Bill Text: CT SB00195 | 2015 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut Senate Bill 195 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Inspections By Local Fire Marshals.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-20 - Referred to Joint Committee on Public Safety and Security [SB00195 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2015-SB00195-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Proposed Bill No. 195*
*January Session, 2015*		LCO No. 1015
		01015
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
SEN. CHAPIN, 30th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING INSPECTIONS BY LOCAL FIRE MARSHALS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That (1) section 29-298 of the general statutes be amended so that the failure of any local fire marshal, deputy fire marshal, fire inspector or other inspector or investigator to inspect a building or facility as required by subsection (b) of section 29-305 of the general statutes for three or more consecutive years (A) requires the State Fire Marshal to revoke such officer's certification and (B) constitutes evidence that such officer acted in bad faith and with reckless disregard for health or safety, and (2) subsection (b) of section 29-305 of the general statutes be amended to allow any local fire marshal to charge a reasonable fee for inspections from the owner of a building or facility and such fee shall be deposited into a nonlapsing account to be used to support the services of the office of the local fire marshal.

Statement of Purpose:

To require that inspections by local fire marshals be completed in a timely fashion.