31-134a. Same; compliance with certain building codes deemed compliance with fire prevention code. (a) A building shall be deemed to comply with the Kansas fire prevention code if the building conforms to one of the following building codes, has been issued a certificate of occupancy and conforms to any special requirements of the Kansas fire prevention code which are not covered by such building code:
(1) The 1976 or 1979 edition of the uniform building code;
(2) the 1975 or 1978 edition of the basic building code (B.O.C.A.);
(3) the 1976 or 1979 edition of the standard building code (also known as the southern standard building code); or
(4) the 2000 edition of the international building code.
(b) The state fire marshal shall adopt rules and regulations specifying those subsequent editions of the codes enumerated in subsection (a) and those editions of other nationally recognized building codes which the state fire marshal has determined provide protection equivalent to that of the Kansas fire prevention code.
(c) This section shall be part of and supplemental to K.S.A. 31-132 to 31-150, inclusive, and K.S.A. 31-150a, and amendments thereto.
History: L. 1980, ch. 120, § 2; L. 2000, ch. 6, § 1; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 1 - Fire Safety And Prevention
31-132 Fire safety and prevention; definitions.
31-132a Fire safety and prevention; apartment house, defined.
31-133 Fire marshal; power and duties; rules and regulations.
31-134a Same; compliance with certain building codes deemed compliance with fire prevention code.
31-135 Advisory committees to assist fire marshal; membership; no compensation.
31-136 Same; exemptions from regulations, when; procedure.
31-140 Same; appeals from orders; notice and hearing; decisions; compliance.
31-142 Judicial review of fire marshal's action.
31-145 Powers of actual members of organized fire departments.
31-147 Compliance with regulations by hotels, lodging facilities and restaurants.
31-150a Violations of fire prevention code; criminal penalty; injunction.
31-159 Violations of fire prevention code, administrative penalties.
31-160 Smoke detectors; citation of act.
31-163 Same; violations; penalties.
31-164 Same; act in addition to local law.
31-165 Toll-free number; hazardous materials incidents.
31-170 Use of pyrotechnics; places of public assembly.
31-171 Roofing material; wood shakes or wood shingles; restrictive covenants, unenforceable, when.