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2023 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 29-256c. - Revision of code. Bed and breakfast establishments.

Not later than January 1, 2000, the State Building Inspector and the State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the Codes and Standards Committee, shall make amendments to the State Building Code and the Fire Safety Code concerning bed and breakfast establishments. Such amendments shall: (1) Be adopted in accordance with the provisions of sections 29-252b and 29-292a; (2) define the term “bed and breakfast”; and (3) be designed to preserve the unique character of such establishments, contain the cost of conversion of a home to such an establishment and support the tourism industry in the state, provided such amendments shall not affect the safe design, use or construction of such establishments.
(P.A. 98-6, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-8, S. 18; P.A. 16-215, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 98-6 effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 11-8 made a technical change, effective May 24, 2011; P.A. 16-215 replaced reference to Ch. 54 with reference to Secs. 29-252b and 29-292a, effective May 31, 2016.
2023 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 29-256d. - Revision of code. Path marking systems.

Section 29-256d is repealed, effective July 1, 2022.
(P.A. 06-162, S. 1; P.A. 11-8, S. 19; P.A. 22-118, S. 514.)
2023 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 29-257. (Formerly Sec. 19-395r). - Scope of revision.

Section 29-257 is repealed.
(P.A. 77-512, S. 2, 5; P.A. 87-172; P.A. 88-356, S. 5.)
2023 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 29-258. (Formerly Sec. 19-395s). - Educational program.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall conduct a comprehensive educational program for design professionals, construction industry representatives and local building officials for carrying out the purpose of section 29-256.
(P.A. 77-512, S. 3, 5; 77-614, S. 73, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 88-356, S. 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of public works with commissioner of administrative services, but by authority of P.A. 78-303 reference was changed to commissioner of public safety to achieve conformity with Secs. 19-395, 19-395f and 19-395g; Sec. 19-395s transferred to Sec. 29-258 in 1983; P.A. 88-356 deleted reference to Sec. 29-257; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 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 29-262a. - Uniform building permit application form.

The Commissioner of Administrative Services shall establish a uniform building permit application form.
(P.A. 93-131, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200.)
History: P.A. 93-131 effective July 1, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Commissioner of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013.
2023 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 29-263a. - Working drawings to be accompanied by evidence of licensure by the state.

In the event that working drawings are used for the installation, alteration or modification of a fire sprinkler system, no state, city, town or borough building official responsible for the enforcement of laws, ordinances or regulations relating to the construction or alteration of buildings or structures, pursuant to section 29-263, shall accept or approve any such drawings or specifications which are not accompanied by evidence of licensure by the state as an automatic fire sprinkler system layout technician licensed pursuant to section 20-304a or are not accompanied by evidence of licensure by the state as a professional engineer in accordance with chapter 391.
(P.A. 91-273, S. 3.)
2023 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 29-264. (Formerly Sec. 19-398a). - Approval of sets of building plans by State Building Inspector. Issuance of permits pursuant to such approval.

The State Building Inspector may, upon application by a builder setting forth that a set of plans and specifications will be utilized in more than one municipality to acquire building permits, review and approve any set of plans and specifications for the construction or erection of any building or structure designed to provide dwelling space for not more than two families if such set of plans and specifications meet the requirements of the State Building Code. Any building official shall issue a building permit upon application by a builder and presentation to him of such a set of plans and specifications bearing the approval of the State Building Inspector if all other local ordinances are complied with. Such application may be delivered in person, by mail or electronic mail, in a manner prescribed by the building official.
(1969, P.A. 443, S. 9; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 174.)
History: Sec. 19-398a transferred to Sec. 29-264 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added provision authorizing delivery of applications in person, by mail or electronic mail.
2023 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 29-265a. - Permits for swimming pools.

(a) As used in this section, “pool alarm” means a device which emits a sound of at least fifty decibels when a person or an object weighing fifteen pounds or more enters the water in a swimming pool.
(b) No building permit shall be issued for the construction or substantial alteration of a swimming pool at a residence occupied by, or being built for, one or more families unless a pool alarm is installed with the swimming pool.
(P.A. 99-140.)
2023 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 29-265b. - Rain sensor devices for automatic lawn sprinkler systems.

