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CT Gen Stat § 29-265d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-265d - Reassessment of residential building made with defective concrete. Written evaluation by professional engineer. Adjustment by assessor. Appeal. Notification if foundation repaired or replaced.

 (a) Any owner of a residential building who has obtained a written evaluation from a professional engineer licensed pursuant to chapter 391 indicating that the foundation of such residential building was made with defective concrete may provide a copy of such evaluation to the assessor and request a reassessment of the residential building by the assessor. Not later than ninety days after receipt of a copy of such evaluation, or prior to the commencement of the assessment year next following, whichever is earlier, the assessor, member of the assessor's staff or person designated by the assessor shall inspect the residential building and adjust its assessment to reflect its current value. Such reassessment may be appealed pursuant to section 12-111. Any reassessment under this section shall apply for five assessment years, notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-62.(b) An owner of a residential building that has obtained a reassessment pursuant to this section shall notify the assessor if the concrete foundation is repaired or replaced during the five assessment years for which the reassessment is effective. Such notification shall be made in writing within thirty days of the repair or replacement of the concrete foundation. Not later than ninety days after receipt of such notification, or prior to the commencement of the assessment year next following, whichever is earlier, the assessor, member of the assessor's staff or person designated by the assessor shall inspect the residential building and adjust its assessment to reflect its current value.(P.A. 16-45, S. 2.)History: P.A. 16-45 effective May 25, 2016, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 29-265e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-265e - Confidentiality of documentation re claims of faulty or failing concrete foundations in residential buildings.

 Any documentation provided to or obtained by an executive branch agency, including documentation provided or obtained prior to May 25, 2016, relating to claims of faulty or failing concrete foundations in residential buildings by the owners of such residential buildings, and documents prepared by an executive branch agency relating to such documentation, shall be maintained as confidential by such agency for not less than seven years after the date of receipt of the documentation or seven years after May 25, 2016, whichever is later.(P.A. 16-45, S. 4.)History: P.A. 16-45 effective May 25, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 29-265f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-265f - Seller of concrete to provide purchaser with written notice re compliance with applicable pyrrhotite standard.

 If the federal Army Corps of Engineers, National Institute of Standards and Technology, ASTM International or other nationally recognized standards bureau establishes a standard for the presence of pyrrhotite in concrete intended for use in foundations of residential buildings and the State Building Inspector adopts such standard into the State Building Code, any person selling or offering such concrete for sale shall provide the purchaser or potential purchaser with written notice that such concrete is in compliance with such standard.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 346.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 29-265g (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-265g - Prohibition on reuse of recycled material known to contain pyrrhotite. Penalty.

 (a) On and after October 31, 2017, no person shall reuse any part of recycled material known to contain the mineral pyrrhotite to produce structural concrete for residential or commercial construction, unless such reuse is consistent with the standard established pursuant to section 29-265f.(b) A violation of subsection (a) of this section shall be an unfair or deceptive act or practice pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2, S. 338.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 17-2 effective October 31, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 29-267. (Formerly Sec. 19-398b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-267. (Formerly Sec. 19-398b) - Tenement House Act provision re room size inapplicable to construction pursuant to Building Code.

 Section 19a-358 shall not apply to any building or structure erected or altered pursuant to the State Building Code.(1969, P.A. 443, S. 17; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 7.)History: 1971 act deleted reference to repealed Secs. 19-359 and 19-360; Sec. 19-398b transferred to Sec. 29-267 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 29-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-398c) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-268. (Formerly Sec. 19-398c) - Two exits required for sleeping rooms.

 Section 29-268 is repealed.(P.A. 73-663; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-269a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-269a - Report on proposed revisions to State Building Code re accessibility for disabled persons.

 Section 29-269a is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.(P.A. 90-300, S. 6, 8; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 17-96, S. 44.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-269b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-269b - Symbol of access. Regulations.

 Not later than January 1, 2017, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall promulgate a policy and adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, designating the symbol of access to be used on signage indicating access for persons with disabilities. Such symbol shall depict a logo with a dynamic character leaning forward with a sense of movement, be readily identifiable and be simply designed with no secondary meaning. Such symbol shall signify equivalent facilitation and accessibility as the previously used international symbol of access.(P.A. 16-78, S. 1.)History: P.A. 16-78 effective June 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 29-269c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-269c - Use of symbol of access.

 Beginning January 1, 2017, any reference to the international symbol of accessibility in the State Building Code shall be deemed to mean the symbol of access, as defined in subsection (a) of section 14-253a. The symbol of access shall be used for all buildings and structures constructed, substantially renovated or expanded on or after January 1, 2017.(P.A. 16-78, S. 2.)History: P.A. 16-78 effective June 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 29-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-395o) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-270. (Formerly Sec. 19-395o) - Posting of access symbols.

 Section 29-270 is repealed.(P.A. 75-234; P.A. 87-123, S. 4; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-270a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-270a - Automatic doors for persons with physical disabilities in certain shopping malls or retail businesses.

