect to contract with private on-site inspection agencies to complete inspections under the construction code; provides for charging of inspection fees.

The entire four-hour time window requirement is deleted. Previously, enforcing agencies had to notify owners in writing within 24 hours of a request AND no less than 24 hours before the start of a designated four-hour inspection window. Owners could also file complaints against local agencies for violating this provision on the department's website. This obligation and complaint mechanism are now gone.

The notification requirement in paragraph (2) of subsection e is simplified. Previously, if an agency could not inspect within three business days or during the four-hour window, it had to notify the owner within 24 hours of receiving the request AND no less than 24 hours before the start of the four-hour window. Now it only requires notification within 24 hours of receiving the request.

Section f (enforcing agency processes) no longer references the four-hour time window or paragraph (5). It now only requires agencies to establish processes ensuring inspections are performed within three business days, using authorized methods like shared services agreements or contracted private inspection agencies.

A formal bill statement is added at the end explaining that the bill modifies inspection processes under the State Uniform Construction Code Act to provide for separate inspection fees and allow owners to independently elect private on-site inspection agencies for any reason, noting that current law only permits this under limited circumstances with department authorization.

The cross-reference to P.L.2025, c.173, s.1 is removed from the end of the bill text.