(a) Any state agency or commercial enterprise that begins installation of an automatic lawn sprinkler system on or after October 1, 2003, shall equip such sprinkler system with a rain sensor device or switch that will automatically override the irrigation cycle of such sprinkler system when adequate rainfall has occurred.
(b) A municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body, require that any automatic lawn sprinkler system, the installation of which begins on or after October 1, 2003, shall be equipped with a rain sensor device or switch that will automatically override the irrigation cycle of such sprinkler system when adequate rainfall has occurred.
(c) Any automatic lawn sprinkler system installed on residential property on or after July 1, 2010, shall be equipped with a rain sensor device or switch that will automatically override the irrigation cycle of such sprinkler system when adequate rainfall has occurred.
(P.A. 03-175, S. 2; P.A. 09-32, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-32 added Subsec. (c) re installation of automatic lawn sprinkler systems on residential property.
2023 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 29-265c. - Concrete foundations for new residential or commercial building. Written documentation of concrete supplier and installer.

Prior to the issuance of a certificate of occupancy for a new residential or commercial building for which a concrete foundation was installed on or after October 1, 2016, the applicant shall provide the building official with written documentation of the name of the individual or entity that supplied the concrete and the name of the individual or entity that installed the concrete. Copies of such documentation shall be maintained in the records of the office of the building official for not less than fifty years.
(P.A. 16-45, S. 1.)
2023 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 until the next revaluation becomes effective or the concrete foundation is repaired or replaced, and the assessor, member of the assessor's staff or person designated by the assessor adjusts the assessment of the residential building, whichever is earlier.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 12-62, any property that has had its assessment adjusted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be assessed during each revaluation cycle to reflect its current value.
(c) 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. 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; P.A. 21-120, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 16-45 effective May 25, 2016, and applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2016; P.A. 21-120 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision re 5-year limitation on applicability of reassessment and adding provision specifying reassessment applies until next revaluation becomes effective or concrete foundation is repaired or replaced and assessment is adjusted, whichever is earlier, added new Subsec. (b) re requiring assessment of property subject to adjusted assessment during each revaluation cycle, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and deleted from same provision limiting owner's duty to notify assessor of repaired or replaced concrete foundation to period of 5 assessment years for which reassessment is effective, effective July 6, 2021.
2023 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.
(P.A. 16-45, S. 4; P.A. 21-120, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 16-45 effective May 25, 2016; P.A. 21-120 deleted provision limiting confidentiality requirement to not less than 7 years after date of receipt of documentation or 7 years after May 25, 2016, whichever later, effective July 6, 2021.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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.)
2023 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 29-278 to 29-281. (Formerly Secs. 19-399a to 19-399d). - Safety glazing material; definitions. Labeling of lights. Safety glazing material requirement; liability; penalty. Statute supersedes local ordinance.

Sections 29-278 to 29-281, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 73-182, S. 1–5; P.A. 77-614, S. 500, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 21, 136; P.A. 82-432, S. 13, 19; P.A. 88-317, S. 89, 107; 88-356, S. 5.)
2023 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.
2023 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.
2023 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.

Section 29-291b is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(P.A. 08-65, S. 5; P.A. 21-165, S. 15.)
2023 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 29-291d. - State Fire Marshal review of local fire marshal decision re State Fire Prevention Code. Appeal.

The State Fire Marshal shall review a decision by a local fire marshal upon the request of any person determined to have the right to appeal or when the State Fire Marshal has reason to believe that such official has misconstrued or misinterpreted any provision of the State Fire Prevention Code adopted pursuant to section 29-291a. If upon review and after consultation with such official the State Fire Marshal determines that a provision of the code has been misconstrued or misinterpreted, the State Fire Marshal shall issue an interpretation of such code and may issue any order the State Fire Marshal deems appropriate. Any such determination or order shall be in writing and sent to such local fire marshal by registered mail, return receipt requested. Any person aggrieved by a decision made by the State Fire Marshal in accordance with this section or a decision of the State Fire Marshal relating to the enforcement of the State Fire Prevention Code may appeal such decision to the superior court for the judicial district where the premises concerned are located.
(P.A. 08-65, S. 6.)
2023 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 29-293. (Formerly Sec. 29-41). - Codes to specify minimum fire safety requirements. Establishment of fire zones.

(a) The Fire Safety Code and the State Fire Prevention Code shall specify reasonable minimum requirements for fire safety in new and existing buildings and facilities.
(b) The State Fire Prevention Code shall, and any municipality may, by ordinance, require the establishment of one or more fire zones for the orderly access of fire and other emergency equipment to buildings or facilities open to the public. Any such ordinance may be in accordance with the (1) size, type of construction and nature of use or occupancy of such buildings or facilities, and (2) the fire suppression equipment and method of attack utilized by the fire department.
(1949 Rev., S. 3666; 1971, P.A. 802, S. 10; P.A. 73-95, S. 2; P.A. 85-34, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 63, 121; P.A. 99-163, S. 4; P.A. 09-177, S. 3.)
History: 1971 act deleted references to municipalities' right to enact ordinances as provided in Sec. 19-378 and required that orders made by municipalities be “consistent with” rather than “equal to, additional to or more stringent than” regulations issued under authority of Secs. 29-40 to 29-42; P.A. 73-95 authorized inclusion in code of requirement that fire safety zones be established; Sec. 29-41 transferred to Sec. 29-293 in 1983; P.A. 85-34 deleted provision re municipalities' rights to make orders with respect to buildings as provided in Sec. 29-383, that section being repealed in the same act; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 99-163 divided the section into Subsecs. and deleted provision re discretionary inclusion in fire code of requirement to establish fire zones in premises open to public from Subsec. (a) and, in Subsec. (b), clarified that municipalities may establish fire zones; P.A. 09-177 added references to State Fire Prevention Code.
Cited. 204 C. 410.
2023 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 29-294. (Formerly Sec. 29-42). - Publication of code.

