Authority: IC 22-13-2-2; IC 22-13-2-13

Affected: IC 22-12; IC 22-13; IC 22-14; IC 22-15; IC 36-7

Sec. 27. (a) Delete the text of 680.26(B)(2)(b) and substitute to read as follows: Alternate means. Where structural reinforcing steel is not available or is encapsulated in a nonconductive compound, a copper grid shall be installed within concrete or under other surfaces in accordance with 680.26(B)(1)(b).

(b) After 680.26(B)(2)(b), insert an exception to read as follows: Exception to (b): The equipotential bonding grid shall not be required to be installed under pool decks of nonconductive materials.

(Fire Prevention and Building Safety Commission; 675 IAC 17-1.8-27; filed Jul 27, 2009, 10:39 a.m.: 20090826-IR-675090140FRA; readopted filed Jul 17, 2015, 3:40 p.m.: 20150812-IR-675140473RFA; readopted filed Jul 8, 2021, 3:18 p.m.: 20210804-IR-675210166RFA; readopted filed Nov 18, 2025, 10:36 a.m.: 20251210-IR-675240566RFA) NOTE: Agency cited as 675 IAC 17-1.8-30, which was renumbered by the Publisher as 675 IAC 17-1.8-27.