2020 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.