 The owner of any enclosed shopping mall or retail business with more than fifty thousand square feet of floor space, shall install, in at least one of the primary entrances, doors that are automatically activated to provide access to persons with physical disabilities, provided the State Building Inspector may grant an exemption from such requirement where strict compliance would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship. The State Building Inspector shall electronically publish such waiver on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services. Nothing in this section shall require the installation of an automatically activated door in a primary entrance which is open and unobstructed by any door during the hours the retail business is open to the public.(P.A. 87-54; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 61, 121; P.A. 17-96, S. 28.)History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 changed reference from “advocacy for the handicapped and developmentally disabled” to “advocacy for persons with disabilities”, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 17-96 deleted provision re concurrence with Director of the Office of Protection and Advocacy for Persons with Disabilities, and added provision re publishing waiver on Internet web site of Department of Administrative Services, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 29-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-396a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-272. (Formerly Sec. 19-396a) - Definitions.

 As used in this part:(a) “Complex” means any group of buildings located on a single parcel of land or on contiguous parcels of land or any building or group of buildings which are subdivided into separate occupancies and planned, financed, constructed or promoted by common management for the purpose of sale or lease of the entire complex or any subdivision thereof, except any single-family detached dwelling;(b) “Street floor” means the floor nearest the level of exit discharge; and(c) “Story” means that part of a building comprised between a floor and the floor or roof next above.(P.A. 79-138, S. 1, 5; P.A. 88-315, S. 2.)History: Sec. 19-396a transferred to Sec. 29-272 in 1983; P.A. 88-315 redefined “complex” to include any building or group of buildings subdivided into separate occupancies and planned, financed, constructed or promoted by common management, and redefined “street floor” to mean the floor nearest the level of exit discharge.
CT Gen Stat § 29-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-396b) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-273. (Formerly Sec. 19-396b) - Accessibility or adaptability requirements for residential buildings and complexes.

 Each residential building or complex constructed, substantially renovated or established by change of use under a building permit application filed on or after October 1, 2004, shall provide accessible or adaptable dwelling units for persons with disabilities as required by the State Building Code.(P.A. 79-138, S. 2, 3, 5; P.A. 87-123, S. 2; P.A. 90-300, S. 4, 8; P.A. 04-237, S. 3.)History: Sec. 19-396b transferred to Sec. 29-273 in 1983; P.A. 87-123 amended Subsecs. (a) and (b) to delete obsolete use group designations and substitute current designations in lieu thereof; P.A. 90-300 inserted new Subsec. (b) re accessibility requirements for certain dormitories, rooming and boarding houses, inserted in Subsec. (c), formerly (b), accessibility and adaptability requirements for buildings designated as use group R-2, “Residential-Multifamily”, and added Subsec. (d) re adaptability requirements for buildings designated as use group R-3, “Residential, one and two family attached”; P.A. 04-237 replaced former Subsecs. (a) to (d) with requirement that each residential building or complex constructed, substantially renovated or established by change of use under building permit application filed on or after October 1, 2004, provide accessible or adaptable dwelling units for persons with disabilities as required by code.
CT Gen Stat § 29-275. (Formerly Sec. 19-398d) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-275. (Formerly Sec. 19-398d) - Prohibition concerning obstructions which prevent entry or exit by handicapped persons.

 Section 29-275 is repealed.(P.A. 79-326; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-275a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-275a - Prohibition concerning obstructions which prevent entry or exit by handicapped persons.

 No fixed mounted poles or other obstructions which prevent the removal of shopping carts shall be used either inside or outside of any building constructed prior to 1988 unless there is at least one opening that is a minimum of thirty-six inches wide at the main entrance to such building which permits easy access and egress by handicapped persons in wheelchairs. No such poles or other obstructions shall be used in a manner which prevents the use of curb cuts by such handicapped persons.(P.A. 97-118, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-399) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-399) - Application for listing of new materials and modes of construction. Publication of bulletin. Regulations.

 Section 29-276 is repealed.(1949 Rev., S. 4110; 1969, P.A. 443, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 8; P.A. 77-614, S. 499, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 20, 22, 85, 136; P.A. 82-279, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-276a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-276a - Moratorium on “lift-slab” construction. Regulations.

 (a) No person may use or cause to be used the “lift-slab” method in any construction project until the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section are effective.(b) The State Building Inspector and the Codes and Standards Committee shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 specifying stringent safety requirements relative to the use of the “lift-slab” method of construction.(P.A. 88-54, S. 1–3.)
CT Gen Stat § 29-282. (Formerly Sec. 19-403) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-282. (Formerly Sec. 19-403) - Public service company exceptions.

 This part shall not apply to structures, other than buildings, of public service companies subject to regulation by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority.(1949 Rev., S. 4114; P.A. 75-486, S. 47, 69; P.A. 77-614, S. 162, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 171, 348; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 75-486 replaced public utilities commission with public utilities control authority; P.A. 77-614 replaced public utilities control authority with division of public utility control within the department of business regulation, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 80-482 made division of public utility control an independent department and deleted reference to abolished department of business regulation; Sec. 19-403 transferred to Sec. 29-282 in 1983; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 29-291. (Formerly Sec. 29-39) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-291. (Formerly Sec. 29-39) - Commissioner to appoint State Fire Marshal. Delegation of powers.

