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MN Stat § 299F.096 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.096 — Duty To Safeguard Private Information.

299F.096 DUTY TO SAFEGUARD PRIVATE INFORMATION. Subdivision 1. Nonpublic data. Before a fire department and emergency response personnel may have access to information received under section 299F.094, the department shall establish security procedures to prevent unauthorized use or disclosure of nonpublic data. Nonpublic data must be made available in an emergency to emergency response personnel. No liability results under sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 with respect to disclosure of nonpublic data if emergency response personnel, in response to an emergency, reasonably determine that the use or disclosure of the data is necessary to expedite medical services or to protect persons from imminent danger. As soon as practicable after disclosure of nonpublic data is made by emergency response personnel, the circumstances necessitating the disclosure and the actual or estimated extent of the disclosure must be described in writing by the personnel and provided to the employer. Subd. 2. Classified information. When the notification required in section 299F.094 involves classified information, the employer shall, without revealing the classified information, attempt to provide the local fire department with that information necessary to protect the department, emergency response personnel, and the public in an emergency. The employer is also responsible for requesting changes in the classification of classified information or declassification of that material when it is considered necessary by a local fire department in advance of an emergency to protect emergency response personnel or the public. An employer is not required to reveal classified information, except in an emergency, without prior governmental approval, and in an emergency, an employer shall disclose to emergency response personnel appropriate elements of classified information that are reasonably necessary to protect human life. An employer may choose to make classified information available to the local fire department or emergency response personnel if necessary for emergency preplanning purposes. In those cases, classified information (1) may be made available to a local fire department or emergency response personnel only after it has been demonstrated that the personnel intended to have access to the classified information meet access requirements applicable to the facilities and to personnel having access to classified information, and (2) must be protected from disclosure by the local fire department and emergency response personnel in accordance with applicable rules and statutes. History:   1Sp1986 c 1 art 10 s 15
MN Stat § 299F.098 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.098 — Penalties.

299F.098 PENALTIES. (a) An employer who violates a provision of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under the authority of those sections, that is determined by rule not to be a violation of a serious nature, may be assessed a fine not to exceed $1,000. (b) An employer who violates a provision of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under the authority of those sections, that is determined by rule to be of a serious nature, must be assessed a fine not to exceed $1,000 for each violation. (c) An employer who is convicted of knowingly making a false statement, representation, or certification in an application, record, report, plan, or other document filed or required to be maintained under sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (d) An employer who is convicted of willfully or repeatedly violating the requirements of sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order adopted or made under those sections is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. (e) The penalties provided by this section may be imposed in a criminal action in the name of the state brought in the district court of the county in which the violation is alleged to have occurred or the district court where the commissioner has an office. Fines imposed under sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 must be paid to the commissioner of public safety and deposited in the general fund. (f) No employer may be convicted for violating sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 or a rule or order made or issued under those sections unless the employer was notified of the violation in writing and given a reasonable time to comply. History:   1Sp1986 c 1 art 10 s 17
MN Stat § 299F.099 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.099 — Local Ordinance Preempted.

299F.099 LOCAL ORDINANCE PREEMPTED. Sections 299F.091 to 299F.099 preempt and supersede any local ordinance or rule concerning the subject matter of those sections. History:   1Sp1986 c 1 art 10 s 18
MN Stat § 299F.18 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.18 — Combustible Material Removed.

299F.18 COMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL REMOVED. The state fire marshal, the chief assistant fire marshal, or any deputy fire marshal, who finds in any building or upon any premises any combustible or explosive material, rubbish, rags, waste, or inflammable matter of any kind, except liquids covered by section 299F.19, endangering the safety of the building or property or the occupants thereof or the occupants of adjoining buildings shall order these materials removed or the dangerous condition corrected forthwith. This order shall be in writing and directed generally to the owner, lessee, agent, or occupant of the building or premises and any owner, lessee, agent, or occupant upon whom such notice shall be served who fails to comply therewith within 24 hours thereafter, unless the order prescribes a longer period within which it may be complied with, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and the material may be removed or dangerous condition corrected at the expense of the owner of the building and premises or the person upon whom the service is so made, or both, and the state fire marshal may maintain all necessary actions for the recovery thereof. History:  (5968) 1913 c 564 s 18; 1917 c 469 s 1; 1949 c 292 s 1
MN Stat § 299F.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.20 — Failure To Comply, Punishment.

299F.20 FAILURE TO COMPLY, PUNISHMENT. Any officer referred to in section 299F.04 who neglects to comply with any of the requirements of this chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:  (5970) 1913 c 564 s 20; 1981 c 106 s 5
MN Stat § 299F.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.28 — Records Are Public, Exceptions.