The Fire Safety Code and all amendments to said code shall be posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 29-292a and, in addition, a copy shall be provided to each local fire marshal, fire chief and building inspector, and other governmental officials who request said code.
(1949 Rev., S. 3667; P.A. 73-616, S. 24; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 64, 121; P.A. 16-215, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 73-616 substituted Sec. 4-173 for Sec. 4-46; Sec. 29-42 transferred to Sec. 29-294 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made technical changes, effective June 24, 1998; P.A. 16-215 replaced “registered with the Secretary of the State and published in accordance with section 4-173,” with “posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 29-292a” and made technical changes, effective May 31, 2016.
2023 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 29-295. (Formerly Sec. 29-43). - Penalty for violation of code.

Section 29-295 is repealed, effective July 1, 2021.
(1949 Rev., S. 3668; P.A. 81-220; P.A. 07-217, S. 138; P.A. 21-165, S. 15.)
2023 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 29-296. (Formerly Sec. 29-44). - Fire Safety Code and State Fire Prevention Code: Variations or exemptions granted by State Fire Marshal.

The State Fire Marshal may grant variations or exemptions from, or approve equivalent or alternate compliance with, particular provisions of the Fire Safety Code or 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 or electronic mail not later than fifteen business days after receipt by such local fire marshal and shall be accompanied by a letter or electronic message from such local fire marshal regarding the merits of the application.
(1957, P.A. 516, S. 1; P.A. 02-72, S. 4; P.A. 21-165, S. 5.)
History: Sec. 29-44 transferred to Sec. 29-296 in 1983; P.A. 02-72 specified procedures for the forwarding of application for variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by local fire marshals to the State Fire Marshal; P.A. 21-165 added reference to Fire Safety Code and State Fire Prevention Code, added provision re application for variation or exemption or equivalent or alternate compliance received by electronic mail and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 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 29-296a. - Fire Safety Code: Variations, exemptions, equivalent or alternate compliance.

Not later than January 1, 2003, the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee shall create a list of variations or exemptions from, or equivalent or alternate compliance with, the Fire Safety Code granted relative to existing buildings in the last two calendar years and shall update such list biennially. Not later than April 1, 2003, the State Fire Marshal shall, within available appropriations, (1) send such list to all local fire marshals, (2) take appropriate actions to publicize such list, and (3) educate local fire marshals and the public on how to use the list.
(P.A. 02-72, S. 2; P.A. 11-8, S. 9.)
History: P.A. 11-8 made a technical change, effective May 24, 2011.
2023 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 29-298a. - Fire Marshal Training Council established. Duties. Members.

There shall be established within the Department of Administrative Services a Fire Marshal Training Council which shall advise the State Fire Marshal and the Codes and Standards Committee on all matters pertaining to (1) certification training programs, (2) decertification hearings, (3) in-service training for fire marshals in the state, and (4) programs for all other persons eligible to receive training pursuant to subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 29-251c. The council shall be composed of twelve members as follows: The State Fire Marshal or his designee; a member of the Codes and Standards Committee to be elected by such committee; three members appointed by the Connecticut Fire Marshals Association, one of whom shall be a volunteer, one of whom shall be a part-time paid, and one of whom shall be a full-time, local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fire inspector; one member appointed by the Board of Regents for Higher Education; two members appointed by the Board of Trustees for the Community-Technical Colleges; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population in excess of seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; the chief elected official of a municipality having a population of less than seventy thousand persons, appointed by the Governor; and two public members, appointed by the Governor. Members shall be residents of this state and shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The council may elect such officers as it deems necessary.
(P.A. 86-327, S. 4; P.A. 89-260, S. 38, 41; P.A. 98-233, S. 7, 8; P.A. 07-84, S. 6; P.A. 11-51, S. 90; P.A. 13-247, S. 200; P.A. 16-193, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 89-260 substituted two members appointed by the board of trustees for the community-technical colleges for one member appointed by the board of trustees for state technical colleges and one member appointed by the board of trustees for regional community colleges; P.A. 98-233 included certain other eligible persons in training programs, effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 07-84 added Subdiv. designators (1) to (4) and added advisement re decertification hearings to list of council's duties, effective June 1, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Department of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Construction Services”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Board of Governors of Higher Education” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Board of Regents for Higher Education” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-48); pursuant to P.A. 13-247, “Department of Construction Services” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Administrative Services”, effective July 1, 2013; P.A. 16-193 made a technical change.
2023 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 29-298b. - Complaints re negligence of local fire marshals, deputies or inspectors. Hearing prior to revocation of certificate. Appeal.