 For the purposes of this part and any other statute related to fire prevention and safety, the Commissioner of Administrative Services shall appoint a person to serve as the State Fire Marshal. The commissioner may delegate such powers as the commissioner deems expedient for the proper administration of this part and any other statute related to fire prevention and safety to any employee of (1) the Department of Administrative Services, (2) The University of Connecticut at Storrs Division of Public Safety, provided the commissioner and the president of The University of Connecticut enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning such delegation of powers in accordance with section 10a-109ff, and (3) the Connecticut Airport Authority upon any premises, road or land under the control of the authority, provided the commissioner and the executive director of the authority enter into a memorandum of understanding concerning such delegation of powers.(1949 Rev., S. 3664; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 610; P.A. 90-337, S. 7, 8; P.A. 00-220, S. 36, 43; P.A. 06-134, S. 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 106; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 18-142, S. 1.)History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of state police with commissioner of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 29-39 transferred to Sec. 29-291 in 1983; P.A. 90-337 deleted reference to “member of the division of state police” and inserted “employee” in lieu thereof; P.A. 00-220 added provision re The University of Connecticut at Storrs Division of Public Safety and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 06-134 added language concerning memorandum of understanding and reference to Sec. 10a-109ff and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2006; P.A. 11-51 replaced provisions re Commissioner of Public Safety serving as the State Fire Marshal with provisions re Commissioner of Construction Services appointing a person to serve as the State Fire Marshal and, in Subdiv. (1), changed “Department of Public Safety” to “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” and “Department of Construction Services” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” and “Department of Administrative Services”, respectively, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 18-142 added Subdiv. (3) re delegation of powers to the Connecticut Airport Authority, effective June 13, 2018.
CT Gen Stat § 29-291a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-291a - State Fire Prevention Code: Adoption and revision. Advisory committee. Official interpretation.

 (a) The State Fire Marshal, in coordination with the advisory committee established under subsection (b) of this section and in accordance with the provisions of section 29-291e, shall adopt and administer a State Fire Prevention Code based on a nationally recognized fire prevention code. The code shall be used to enhance the enforcement capabilities of local fire marshals and for the purposes of prevention of fire and other related emergencies. The code shall be revised as deemed necessary to incorporate any subsequent revisions to the code not later than eighteen months following the date of first publication of such revisions. The code shall include provisions for oil burners, flammable and combustible liquids, gas equipment and piping, liquefied gas and liquefied natural gas and hazardous chemicals.(b) There is established an advisory committee consisting of nine persons appointed by the State Fire Marshal. The State Fire Marshal shall appoint two members selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Codes and Standards Committee from the membership of said committee and seven members representing local fire marshals, deputy fire marshals and fire inspectors selected from a list of individuals submitted by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association.(c) The State Fire Marshal may issue official interpretations of the State Fire Prevention Code, including interpretations of the applicability of any provision of the code, upon the request of any person. The State Fire Marshal shall compile and index each interpretation and shall publish such interpretations at periodic intervals not exceeding four months.(P.A. 04-59, S. 1; P.A. 07-84, S. 1; P.A. 08-65, S. 1; P.A. 16-215, S. 6; P.A. 17-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 04-59 effective May 10, 2004; P.A. 07-84 amended Subsec. (a) to extend deadline for adoption of the Fire Prevention Code from January 1, 2005, to October 1, 2008; P.A. 08-65 made a technical change in Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (c) re official interpretations of the code; P.A. 16-215 amended Subsec. (a) to add reference to Sec. 29-291e, to delete “adopted not later than October 1, 2008, and shall be” and to make a technical change, effective May 31, 2016; P.A. 17-80 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provision re inclusion of provisions in State Fire Prevention Code for oil burners, flammable and combustible liquids, gas equipment and piping, liquefied gas and liquefied natural gas and hazardous chemicals, and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2017.
CT Gen Stat § 29-291b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 29 - Public Safety and State Police|Chapter 541 - Building, Fire and Demolition Codes. Fire Marshals and Fire Hazards. Safety of Public and Other Structures|Section 29-291b - State Fire Prevention Code: Variations, exemptions, equivalent or alternate compliance.

 The State Fire Marshal may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of the State Fire Prevention Code where strict compliance with such provisions would entail practical difficulty or unnecessary hardship, or is otherwise adjudged unwarranted, provided any such variation or exemption or approved equivalent or alternate compliance shall, in the opinion of the State Fire Marshal, secure the public safety. Any application for a variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by a local fire marshal shall be forwarded to the State Fire Marshal by first class mail not later than fifteen business days after the receipt of such application by the local fire marshal and accompanied by a letter containing the local fire marshal's comments on the merits of the application.(P.A. 08-65, S. 5.)