299F.28 RECORDS ARE PUBLIC, EXCEPTIONS. (a) All records on file in the state fire marshal's office shall be public, except: (1) any testimony, correspondence, or other matter taken in an investigation under the provisions of this chapter, which the state fire marshal may withhold from the public; and (2) any data collected on the locations of storage and use of explosives or blasting agents by individuals authorized under sections 299F.72 to 299F.831, which shall be classified as nonpublic data pursuant to section 13.02, subdivision 9. (b) The state fire marshal may share nonpublic data related to the storage or use of explosives or blasting agents with law enforcement, and with employees of a government entity or utility, as defined in section 609.594, subdivision 1, whose job duties require access to a facility containing explosives or blasting agents. Any recipient of nonpublic data under this paragraph is prohibited from disclosing the data to anyone not directly involved in the work to be completed at the site where the explosives or blasting agents are stored or to be used. History:  (5976) 1913 c 564 s 26; 1986 c 444; 2008 c 315 s 17
MN Stat § 299F.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.29 — County And City Attorneys To Assist.

299F.29 COUNTY AND CITY ATTORNEYS TO ASSIST. The county and city attorneys of any political subdivision, upon request of the state fire marshal, deputies or assistants, shall assist such officers upon an investigation of any fire, which in their opinion is of suspicious origin. History:  (5977) 1913 c 564 s 27; 1981 c 106 s 11; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 299F.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.30 — Fire Drill In School; Doors And Exits.

299F.30 FIRE DRILL IN SCHOOL; DOORS AND EXITS. Subdivision 1. Duties of fire marshal. Consistent with sections 121A.035, 121A.037, and this section, it shall be the duty of the state fire marshal, deputies and assistants, to require public and private schools and educational institutions to have at least five fire drills each school year and to keep all doors and exits unlocked from the inside of the building during school hours. Subd. 2. Fire drill. Each superintendent, principal, or other person in charge of a public or private school, educational institution, children's home or orphanage housing 20 or more students or other persons, shall instruct and train such students or other persons to quickly and expeditiously quit the premises in case of fire or other emergency by means of drills or rapid dismissals while such school, institution, home, or orphanage is in operation. Records of such drills shall be posted so that such records are available for review by the state fire marshal at all times and shall include the drill date and the time required to evacuate the building. Subd. 3. School doors and exits. Consistent with section 121A.035 and this section, each superintendent, principal, or other person in charge of a public or private school, educational institution, children's home, or orphanage shall keep all doors and exits of such school, institution, home, or orphanage unlocked so that persons can leave by such doors or exits at any time during the hours of normal operation. History:  (5978) 1913 c 564 s 28; 1971 c 516 s 1; 1973 c 11 s 1; 1986 c 444; 2006 c 263 art 2 s 19
MN Stat § 299F.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.31 — Penalties Paid Into State Treasury.

299F.31 PENALTIES PAID INTO STATE TREASURY. All penalties, fees, or forfeitures collected under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid into the state treasury. History:  (5979) 1913 c 564 s 29; 1981 c 106 s 12
MN Stat § 299F.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.32 — Statutory Construction.

299F.32 STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION. It is hereby declared that this chapter is necessary for the public safety, health, peace, and welfare, is remedial in nature, and shall be construed liberally and this chapter shall not be declared unconstitutional and void for the reason that any section or provision thereof may be in contravention of the constitution. History:  (5980) 1913 c 564 s 30
MN Stat § 299F.35 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.35 — Statement Of Insured, Use In Civil Action.

299F.35 STATEMENT OF INSURED, USE IN CIVIL ACTION. No statement or admission of assured in any fire insurance policy given to the fire marshal's office in any investigation or proceeding had by that office shall be used in any civil action based upon such policy of insurance. History:  (5983) 1913 c 564 s 33
MN Stat § 299F.3605 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.3605 — Petroleum Refineries.

299F.3605 PETROLEUM REFINERIES. (a) As used in this section, "petroleum refinery" has the meaning given in section 115C.02, subdivision 10a. (b) By January 1, 2022, each petroleum refinery operating in the state shall maintain or contract for a full-time paid on-site fire department regularly charged with the responsibility of providing fire protection to the refinery that is sufficiently trained, equipped, and staffed to respond to fires at the refinery and to conduct inspections to prevent fires. History:   1Sp2021 c 11 art 2 s 18
MN Stat § 299F.391 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.391 — Health Care, Education, Or Lodging Facility.