Upon receipt of a written complaint from any person alleging that a local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal or fire inspector has performed the duties of his office in an incompetent or negligent manner, the State Fire Marshal shall investigate such complaint and if he determines that probable cause exists, shall hold a hearing on the complaint. The State Fire Marshal shall provide such local fire official with written notice of the date, time and place of a public hearing on the complaint to be held before the State Fire Marshal or the deputy fire marshal not less than ten nor more than twenty days after such notice, the specific grounds for revocation of such local fire official's certificate and a copy of the written complaint or complaints concerning him. Such local fire official shall have the opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at such public hearing. Following such hearing, the State Fire Marshal shall make a finding as to whether or not the certificate of such local fire official should be revoked. If the State Fire Marshal finds that such local official's certificate should be revoked, he shall revoke the certification and immediately notify the appointing authority of the municipality in which the local fire official serves that such certification has been revoked. Any local fire official whose certification is revoked may appeal in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.
(P.A. 86-327, S. 5; P.A. 87-59; P.A. 88-317, S. 37, 107.)
History: P.A. 87-59 required state fire marshal to investigate complaints and hold hearings thereon if he determines probable cause exists, and made several technical amendments to section; P.A. 88-317 repealed provision requiring that an appeal by a local fire official whose certification is revoked be made within 30 days following such revocation, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date.
2023 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 29-299. (Formerly Sec. 29-46). - Dismissal of local fire marshal.

If a local fire marshal fails to faithfully perform the duties of his office, the appointing authority of the municipality in which he is serving shall, after proper inquiry, dismiss him and appoint another in his place. The State Fire Marshal shall be promptly notified of the removal from office of any local fire marshal and of the appointment of his successor.
(1949 Rev., S. 3670.)
History: Sec. 29-46 transferred to Sec. 29-299 in 1983.
Cited. 209 C. 352.
Cited. 42 CA 13.
2023 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 29-300. (Formerly Sec. 29-47). - Hearing prior to dismissal. Appeal.

No local fire marshal shall be dismissed unless he has been given notice in writing of the specific grounds for such dismissal and an opportunity to be heard in his own defense, personally or by counsel, at a public hearing before the authority having the power of dismissal. Such public hearing, unless otherwise specified by charter, shall be held not less than five nor more than ten days after such notice. Any person so dismissed may appeal within thirty days following such dismissal to the superior court for the judicial district in which such town, city or borough is located. Service shall be made as in civil process. Said court shall review the record of such hearing and, if it appears upon the hearing upon the appeal that testimony is necessary for an equitable disposition of the appeal, it may take evidence or appoint a referee or a committee to take such evidence as it may direct and report the same to the court with his or its findings of fact, which report shall constitute a part of the proceedings upon which the determination of the court shall be made. The court, upon such appeal, and after a hearing thereon, may affirm the action of such authority, or may set the same aside if it finds that such authority acted illegally or arbitrarily or in the abuse of its discretion or with bad faith or malice.
(1949, 1951, 1955, S. 425d; P.A. 76-436, S. 610, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 1, 127.)
History: P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court and added reference to judicial districts; P.A. 78-280 deleted obsolete reference to counties; Sec. 29-47 transferred to Sec. 29-300 in 1983.
Cited. 209 C. 352.
Cited. 42 CA 13.
2023 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 29-301. (Formerly Sec. 29-48). - One fire marshal for several municipalities.

Cities, towns and boroughs may, with the approval of the State Fire Marshal, unite in appointing one person to be local fire marshal for all of the jurisdictions so united, but no local fire marshal shall have any authority in any jurisdiction for which he has not been specifically appointed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3671; P.A. 87-120, S. 2, 3.)
History: Sec. 29-48 transferred to Sec. 29-301 in 1983; P.A. 87-120 permitted municipalities, with approval of the state fire marshal, to unite in appointing one local fire marshal for such jurisdictions, and deleted requirement that such municipalities be adjoining.