Chapter 851
AN ACT
HB 2112
Relating to construction contractors.
Be It Enacted by the People of
the State of
SECTION 1. Section 2 of this 2007 Act is added to and
made a part of ORS chapter 701.
SECTION 2. (1) As used in this section, “barrier-type
exterior insulation and finish system” means a foam insulation board inner
layer, a polymer and cement base coat middle layer reinforced with glass fiber
mesh and a textured finish coat exterior layer, in which:
(a) The layers are
bonded to the outside face of an exterior wall;
(b) The middle or
exterior layer, but not the inner layer, provides a water resistant barrier for
the exterior of the building envelope;
(c) The layers do not
provide a means of drainage for water that accumulates behind the exterior
surface; and
(d) The layers insulate
the building.
(2) A person licensed or
required to be licensed under this chapter may not install a barrier-type
exterior insulation and finish system on:
(a) A new building; or
(b) An existing
building, except as necessary to repair or replace a previously installed
barrier-type exterior insulation and finish system.
(3) Subsection (2) of
this section does not apply to the application of a barrier-type exterior
insulation and finish system:
(a) As an architectural
feature that is not intended to protect an interior space of the building; or
(b) To a concrete wall
or a concrete masonry unit block wall.
Approved by the Governor July 31, 2007
Filed in the office of Secretary of State July 31, 2007
Effective date January 1, 2008
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