299F.391 HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION, OR LODGING FACILITY. Subdivision 1. Definitions. For purposes of this section the following definitions shall apply: (a) "Lodging house" means any building or portion thereof containing not more than five guest rooms which are used or intended to be used for sleeping purposes by guests and where rent is paid in money, goods, labor or otherwise. (b) "Hospital" has the meaning given it in section 144.50. (c) "Hotel" means any building or portion thereof containing six or more guest rooms intended or designed to be used, or which are used, rented, hired out to be occupied, or which are occupied for sleeping purposes by guests, and which is required to be licensed pursuant to chapter 157. (d) "Nursing home" has the meaning given it in section 144A.01. (e) "School" means any public or private school or educational institution. Subd. 2. Requirements. All hospitals, nursing homes, schools, lodging houses and hotels shall be operated and maintained in compliance with the State Fire Code as promulgated pursuant to section 326B.02, subdivision 6. Subd. 3. Local ordinance. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a local unit of government otherwise authorized by law, from enforcing or adopting ordinances or regulations with standards equal to, in addition to, or more stringent than the requirements of the State Fire Code. Any ordinance or regulation adopted by a local unit which differs from the State Fire Code must be directly related to the safeguarding of life and property from the hazards of fire, uniform for each class or kind of building covered, and may not exceed the applicable requirements of the Uniform Building Code adopted pursuant to sections 326B.101 to 326B.151. Subd. 4. Penalty. A person who violates a provision of this section shall be penalized as set forth in section 299F.011, subdivision 6. History:  1978 c 777 s 8; 1981 c 106 s 14; 1984 c 544 s 89; 2005 c 136 art 9 s 14; 2007 c 140 art 3 s 6; art 4 s 61; art 13 s 4
MN Stat § 299F.47 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.47 — School Inspections.

299F.47 SCHOOL INSPECTIONS. Subdivision 1. Public school inspections; fees. The state fire marshal shall develop a plan to inspect once every three years every public school facility used for educational purposes. The state fire marshal shall charge school districts $0.014 per square foot for each school building inspected. These rates shall include two follow-up inspections or on-site consultations. If additional follow-up inspections or consultations are needed, the state fire marshal shall charge $0.005 per square foot for each additional follow-up inspection to each applicable building in which a follow-up inspection is needed. Subd. 2. Charter school inspections; fees. The state fire marshal shall charge charter schools $100 for each school building inspected. This rate shall include two follow-up inspections or on-site consultations. If additional follow-up inspections or consultations are needed, the state fire marshal shall charge $50 for each additional follow-up inspection to each applicable building in which a follow-up inspection is needed. Subd. 3. Special account; appropriation. Money received by the State Fire Marshal Division for this program must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to a state fire marshal school inspection dedicated account in the special revenue fund. All money in the state fire marshal school inspection account is annually appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for purposes of operating and administering this program. Subd. 4. Local inspections. If inspections of public school buildings and charter schools were conducted by local units of government between January 1, 1987, and January 1, 1990, then inspections may continue to be provided by the local unit of government. Subd. 5. Variance. Notwithstanding section 299F.011, subdivisions 5a and 5b, a variance from the code must be approved by the state fire marshal before taking effect. History:   1Sp2003 c 2 art 4 s 13
MN Stat § 299F.48 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.48 — Automatic Sprinkler Systems In Existing Public Housing Buildings.

299F.48 AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN EXISTING PUBLIC HOUSING BUILDINGS. Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) An automatic sprinkler system must be installed in those portions of an entire existing public housing building in which an automatic sprinkler system would be required if the building were constructed on the effective date of this section. The automatic sprinkler system must comply with standards in the State Fire Code and the State Building Code and must be fully operational by August 1, 2033. (b) For the purposes of this section, "public housing building" means housing for low-income persons and households financed by the federal government and owned and operated by the public housing authorities and agencies formed by cities and counties in which at least one story used for human occupancy is 75 feet or more above the lowest level of fire department vehicle access. Subd. 2. Reporting. By August 1, 2023, the owner of a building subject to subdivision 1 shall submit to the state fire marshal a letter stating the owner's intent to comply with this section and a plan for achieving compliance by the deadline in subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Extensions. The commissioner of public safety, or the state fire marshal as the commissioner's designee, may grant extensions to the deadline for reporting under subdivision 2 or the deadline for compliance under subdivision 1. Any extension must observe the spirit and intent of this section and be tailored to ensure public welfare and safety. To be eligible for an extension, the building owner must apply to the commissioner of public safety and demonstrate a genuine inability to comply within the time prescribed despite appropriate effort to do so. Subd. 4. Effect on other laws. This section does not supersede the State Building Code or State Fire Code. History:   1Sp2021 c 10 art 3 s 5
MN Stat § 299F.50 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.50 — Definitions.

