On November 10, 1999, Governor Tom Ridge signed into law Act 45 of 1999-The Uniform Construction Code Act (the "Act"). Citing the need to promote uniformity, to provide standards for the design, construction and alteration of buildings and to eliminate municipal codes that are restrictive, obsolete, conflicting and duplicative, the Act provides for minimum statewide standards for new construction in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. According to the Act, the Department of Labor and Industry (the "Department") must issue regulations by May 3, 2000, adopting a statewide Uniform Construction Code (the "Uniform Code"). The Uniform Code largely will be based on the 1999 Building Officials and Code Administration International, Inc. National Building Code ("BOCA Code") and will become effective 90 days after the Department issues the regulations.
