Bill Text: MN HF499 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Sprinkler requirements in single-family dwellings prohibited. .

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 10)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-11 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Commerce and Consumer Protection Finance and Policy [HF499 Detail]

Download: Minnesota-2013-HF499-Introduced.html

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A bill for an act

relating to public safety; State Fire Code; prohibiting sprinkler requirements in
single-family dwellings;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.011,
by adding a subdivision.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

    Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 299F.011, is amended by adding a
subdivision to read:
    Subd. 4d. Single-family dwelling; fire sprinklers. (a) The State Building Code,
the State Fire Code, or a political subdivision of the state by code, by ordinance, as a
condition of receiving public funding, or in any other way, must not require the installation
of fire sprinklers, any fire sprinkler system components, or automatic fire-extinguishing
equipment or devices in any new or existing single-family detached dwelling unit.
(b) Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to affect or limit a requirement
for smoke or fire detectors, alarms, or their components.
EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.