2009 Kansas Code
Chapter 31 FIRE PROTECTION
Article 1 FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION
31-150. Fire safety and prevention; school buildings; construction requirements; accessibility to persons with a disability; building plans, certification and approval; exceptions; rules and regulations.

31-150

Chapter 31.--FIRE PROTECTION Article 1.--FIRE SAFETY AND PREVENTION

      31-150.   Fire safety and prevention; school buildings; construction requirements; accessibility to persons with a disability; building plans, certification and approval; exceptions; rules and regulations. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the construction of school buildings shall comply with the requirements of the 2000 edition of the international building code as published by the international codes council. All electric wiring shall conform to requirements of the 1999 issue of the national electric code of the national fire protection association.

      (b)   The construction of mobile, modular, portable or relocatable school buildings shall conform to the requirements of the 2000 edition of the life safety code as published by the national fire protection association.

      (c)   The construction of all school buildings shall conform to the provisions for making buildings and facilities accessible to, and usable by, persons with a disability, as required by K.S.A. 58-1301 through 58-1311, and amendments thereto.

      (d)   No contract shall be let for the construction of any school building, and it shall be illegal to pay out any public funds for the construction of a school building until the plans for such building shall: (1) Bear the seal of an architect or a professional engineer licensed by the state board of technical professions of the state of Kansas certifying that the plans meet the applicable requirements of this act; and (2) be submitted to the state board of education for approval as to compliance with such requirements.

      (e)   The provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of this section shall not apply to any building or structure operated or used for any purpose by, or located upon the land of any community college, area vocational school, area vocational-technical school, technical college, municipal university, institution under the governance of the state board of regents or other institutions of post secondary education as defined by K.S.A. 74-3249, and amendments thereto. Prior to construction of any new building or remodeling of any existing building, all community colleges, area vocational schools, area vocational-technical schools, technical colleges, any municipal university, institutions under the governance of the state board of regents or other institutions of post secondary education as defined by K.S.A. 74-3249, and amendments thereto, shall submit to the state fire marshal a code footprint for evaluation and approval of the fire/life safety features of such buildings.

      (f)   The relocation of school buildings to which the provisions of subsection (b) apply shall not be construed to be construction or reconstruction under the provisions, or for the purposes, of this section.

      (g)   The construction or reconstruction of a school building, whether funded by bonds or other moneys, in a school district where general obligation bonds were authorized to be issued by a vote of the electors in an election held on or before July 1, 2000, shall be governed by the provisions of this section that were in effect on January 1, 2004.

      The provisions of this subsection shall expire on July 1, 2006.

      (h)   The state fire marshal shall adopt rules and regulations specifying those subsequent editions of the codes enumerated in subsections (a) and (b) which the state fire marshal has determined provide protection equivalent to those editions specified herein. Compliance with any subsequent edition specified by such rules and regulations shall be considered compliance with the edition of the code specified by this section.

      History:   L. 1972, ch. 157, § 19; L. 1978, ch. 150, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 336, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 115, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 343, § 2; L. 1984, ch. 149, § 1; L. 1986, ch. 147, § 1; L. 1992, ch. 208, § 4; L. 2001, ch. 23, § 1; L. 2004, ch. 166, § 3; July 1.