When a plan of development is submitted to a utility, including a county-owned or municipal-owned water utility, on or after July 1, 2025, for review of the plan's compliance with applicable codes for water, electricity, or natural gas infrastructure, this bill requires the utility to complete the review within 30 days of the plan being submitted. If the utility does not complete the review within 30 days, then the person who submitted the plan may hire a third-party plans examiner to review the plan for compliance with all applicable codes. THIRD-PARTY PLANS EXAMINER If a person engages a third-party plans examiner in lieu of review by the utility, then this bill requires the person to submit the appropriate fee and a stamped and sealed copy of all plans that were examined to the utility and provide (i) the building name, intended address, and local jurisdiction of the planned development; (ii) the third-party plans examiner's name; (iii) a sworn statement under penalty of perjury by the third-party plans examiner, declaring that the plans comply with the applicable codes and that no deficiencies remain; (iv) a statement of the applicable codes of the local jurisdiction and the codes used to perform the plans examination; (v) the occupancy classification of the structure; and (vi) other information as the utility may reasonably require. APPROVAL OF PLANS No later than 10 business days after submission of the documents described above, this bill requires the utility to (i) approve the plans, if the plans comply with adopted codes; (ii) provide to the person, or the person's designee, a report of deficiencies; or (iii) request additional information necessary to ensure compliance with applicable codes. If 10 business days pass and the utility fails to take such action, then the utility must refund any associated plan review fees that were collected and the plans are deemed approved. INSPECTIONS – FEE If a plan of development is approved after review by a third-party plans examiner, then this bill requires the utility to perform inspections of the installation and construction of the water, electric, and natural gas infrastructure of the development. The utility may charge a fee for such inspections. However, the fee must not exceed 2% of the total cost of the development. SCHEDULE REQUIRED This bill requires a utility to provide persons with a schedule of all approved materials for water, electric, and natural gas infrastructure with specifications for such materials.