31-150a. Violations of fire prevention code; criminal penalty; injunction. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this act or the act of which this act is amendatory, or who violates any rule or regulation adopted pursuant thereto, or who violates any lawful order issued by the state fire marshal or by any of the persons designated in K.S.A. 31-137, and amendments thereto, shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor, and each day that the offense continues after receipt of written notice thereof issued by the state fire marshal, or by any other person designated in K.S.A. 31-137, and amendments thereto, shall constitute a separate violation. Notice of any such violation may be sent to the responsible party by restricted mail, as defined in K.S.A. 60-103, and amendments thereto, but refusal of the addressee to receive such notice shall constitute receipt thereof, or such notice may be served personally on the responsible party by the state fire marshal or the state fire marshal's deputies.
(b) At the request of the state fire marshal or any other person designated in K.S.A. 31-137, and amendments thereto, the attorney general or the proper district or county attorney may obtain an injunction to restrain any violation designated in subsection (a), where such violation is a continuing offense or where it constitutes an immediate hazard to life or property. The application for an injunction pursuant to this subsection shall be made to the district court of the county in which the violation occurs, and any such injunction shall be governed by the provisions of article 9 of chapter 60 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated.
History: L. 1974, ch. 172, § 3; L. 1993, ch. 162, § 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.