updating and recodifying the municipal enforcement of the building and fire code.

HB 244 updates and reorganizes the existing legal framework for how municipalities enforce building and fire safety codes. It directly affects local governments and their code enforcement officers by clarifying and streamlining the procedures they use to inspect buildings and ensure fire safety compliance. The bill's key mechanism is reorganizing current code enforcement rules into a more logical, accessible format without changing the underlying safety requirements. This makes it easier for municipal staff to apply the rules consistently and for the public to understand the enforcement process. The bill focuses solely on improving the structure of the existing law, not on creating new safety standards.