299F.50 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. As used in sections 299F.50 and 299F.51, the terms defined in this section have the meanings given them. Subd. 2.  MS 2006 [Renumbered subdivision 8] Subd. 3.  MS 2006 [Renumbered subdivision 10] Subd. 4.  MS 2006 [Renumbered subdivision 7] Subd. 5. Approved carbon monoxide alarm. "Approved carbon monoxide alarm" means a device meant for the purpose of detecting carbon monoxide that is certified by a nationally recognized testing laboratory to conform to the latest Underwriters Laboratories Standards (known as UL2034 standards). Subd. 6.  MS 2006 [Renumbered subdivision 9] Subd. 7. Dwelling unit. "Dwelling unit" means an area meant for living or sleeping by human occupants. Subd. 8. Installed. "Installed" means that an approved carbon monoxide alarm is hardwired into the electrical wiring, directly plugged into an electrical outlet without a switch, or, if the alarm is battery-powered, attached to the wall of the dwelling. Subd. 9. Operational. "Operational" means working and in service. Subd. 10. Single and multifamily dwelling. "Single and multifamily dwelling" means any building or structure which is wholly or partly used or intended to be used for living or sleeping by human occupants. History:   2006 c 260 art 3 s 20
MN Stat § 299F.51 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.51 — Requirements For Carbon Monoxide Alarms.

299F.51 REQUIREMENTS FOR CARBON MONOXIDE ALARMS. Subdivision 1. Generally. Every single family dwelling and every dwelling unit in a multifamily dwelling must have an approved and operational carbon monoxide alarm installed within ten feet of each room lawfully used for sleeping purposes. Subd. 2. Owner's duties. The owner of a multifamily dwelling unit which is required to be equipped with one or more approved carbon monoxide alarms must: (1) provide and install one approved and operational carbon monoxide alarm within ten feet of each room lawfully used for sleeping; and (2) replace any required carbon monoxide alarm that has been stolen, removed, found missing, or rendered inoperable during a prior occupancy of the dwelling unit and which has not been replaced by the prior occupant prior to the commencement of a new occupancy of a dwelling unit. Subd. 3. Occupant's duties. The occupant of each dwelling unit in a multifamily dwelling in which an approved and operational carbon monoxide alarm has been provided and installed by the owner must: (1) keep and maintain the device in good repair; and (2) replace any device that is stolen, removed, missing, or rendered inoperable during the occupancy of the dwelling unit. Subd. 4. Battery removal prohibited. No person shall remove batteries from, or in any way render inoperable, a required carbon monoxide alarm. Subd. 5. Exceptions; certain multifamily dwellings and state-operated facilities. (a) In lieu of requirements of subdivision 1, multifamily dwellings may have approved and operational carbon monoxide alarms installed between 15 and 25 feet of carbon monoxide-producing central fixtures and equipment, provided there is a centralized alarm system or other mechanism for responsible parties to hear the alarm at all times. (b) An owner of a multifamily dwelling that contains minimal or no sources of carbon monoxide may be exempted from the requirements of subdivision 1, provided that such owner certifies to the commissioner of public safety that such multifamily dwelling poses no foreseeable carbon monoxide risk to the health and safety of the dwelling units. (c) The requirements of this section do not apply to facilities owned or operated by the state of Minnesota. History:   2006 c 260 art 3 s 21
MN Stat § 299F.58 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.58 — Certification And Report To Federal Government.

299F.58 CERTIFICATION AND REPORT TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. The commissioner is authorized to make certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation as may be required from time to time under the federal Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act. History:  1969 c 988 s 3; 1987 c 353 s 16; 1988 c 624 s 13
MN Stat § 299F.59 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 299A - 299N — Public Safety|Chapter 299F — Fire Marshal|Section 299F.59 — Compliance With Standards.

299F.59 COMPLIANCE WITH STANDARDS. Subdivision 1. Duty to comply. Each person who engages in the transportation of gas or hazardous liquids or who owns or operates gas or hazardous liquid pipeline facilities shall: (1) at all times after the date any applicable safety standard established under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 takes effect comply with the requirements of such standard; (2) file and comply with a plan for operation and maintenance required by sections 299F.56 to 299F.641; (3) permit access to or copying of records, and make reports or provide information, and permit entry or inspection, as required by sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 and the standards adopted or orders issued under sections 299F.56 to 299F.641; and (4) comply with sections 216D.01 to 216D.07, the one call excavation notice system. Subd. 2. Application to other law; liability. Nothing in sections 299F.56 to 299F.641 shall affect the common law or statutory tort liability of any person. History:  1969 c 988 s 4; 1988 c 624 s 14; 1989 c 244 s 11