RVIA’s Standards Department will be hosting the State Administrators Meeting (SAM) on April 6 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska as the association works to finalize the 2017 edition of standards for the RV industry.
The State Code Administrators from Oregon, Nebraska and Washington, along with the Testing and Listing Agencies and members of the RVIA Standards Steering Committee have been invited to this event.
The primary focus of the meeting is to facilitate the transition from one edition of the adopted RV standards to the next. John Proteau, RVIA’s senior inspector, will be the primary presenter, leading discussions of the following:
- Review 2017 NFPA 1192, ANSI 12V, and NEC code changes
- Review and agree upon uniform enforcement positions
- Review Uniform Plan Approval Standard (ANSI–UPA-1, 2014 Edition)
- Discuss other participant's technical issues
A unanimous decision is always sought to honor a “transition window” from the previous standards to the most recently published standard, says RVIA. This window where the manufacturer would be permitted to build to either standard is begins June 1 with mandatory compliance required for all RV units by Sept. 1.
This window of transition permits in‐field training and allows states additional time to approve plans.